Starb*cks
No, it wasn’t a Starb*cks cup, but this is still an extraordinary sight.
I have been in this town, on and off, for over five years now. Today was the first time ever that I’ve seen a dude with a paper cup filled with what looked suspiciously like coffee.
In the street.
Some guy with a cuppa joe in the street.
See, the idea of having a quick one in these latitudes is to go to your local cafe and order either an espresso or a Turkish-style (local) coffee. This will take between four and about eight minutes, possibly ten. In the meantime, your buddies drop by as well and you start discussing last night’s game, or the BMW someone parked outside, or you trade jokes. Your coffee arrives and you let it cool down a bit, light up, chat some more. You grab a newspaper and scan the headlines. You trade some more jokes.
You get the picture. By the time you’re done, an hour has passed.
The alternative is to call the local cafe and they’ll deliver coffee to your office, in real cups on a real tray carried by a real waiter. (“Call” here means both to pick up the phone and dial their number, and shouting out the window across the street.)
That’s what makes the dude with the cup so extraordinary.
So…Zvijezdabuck’s is open? Whats the story?
Comment by Rhodri Williams — January 21, 2005 @ 6:46 pm
No, Rhodri, none of the big franchises have made it here, and I’d be surprised if any did anytime soon — the “business climate” (to the extent there is one) is exactly, uh, welcoming, and frankly I’d carry my money somewhere else too, if I had any. Plus, there’s the cultural factor I outlined in my post — then again, would that really stop adoption of something “new” and “cool?” Do we know how St*rbucks is doing in Italy?
Comment by Teekay — January 22, 2005 @ 5:38 pm
Its probably mopping up… Any updates on the McDonalds saga in Sarajevo?
Comment by Rhodri Williams — January 23, 2005 @ 8:46 pm
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Its probably mopping up… Any updates on the McDonalds saga in Sarajevo?
Comment by Оптимизация сайтов — June 3, 2007 @ 12:19 am
See, the idea of having a quick one in these latitudes is to go to your local cafe and order either an espresso or a Turkish-style (local) coffee. This will take between four and about eight minutes, possibly ten. In the meantime, your buddies drop
Comment by Оптимизация сайтов — June 3, 2007 @ 12:19 am