Starbucks and General Hospital

The Starbucks down the street is closing.

 

Large, white PODS are parked in front of it, and the inside is empty.

 

I never thought I’d see the day when the mecca of all things hip wasn’t hip enough, kind of like a junior high kid trying to fit in at a high school party. Where else will I get my grande carmel frappuccino, no-whip-extra pump? Pulling into the lot, I thought it peculiar  that a garbage can and red chair were parked in line at the drive-thru, but it is Starbucks, after all, and free spirits reign. Rounding the corner were two trucks and me, all confused and looking for our caffeine fix. We pulled back into the stream of traffic, lost and bewildered, heading for McD’s. Sad, really.

 

Surely Sonny’s coffee import business will sky-rocket now that his competitor is closing stores.