So, on Tuesday me and a couple of the boys from work went down into Scotia Square to fetch some coffees for ourselves. Now, at the firm I work for Second Cup seems to be the status quo. This is all fine and dandy, except for the fact that I am a Starbucks man myself. So, I let the guys know that I will quickly grab my Grande Pike Place Roast and meet up with them back at Second Cup.
What I forgot to consider was the ridiculous stink that walking into a coffee shop with a cup of java from their fiercest competitor would create. Might I add that the stink was uber stinky… The people behind the counter gave me the berries, but it wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle. Besides, I knew that what I had done was a little bold…. but then the manager caught wind of it… and he gave me the most serious dosage of THE BERRIES that I have ever received (from a coffee shop employee). It kind of went like this;
Douchey-Manager: “What the hell are you doing!? Why do you drink that crap!? It costs like $9.00 for a small and it’s not even any good! Our coffee is better! Anyone who drinks Starbucks is an idiot!! Seriously, our coffee is better and it is so much cheaper!! ARRRRRRRRGH! “
Paul: “Hmm… may I ask how much a large coffee is at Second Cup?”
Douchey-Manager: “$2.00 FLAT.”
Paul: “I bought this ‘large’ at Starbucks for $2.25. It’s not that much more expensive.”
Douchey-Manager: “Ya?!?!?! Well we put your cream and sugar IN FOR YOU! Ha!”
Paul: “a) I am entirely capable of putting my own cream and sugar in my coffee, and b) I actually prefer to put my own in because I feel like I get ‘exactly’ what I want as a result”
Douchey-Manager: “Ah! Anyone who drinks that stuff is an idiot! Anyone who knows anything about coffee knows the Second Cup is better…”
**Paul walks out of the store to never return to a Second Cup. Paul also leaves pondering what kind of New Customer Acquisition Strategy this manager seems to be using. Is it reverse recruitment psychology? Will I want a Second Cup coffee more than ever tomorrow? We’ll have to wait and see**
2 days ago
Happy Canada Day. Other than being being our country’s 142nd birthday, it is a fairly standard day. Of course, I did have the day off work… and I will being seeing a Joel Plaskett concert while on a boat in the Halifax harbour tonight.. and yes there will be fireworks and yes I will probably be drinking rum. Ok, so it is not such a standard day… it’s actually a pretty awesome day!
Fyi, HERE is what I got up to last Canada Day.
Now, today I began to think, who is my favourite Canadian? Which I can answer pretty easily; Pierre Trudeau… I wont go into the nitty gritty, but I love the guy to death (Sadly, he died nine years ago). Read more about Pierre HERE.
Another interesting thing to think of is, who is commonly revered as the greatest Canadian? Well, the CBC did a poll a while ago and HERE are the results.
I have enabled answers and I want to know who is your favourite Canadian?
3 days ago
Since moving to Halifax I have noticed some interesting weather trends that occur. Most of these drastic and obscure alterations in the weather occur because of the city’s proximity to the ocean, but they are still completely weird for a Halifax rookie like me.
This fog comes out of absolutely nowhere, is extremely low lying, has a salty smell, and makes the city unbearably humid. Keep in mind, that this fog rolls in in a matter of minutes. When I lose my mind over what’s going on, the locals just shrug it off… “oooooooooh what’s the worry there Paul? Fog got yer’ panties in a knot eh?”
In other news, I feel as if I have seen the High Liner fish-sticks guy 800,000 times since being here. Sadly, these are just legit fisherman.
6 days ago
