As I exited from Oxford Circus tube station this morning I was offered a ticket for a free cup of coffee. Now I am not a fan of being accosted in the street as you can see from my Campaign for Unaccosted Pedestrianism, or CUP for short, but I think a bit of two-faced hypocriticalness never hurt anybody and so I took the ticket rather than barge the profferer to the ground.
Sadly, it was from McDonalds. Now, I have nothing against old Ronald McD (well not at the time of writing but I'm so fickle that that could change quickly) but he may know about putting on make-up and looking a pratt but he doesn't know anything about coffee. And yes I do think there are too many Starbucks and Costa Jobbies around and I was very pleased to see one close and get replaced by a shirt shop where I bought a very nice shirt that lasts longer than the 30 cups of coffee it cost...but, at least they do know how to make nice, real coffee.
What a let down for Monday morning.
Posted by grahame at October 11, 2004 04:27 PM | TrackBack