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Caffeinated Contemplation

I've been accused on more than one occasion of being a DEEP thinker. Hmm, not sure if at the time they were trying to say I was smart, possessed a super high intellect or maybe they caught me while I was spacing out and were being sarcastic??? Who knows but they were definitely on to something (I leave it up to you to decide which was right. Be warned, YMMV.

At any rate, I was at one of my fave hangout spots (STARBUCKS) and was noticing a few things...and those things got me started down this winding road of thoughts. Deep? IDK. Random? For sure!

Why are people so comfy leaving their valuables unattended in Starbucks? No seriously. There was a guy at the table next to me, diligently working on some sort of report. He has a laptop, charger, book bag, wireless mouse, cell phone and perhaps the most valuable of all, a tablet full of handwritten notes (Yes, I noticed all that.) Well this same guy just got up, packed his laptop in his book bag and walked away. Leaving everything else on the table. Where did he go? I’m guessing the restroom but my point is why leave all this valuable stuff and walk away? No concerns about theft? Is there some unwritten rule at Starbucks that people don’t steal from fellow Starbuckians? (New word alert - patent-pending). Amazingly enough, no one bothered his stuff. People came in and out - a few even looked over at his table - but kept it moving. Amazing! Who knew? While I am impressed by this seemingly honor-code driven culture, I will pack up all my items before walking away (for the bathroom, more coffee, napkins, etc.)

Pedestrians UGH! - Okay, so if you drive a car, truck, minivan, I’m sure at some point you’ve come across a pedestrian or two. Hopefully, you gave them a wide enough berth as they SLOWLY ambled across the street. I bet on at least one of those occasions you said, out loud, “Ugh, Get across the street already!Sheesh! You’re only going this slowly because you know you have the right of way!!”  Funny thing is, you only say these things until you’re a pedestrian, lol. Then the script changes. “UGH! Hey, dude I have the right of way here. I’m a pedestrian, stop rushing me! Go ahead, hit me. I will take all your money in court” Oh, don’t act like you’ve NEVER! Oh really? Okay then, what about someone on a bike? You have to treat them like a car, right? Even when they are "biking" in the lane in front of you, way under the posted speed limit?! And then when you get to the stop light/stop sign what do they do? Keep biking right on through it. Wait! Thought we had to treat them like a vehicle! Why do they get to ride through the light!!??! Still want to say you NEVER had these thoughts? Hmm...

Bottled water - I bet when the first guy said to his pals “Hey, I’m going to bottle water and sell it.” they laughed their collective asses off. “What?! Water? But people have water on tap. Why would ANYONE pay you for water when they can get it out of their tap?” The ribbing continued and of course he had to tell his pals “Hey Phil, Sammy says he’s going to bottle water and sell it?! HAHAHA A fool, that Sammy” Hmm, well we all know how that turned out.

So many random thoughts but it’s time to leave Starbucks for the day. No, they’re not closing - I just realized that I walked away from my table without my tablet, bag or notes and walked to the counter for banana nut bread. Yeah, definitely time to go, lol

Peace,
~Mackgurl

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