I bloody love coffee, it’s like beer for the morning. I’m not talking latte’s or frappe’s AKA coffee for people who don’t like coffee I’m talking BLACK and STRONG…. Like my men I guess…. Teehee!
I’m not what you call a morning person; mornings are the worst! It takes me a good hour or so to be totally cognitive, but coffee reduces that time scale by a half. I’ve never been great in the morning, makes me wonder why I went into an industry that seems to be totally run by people who love mornings, but hey-ho, got to stand by your decisions, right?
I’m alive at night, I never want to go to bed, I only climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire because I know how terrible I will feel when the alarm rings the next morning. Morning people laugh at me when I say it physically hurts to wake up…. My fellow Night Owl’s get it!!
Thankfully I don’t get up before 6 am much anymore, with the odd exception:
- Going on holiday
- Travelling for work
- My daughter sits on my head and says “Shhh… Daddy sleep”….
Two out of three of those reasons usually require me to drive somewhere and it isn’t uncommon for me to be fighting back the Z’s whilst on my way to measure up a job or fit some stuff with the guys. So I’m stoked when I see the SERVICES 1 MILE sign, I know that caffeine is coming to the rescue!
Like beer, I like trying different types of coffee, so I’ll pick an independent over a chain any day of the week! But service stations don’t offer that luxury, usually only Costa, Starbucks and McDonald’s. I avoid Costa like the plague, it’s disgusting, the higher proportion of Robusta in their blend makes it taste burnt, this is obviously the authors opinion and totally respect the choice of others… You’ve obviously not tried proper coffee…. But yes, I know Robusta beans have a higher caffeine content, but again, like beer, I’m not drinking for effect, despite what this blog might suggest.
Anyway…. McDonald’s do good coffee!! The cost is great too, so I more often than not go for this option, however, if I’m feeling flush, I’ll head to Starbucks and resist all the cakes and order my confusingly named coffee.
TimberMane Top Tip: If it’s on the menu, order a filter coffee, It’s never switched on because no-one ever orders it, so they HAVE to give you an Americano for the same price… Saves you about 30p.
… So I’ve ordered and the Barista asks me for a name for the order, I never give my real name, always an outrageous one and it’s always different. My wife always asks: “what name have you given?” and rolls her eyes when she reads Quentin or Tybalt (usually spelt wrong) on the side of the cup.
I love it when Ulysees or Crispin is called out and the swarm of people waiting for their hit of caffeine look around wondering who it’s for, then this beardy bugger steps forward to pick up his short black americano….. And his coffee…. SORRY!!!! Couldn’t resist.
I suggest you give it a go… Play around with some names, even pretend to be someone else entirely, speak loudly on your phone to an imaginary person describing your wild night in Cardiff with an entire pratfall of clowns. The world needs more silly.
Have a good one pols!
Atticus
TM
