call me a pessimist but i am certain that it will suffer the same fate as other suburban starbucks locations: packed to the brim with young parents whose bratty banshee children wreac havoc on the earbuds of innocent bystanders. i don't quite understand the stupidity of parents who believe their kids are too precious for discipline.
this may sound hypocritical coming from an ex-shrieky toddler, but was that my fault at the tender age of three?
some have a tendency to vow to do/never do something because our parents did the opposite to us. i share this tendency when it comes to shriek-discipline. i will spill scalding hot chai on my kid's face if he tries to impress the public with the power of his vocal chords. (i am kidding about the chai part... maybe).
granted, discipline is not as easy as it looks. in fact, it's one of the most difficult and trying aspects of parenthood. it takes a lot of perseverance and strength and time and patience and it makes your life disgustingly inconvenient. but the point is, i will at least try - and not give up.
UPDATE: so shizzle and i just came back from the new indigo/starbucks. the indigo bookstore is nice, really brand new flashy sparkling nice layout design. the starbucks only has a maximum of 4 tables so we weren't as impressed.
then i saw this.
is this the best glittery corporatism can offer us? i feigned enthusiasm so she would let me take the photo. secretly, i think it is ludicrous to take away an employee's dignity by strapping a gingerbread latte shooting contraption on their back and forcing them to walk around with a pained smile on their face, cheerily offering customers free coffee. now i understand why starbucks gives their employees free coffee - it's their own little version of soma. the poor girl.
going back to the discipline thing, isn't this the most perfect weapon for customer service angst, or what?! for all those baristas who can't stand the screaming of monster tykes and their apathetic parents, why not take discipline into your own hands?
