Guest Opinion

Maybe it’s time for a Starbucks express line

By Mikel Kelly

, Apr 9, 2009, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (7 Reader comments)

OK, I’ve been turning myself inside out, trying to avoid getting into this, but I can no longer keep my mouth shut.

They need an express line at Starbucks.

There already are two tills in operation at most of the popular coffee shops, so maybe it’s time to reserve one of them for people who can place their drink order in four words or less.

Four words is all you need if all you really want is coffee.

In the other line you could have all those other people who need to use a whole paragraph of words to explain what they want – you know, the people who don’t really drink coffee.

Let’s face it, if you need to use the words “caramel,” “chocolate,” “pumpkin,” “eggnog” or “peppermint,” you’re not drinking coffee. You’re having dessert.

I used to order a “grande Americano with room.”

Now, two of those words were kind of being wasted because I didn’t really need the room for cream. That was just my way of protecting myself from spilling the stupid thing on the way to work.

But then it got to the point where I couldn’t get anything bigger than a “tall” (ironically, the smallest size available) and still stay under my self-imposed price limit of $2 per cup – which, in my book, is plenty for a cup of strong black coffee.

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