Caffeine
We have a new company in charge of food services in our building. I think I may have mentioned it before. The old company used to charge $1.20 for a mediocre, no-name, small coffee. It wasn't great, but it beat lining up at the Tim's drive-thru in morning traffic.
The new company is "proud to brew Starbucks coffee". Last week, we started to pay $1.44 for a mediocre, namebrand, small coffee that I have to add a hell of a lot more sugar to. Today, we discovered that the cashier was punching in the wrong button. She learned this when the Starbucks rep came to ensure the cafeteria was maintaining their "high" standards, I suppose. It seems she should have been charging us $1.55.
When I asked her why the price jumped so much, she told me the story. I said "Well, being such a small company and all, I can see why they want to make sure they don't lose out on any profits." My sarcasm was lost in the translation.
Of course, being an addict, I will pay it. It's still easier than lining up for Tim's with all the other slaves to the grind (pun fully intended).
In other news: Stay tuned, pictures from Quebec City will be here shortly...
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