Visiting in Seattle the last couple of days has been fun. We have had the chance to visit a number of places from a waterfall down to Pike Place market. So far my personal favorite was having brunch in the Space Needle. Nothing quite like eating prime rib while sitting in a rotating restaurant with amazing views of the city of Seattle and the surrounding area.
One of the strangest moments for me probably came while we were at Pike Place and saw people who were literally in awe of the “original” Starbucks. I’m all for some coffee and personally enjoy drinking Starbucks. But to be in awe over a brand of coffee is a bit much. This is taking brand loyalty to the level of worship and has to be the epitome of consumerism. Of course there are also the “anti-Starbucks” folks who seem to be around here. They would never be caught dead in the “original” Starbucks let alone having their picture taken in front of it (just don’t speak poorly of C&P Coffee Company or Caffe Ladro around them).
Lastly I have to mention our experience here at one of the local grocery stores. Everything was going great until that final and fateful questions was asked: “What kind of bag would you like?” My response, “Plastic is fine” revealed in an instant that I was not hip to the way things go around here. I could tell at that moment the cashier wanted to use that flower in her hair as a dressing for my grave. It turns out I’m in league with the devil.
How unorganic of me.
