I’m a self-confessed coffee snob, and there is one coffee shop I trust with my morning brew. It is the best in the neighbourhood (by a long way too!).

So now all I need to do is walk in and read the paper and/or some of the old issues of Zoo Weekly – and the coffee is ready, card stamped and money exchanged after some simple pleasantries. But they went that extra step for me today – they purchased the new copy of Zoo Weekly – just for me!!

I stopped the owner in her tracks and said “Surely not just for me….”, to which other staff members stopped what they were doing and responded – “Yep – for you”.

Makes the coffee taste that much better ;) I’d be keen to hear if anyone else gets special treatment from their local?

Gee, you are special…....

FD,

I feel like a winner if my local coffee shop; 1. Doesn’t take an eternity to make my flat white 2. Doesn’t mix my order up with some latte drinking pussy 3. Doesn’t burn the milk

So on the odd occasion when the planets align and the coffee gods smile down on me, i end up with a good start to the day.

2. Doesn’t mix my order up with some latte drinking pussy

a flat white is a shot of espresso with milk and minimal froth, a latte is a shot of espresso with milk with more froth

they are essentially the same coffee.. same goes for cappucino’s, only alot more froth

so you essentially consider yourself a pussy? ;)

Here we go again…......

Where we go again?

It’s all about the coffee lads… play nice!

Where we go again?

It’s all about the coffee lads… play nice!

its all in jest..

Real men drink tea anyway 8-)

I’m just remembering back to a thread some time ago where this caused quite a heated discussion.

I’m just remembering back to a thread some time ago where this caused quite a heated discussion.

I don’t drink coffee in a comp.

Real men drink tea anyway 8-)

And warm beer and get their asses kicked by the Sprinboks. Woo Hoo.

Mate, I didn’t see it, so I just pretend it didn’t happen. One or two sugars ?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but did you stop to think that maybe they were taking the mickey by buying you a kind of “semi-soft-porn mag?” It may have been a comment on your taste in literature.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but did you stop to think that maybe they were taking the mickey by buying you a kind of “semi-soft-porn mag?” It may have been a comment on your taste in literature.

So are you saying that Zoo Weekly is a step up or down from ISG?

They used to have the complete works of Proust for browsing as they brewed your coffee, but people kept pinching it. I guess Zoo Weekly or the paper is all I’ll get from now….

Sorry to burst your bubble, but did you stop to think that maybe they were taking the mickey by buying you a kind of “semi-soft-porn mag?” It may have been a comment on your taste in literature.

I would have thought Cleo was more appropriate for you FishDick.

Someone kept making the sealed section pages stick together.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but did you stop to think that maybe they were taking the mickey by buying you a kind of “semi-soft-porn mag?” It may have been a comment on your taste in literature.

So are you saying that Zoo Weekly is a step up or down from ISG?

They used to have the complete works of Proust for browsing as they brewed your coffee, but people kept pinching it. I guess Zoo Weekly or the paper is all I’ll get from now….

I bought Zoo the other day, expecting a Ralph/FHM sorta mag. Turns out it’s just a crappy copy of Picture/People, for men whose wives won’t let them buy the real thing.

Col

Col – which makes you more of a sucker than me. Having never bought the mag, I still get the joys of content-free, softcore porn mags for breakfast.

I’d be keen to hear if anyone else gets special treatment from their local?

Walked in to mine last week first thing on my way to see my newly enlarged family at the hospital, and the girls presented me with a huge basket of baby and Mum accessories. Got a nice card and jumpsuit from the Bakers Delight girls too. The little man will be reminded constantly by me how being friendly, polite and humble to those you see nearly every day will never be a bad call.

A freebie with X number of purchases goes down well

I’ve been in Sydney for 12 months now, and been to the same place for lunch and one or two coffees 3 or 4 days a week. They have one of those card schemes – where you get a stamp on it, and after 10 you get a free one. But I’ve never bothered about it, my own stupid fault I suppose. I would guess that I’d be due about 10 – 15 free coffees by now.

Walked in to mine last week first thing on my way to see my newly enlarged family at the hospital, and the girls presented me with a huge basket of baby and Mum accessories. Got a nice card and jumpsuit from the Bakers Delight girls too. The little man will be reminded constantly by me how being friendly, polite and humble to those you see nearly every day will never be a bad call.

Plus spending a grand a month on coffee and cakes never hurts either Tithers!

I’ve been in Sydney for 12 months now, and been to the same place for lunch and one or two coffees 3 or 4 days a week. They have one of those card schemes – where you get a stamp on it, and after 10 you get a free one. But I’ve never bothered about it, my own stupid fault I suppose. I would guess that I’d be due about 10 – 15 free coffees by now.

PJ – I was the same, they had a card scheme and I never bothered until about a month or so in. Having said that, tomorrow mornings coffee is free!

We just got a trial Nespresso machine here at work, but I want nothing to do with it. I can see this device being the centre of some quality office bitchery.

We have a coffee machine in the office as well – no bitchery, however…......

Step 1 - Get a good amount of silva in your mouth
Step 2 - Blow, like you are about to hock it into the nearest wall
Step 3 - Don't hock, but continue to make the noise
Step 4 - Get a megaphone and turn it to high
Step 5 - Put megaphone in front of mouth, continue to make noise.

In short ;-) It’s a right royal pain in the arse – it’s so damn noisy.

For me, part of the value of a coffee is getting out of the office for 5 or 10min having a bit of a walk, getting the coffee, and coming back to the desk and refocus on the job at hand.

I’d be keen to hear if anyone else gets special treatment from their local?

Walked in to mine last week first thing on my way to see my newly enlarged family at the hospital, and the girls presented me with a huge basket of baby and Mum accessories. Got a nice card and jumpsuit from the Bakers Delight girls too. The little man will be reminded constantly by me how being friendly, polite and humble to those you see nearly every day will never be a bad call.

Congratulations Tithers … all the best.