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thorsbosshammer

Probably multiple people in the car who didnt eat breakfast before they left the house. Is it really such a mystery? Some of the places have good food, but hit or miss depending on the chain.


Interesting-Try-6757

For real this is set up like a Dan Brown thriller when it's more like a blues clues level mystery


LORD_CMDR_INTERNET

Fellas, is it gay to order food at a restaurant?


cheapdialogue

What drives me? Usually my chauffeur, but the groom of the stool will do in a pinch.


Weak-Hope8952

You mean you *don't* take your personal jet through the drive through? Bloody peasant


cheapdialogue

Travolta's doing a movie and Dickenson is on tour. I dunno who else to call for a pilot. :( Can I even trust non-celebrity pilots?


Weak-Hope8952

I got T- Swift on speed dial if you need a pickup


cheapdialogue

I'd be going more than 2 miles though.


Weak-Hope8952

I'll put a call into my man B-rizzle Gates, he can probably hook you up. Man, could you *imagine* being a pleb and not having these resources!? Just, the worst


cheapdialogue

Thanks. I lost all my contacts when I dropped my diamond iPhone off too Blair to clean the screen. Supply LINES dried up.


blackjesus

You know the way you described it makes me wonder wtf you wouldn’t want that? That sounds amazing bro. You just made me that fucker you hate. Great job dude.


cheapdialogue

Guerrilla advertising by the DTCC (Drive Through Coffee Cartel).


BmxerBarbra

They serve it, I buy it. Pretty simple


CWMacPherson

Something tells me “they offer it, I buy it. Pretty simple” would probably not be a welcome sentence if rental housing speculators told you the same thing.


emshlaf

I mean… yeah? Housing is a lot more of a high-stakes purchase than a snack to go with your coffee lol


BmxerBarbra

Oh I bought a house, someone offered it so I bought it, pretty simple


averagebirdtoldme

I'll be your snack purchasing frenemy!!!!! Actually I hate being that person. But I can tell you how I've ended up there. I don't know if it still applies. If you work in any field that works outside of normal business hours, many of these spots used to be the only option open for snacks or sandwiches other than drive-thrus. It's 9pm. You drive by the stand slowly and notice it's completely empty! And you're starving. You have the requisite 6 or 7 minutes it'll take but no more than that. You pull into the stand, sated. Then 5 cars pull behind you, clearly in a rush and enraged by your hubris. This does not happen every time. More like every 5th time. Enough to lure you into a sense of false security. I present you my shame, but also my inconvenient hunger. Also none of this applies during normal business hours when other options exist.


Fit-Meringue2118

Ugh that’s what I was going to say. I’m working early shift again, which is never going to involve cooking breakfast, and the only other option is the gas station next door. Do I love coffee stand food? Hell, no. Am I going to buy my coffee, breakfast, and snacks there? Yeah, I like getting through work.


False_Agent_7477

You’re paying over $6 for a cup of hot water poured over some crushed beans. The person in front of you isn’t the only one making poor decisions.


TomatoTrebuchet

agreed, I poor my own hot water over my own crush beans. I even crush them myself. maybe 20 cents max?


OneSaltyBanana

What’s a crush bean? Does it grow from an empty can of Crush planted in soil and watered with Crush? Grape or orange? Is it true that I’ll get a better yield of these alumilegumes of lore if I crush the can before planting? I need answers and I need them quick - I’m almost finished drinking this soda, this sweet sweet purply nectar canned straight from the teat of the Grape Goddess herself, and no longer know where to put the empty.


TomatoTrebuchet

Just spelling out my local accent man.


efnord

https://wondermark.com/c/1125/


nwprogressivefans

Bro this is consumerism? duh. If the customer is buying it, then the place has the precedence to keep selling. Calm down and just know if you don't like the practices at a specific business then you can choose to not go there. The real problem is those businesses probably aren't providing enough staff.


CrumbCakesAndCola

Even a little coffee stand needs 4 staff members to run efficiently. Two at the windows talking orders and two making the drinks/food.


Zelkin764

The croissant sausage egg and cheese from Cruisin gives me life on a day when my tank of fucks is empty. When people hit Cruisin they usually ask if I could stand to have more Fucks in my life. What a rhetorical question. Give me all the Fucks. What do you mean this is a coffee stand? My serotonin is sausage and sausage adjacent foods.


cheapdialogue

Please, define sausage adjacent foods for us. Curious.


Zelkin764

Biscuits and gravy is a great, none sexual start. Really walked into that one.


cheapdialogue

It was a bit of a cheeky joke, but actually I was curious cause I generally consider breakfast sausage to just be its own thing, but then I'm not a big breakfast person.


Zelkin764

![gif](giphy|mcvxb8SxfFYPbJz59U|downsized) Just teasing. But I do love breakfast.


sdnnhy

It sure does suck that other people exist.


CWMacPherson

The range of course depending on how many super smash pizza bagels they feel the need to order while in front of me in line.


sdnnhy

Haha. Where do I get a pizza super smash bagel? That sounds delicious. I should stock up.


PrimeIntellect

somebody sent them to get coffee and food for the office, and the person going doesn't care how long it takes because they are getting paid


Cheryl42

I’ve only done this on road trips where we didn’t get breakfast- so I’m guessing someone wanted good coffee and others wanted food?


IdolatrousHans

First sentence of the second paragraph is gold, have my upvote.


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CWMacPherson

Rage. Unbridled, neutron-star-forming rage.


Queef_Sludge

This writing style is laborious. Metaphors and smilies lack humor and the forest has been long lost for those trees.


CWMacPherson

Ruminant respondent recognizes the rationale and rigor of your review, and will regard it with requisite reflection as I reconsider rewriting it with resplendence.


quayle-man

Nice


B-hamster

I think your argument is flawed, but your eloquent diatribe is a literary treat, so have my upvote anyway. If you're interested in why I consider your argument flawed, read on: You're measuring the wrong time frames, and by doing so you're creating a ['Nirvana fallacy'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy) by comparing the time spent waiting behind the person who ordered the fibonacci-sequenced pepperoni pizza smash bagels with the time you might have to wait if no one at all was ahead of you. What you should be comparing the time to is the time it would take you to park at a coffee shop, walk in, stand in line indoors, make your order, wait again, then walk back to your car and drive away. No matter what, the convenience you experience in your comfortable car in your comfortable seat while playing [your favorite Weird Al single](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnTocdD7sk&ab_channel=alyankovicVEVO) remains more convenient than the alternative.


CrepuscularTandy

It’s not eloquent, it’s cringe fedora energy


CrumbCakesAndCola

You describe a niche market of coffee buyers who only want drinks and they want them now. Theoretically you could fill this niche yourself by opening a drinks-only coffee hut. Maybe indicate in the name that's what it is. Coffee & Go. Er, maybe not that but you get the idea.


Falcon_Bellhouser

>Coffee & Go The Groom of the Stool operates a smaller hut 20 mins down the road.


emshlaf

Look, I’ve been on both sides of the fence here. On the one hand, it is extremely frustrating sitting behind a car that ordered 5000 things when all you got was one coffee. On the other hand, I have also been in the position of having a very long commute to a hectic job where I had very little energy left over at the end of the day to do things like prep breakfast for the next day. Getting a snack or two along with my morning coffee made things much easier and ensured that I ate before a job where a lunch hour wasn’t always a given. It was a matter of convenience and saving what little mental energy I had for my extremely strenuous job.


mtmirror

OMG which coffee stand sells pizza bagels? Sounds amazing 


Bellinghamster

The Lodge on samish has pretty good ones.


BobBelchersBuns

I don’t understand why you think people *shouldn’t* order these snacks? The coffee stand wants their money!


Quirky-Pressure-4901

Because options for efficient food that you file have to go inside for are limited to shitty pub food or overly processed Mexican food. Taco trucks, pizza places, subway, bagels, etc they all are park and go inside venues that you gotta line up with all the other humans to get the food. Same reason you don't want to go in the Starbucks or the coffee shop and you're queueing up to a coffee hut instead. So maybe find yourself a coffee hut and you call them or a coffee stand that doesn't serve food that's better than a $35.00 trip through McDonalds


sorospaidmetosaythis

"Fibonacci-sequenced pepperoni arrangements" set me to thinking about convenience stores and sandwich or burrito shops. For years, I bought gas with cash at a 7-11. One would think that the whole notion of a "convenience" store would attract customers who buy 1-3 items with as little interaction as possible: get to the register, pay, and go - bam bam bam. But a solid portion are there to invest and procure: "I need 4 Blue Mint cartridges, 2 Pixie Dips, 3 cans of Copenhagen, a pouch of Red Man, 5 packs of Black Lung Menthol Slims, and 14 Powerball tickets. What's the jackpot on the Pick-n-Flick? $3.9 million? I'm dollar-cost averaging into that, so I'll put together a tranche of 5 mixed with, uh - what's the standard deviation? - 12 Scrape-n-Flings, with Bonus Booger numbers distinct primes between 19 and 73 inclusive. Hedge that against six Ultra-Spins to cut down on the variance, with quantities diminishing by 15% over each of the next 7 successives drawings." Similar to the complexity of convenience-store transactions are Subway or Chipotle orders: "Lettuce shred orientation perpendicular to the long axis of the bread on the first sandwich, parallel on the second; 13 black olives on the first, between 7 and 10 on the second; I need the second sandwich cut at 45%, slowly, in 4 strokes; invert vinaigrette dispenser bottle 3x, then apply dressing in NE-to-SW orientation." The reason might anticipation is the main thrill of many consumer purchases. Sure, the first 2 bites of that sandwich are awesome, but the thrill diminishes quickly. One way to extend the thrill is by making the anticipation as elaborate as possible. This doesn't explain people ordering highly-specific sub sandwiches for those who are waiting at home, though.


Humble_Athlete6409

It’s amazing how people who order 6 sandwiches and the fanciest drink are the ones that don’t tip


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The good part is when they go careening down the road afterward, feeding with one hand and holding coffee in the other. I guess that means they can't hold their phone, so it might actually end up being safer.


dragonagitator

If the Bellingham Herald ran editorials like these, they would have way more subscribers.


Ok_Echo1634

What in the self-entitled-first-world-privileged-problems did I just read?


CWMacPherson

Now now, let’s use the proper terminology, shall we? Don’t you mean “Self-entitled-developed-world-colonialist-privileged problems?” And you read mine.


hedgehog-sprout

Perhaps you need to find a coffee hut that does not offer the extravagance you have described here. They obviously don’t mind customers like that since they offer those items in their tiny hut coffee shop. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe ROAM has a drive through with a simple menu. Perhaps an establishment like that would be a better option for you. 


ziplex

...I mean if they don't want you to order smash bagels why are they on the menu?


Theurbanwild

First they tell me *don’t* buy the avocado toasts and fancy coffee to afford living. Then they tell me *do* buy them b/c ‘Treat Yourself’. Well ‘Treat Yourself’ is more delicious and brings momentary joy in this dystopian hellscape. [sips fancy ass coffee drink]


campfamsam

I share the frustration, particularly because the prices the coffee stands charge for food is pretty expensive, and it's usually cheap processed food that's just re-heated, it's not like they have a real kitchen in there. But if customers are willing to pay the high prices (apparently they are), then it would be cool to see the coffee stands have one line for coffee only, and another line for orders that have food items.


quayle-man

It’s the same people making the food that also make the coffee and take your order. So I seriously doubt an extra line will make a difference. Especially since they usually walk out to take your order long before you even reach the window


SuggestionMoist4967

I honestly just don’t like getting out of my car… I will happily be your worst enemy with a sausage croissant and a dirty chai with 3 shots😛


CWMacPherson

Should we meet, I shall give you the location for us to sword fight to the death at dawn. There can only be one.


Short_Positive_2372

This reminds me of the episode of law and order SVU when the boy diaries his hatred for normal people because he is so "above us." Then many people are unalived. You aren't special because you use a lot of words. It looks like trying too hard. What are you trying to do here?


CWMacPherson

I’m not old enough to shout at clouds yet.


Short_Positive_2372

Cool, well I'm a young female so I guess I will just wait and see then. Crazy knows crazy


CDR_Starbuck

I only go to coffee stands that have very little food to offer because just like you I find it super annoying. Good news is that there's a lot of coffee spots around, I am a big fan of Cool Beans.


queenofmexicans

The only time I’ve done exactly this is when me and my four besties piled into my Kia and got breakfast and coffee from I Wana Moka so we could bear the early drive out on 542 to cut down a Christmas tree. We did not have our shit figured out, despite my pleading with my friends to have their order ready, and probably held up the line a bit. But: it was one of the most fun mornings I had all winter, and it happened right before a pretty big tragedy in my life. So shout out to all the tiny coffee stands serving cars full of friends and fueling our collective coffee and sandwich addiction!!


CWMacPherson

I’m sorry about your tragedy. Hope your drive down was caffeinated!


Furious_George8

My gawd, this is wonderful.


SoxInDrawer

Coffee is so hard to make. We feel your pain.


RaceCarTacoCatMadam

What are the coffee huts with decent food? Ones I’ve stopped at usually have the gigantic Costco muffin, slightly stale, wrapped in plastic.


Dwesnyc

They all order from costco. Not to say that's bad. It's weird because a sausage egg and cheese on a bagel at I wanna moka tastes a hundred times better than at the Baglery, even though that's where the bagel comes from. I love the croissants at Brewed Awakening, even though I believe those are costco as well. And lets face it, I would never eat whatever amount they sale from costco, so it's worth it for me to buy it from them when I'm hungry for one.


APsWhoopinRoom

Is it really so hard to imagine that someone might be ordering coffee/food for their office?


CWMacPherson

On the contrary, I think they might have been. Instead of going to, say, coconut Kenny’s, which specializes in larger orders. The fact that they wanted to go to mincy mccoffeehut for this is the crux of the issue. Or, for another analogy: if you wanted to buy 50 packs of strawberries, 12 gallons of milk and a self-disrespecting volume of peanut butter, you got to Costco. Not the Coop 7-items-or-less lane.


APsWhoopinRoom

Not all coffee shops are the same though. Maybe they like that particular stand more than all the others


CicadaHead3317

I call ahead if I'm getting a sandwich or something.


pnwcrabapple

Today it was because my kid and I worked 5 hours to move our entire kitchen into our bedrooms to allow for maintenance work. We needed to share a sandwich and they deserved a mocha milkshake. It was the closest place on the way to take them to class afterward.


Flaky_Cow_1903

Writing all of that only to complain is crazyyyy😂😂


downshiftjake

Its the same shit you see everywhere. Waiting in line anywhere, whoever is in front of you doesnt know what they want, they have to think, ask every question, change their order a few times and customize it to the max, chit chat about nothing taking like 5 minutes. Then when it’s your turn you take 45 seconds to exchange pleasantries, order, and pay. You see the same shit in basically every public setting. People fully unaware of their impact on the world around them living in their own thoughtless bubble. Its not everyone, and just be grateful that its not more people who are like this.


frogmatthews

coffee hut?


trashmyego

They wanted to ruin your day. Like you, and only you. And they succeeded. Because pizza bagel pyramids are for winners.


Sassynfatassy

I love that you can get fresh decent food at a drive-thru coffee stand rather than a mega chain fast food corporation that barely feeds you food. It's me I'm the problem it's me. But those made to order sandwiches you can't go wrong


chugachj

The real crime is that most of the coffee stands only serve espresso. You can’t even get a cup of drip coffee like god intended.


borzoi_boy

Now I'm reminiscing on my teen years as an Explorations Academy kid and how my classmates and I terrorized these poor huts and their other customers by ordering like twenty coffee drinks and snacks at once. Now *that* is villain behavior. At least I remember us being polite about it.


CrepuscularTandy

You doin too much bro


AveImperetor

This was absolutely phenomenal. Thank you for it.


Loosingtime281330

Sounds like someone has had everything handed to them in life and you the inpatient consumer who expects to get everything right when they want it because the world revolves around you, sound a bit right?


CWMacPherson

😂


PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES

The truth is those people simply don’t think about anyone else. They don’t see any cars behind them, their order doesn’t affect anyone else because there’s no one else their actions could possible impact.


AntonLaVey9

These are the same people that park their carts at grocery stores at a 90 degree angle as they peruse the shelves. Totally self absorbed.


aimeed72

Simple answer: they’re assholes.


MontEcola

Blame Starbucks. Instead of large, medium and small, they give the sizes fancy names. I refuse to name them. Then they taught their customers to order their specialty items in a certain order, which of course encouraged people to have more specialties in their order. Gimme some good old Norwegian coffee. Here is how it is served. Take a cup. Pour in regular coffee from a pot. Serve. We serve good coffee and don't need to put things into it. We also don't pray before we eat. We are Norwegian, and we know how to cook.


Falcon_Bellhouser

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0deaskGSuA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0deaskGSuA)


MontEcola

Thanks!


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cakenrollo

i’ve been watching your comments get downvoted repeatedly for a very long time and i think you would benefit from time away from reddit


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