to be continued...

in thinking about your daily coffee shop experiences...
do you make frequent visits to the same coffee shop?
do you see the same person behind the counter a lot of the time?
what's your conversation consist of? is it personal? is it a positive experience?
do you continue the same topic of conversation from one visit to the next?

for us, it's small talk most of the time, but with many of our regulars it can get a little deeper...

- the public school drama
- the co-worker rants
- the proud parent
- the pissed parent
- the scared parent
- the drunk
- the popo politics
- the family vacation mayhem
- the delivery guy's adventures
- the liar lyin'
- the i-just-smoked-a-joint-and-need-some-of-this-ridiculously-good-coffee guy/gal
- the musician's hangovers
- the exhausted student en route to class
- the guy who wishes we served our coffee with an iv
- the eternal-dater
- the sports fanatic's game results
- the gambler's wins (you'll never hear about the losses)
- the fighter's training routine
- the unemployed loving unemployment
- the new music informant
- the weatherman
- the guy who comes in to get away from his wife
- the one-upper's one-ups
- the whole family and their dog(s)
- the plain 'ol story-tellin' storytellers
- the 37's ;)

oh, and there's more...A LOT more!

next time you hit up your favorite coffee shop, take notice to how your conversation goes. are you loyal enough to be part of the regulars who have conversations that are always "to be continued" from one visit to the next?

you know who you are...

-h