Do you carry your expensive coffee like it's a trophy?

Gauss

That's the impression I often get when I see people walking by with their plastic cup of coffee held aloft.

The King of Moo

I attach mine to a lead and let it trail along the ground, like a normal person.

I can't imagine why, or even how, someone could hold a cup of coffee in their hand.

Larianne

Over my head with both hands?? Don't be silly!!

Nodin

People buying one of them every morning, despite the fact theres coffee and a kettle provided in work, then complaining they've no money left two weeks into the month....

Kwiecien

then I brings it home and puts it in my trophy/coffee cabinet :pac:

Praetorian Saighdiuir

I have a hardhat like a "foam dome".

I like to keep my 12 oz low fat choco mocha frappa latte on the left and my iced tea with hand squeezed pomegranite bits on the right.

It's just how I roll.

Duckworth_Luas

I had to put a hole in the bottom of mine as people kept filling it with alcohol and started passing it around!

Nodin

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I had to put a hole in the bottom of mine as people kept filling it with alcohol and started passing it around!

What was your excuse with the popcorn then?

OneArt

I'm a bit weird, I usually just drink mine.

Micky Dolenz

I hold my out in front of me and sit at ATMs.

Duckworth_Luas

Nodin wrote: »

What was your excuse with the popcorn then?

I do everything I see Mickey Rourke do. Now, off for some botox!

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I hold my out in front of me and sit at ATMs.

How's that working out for ya?

I think I know you :P

NegativeCreep

Ah here, it's hardly that expensive is it? I get one everyday in college, venti of course. But I don't hold it like a trophy. I drink mine.

Abi

Gauss wrote: »

That's the impression I often get when I see people walking by with their plastic cup of coffee held aloft.

You've a few aul bees in your bonnet, don't you? If you're not declaring that anyone 30 and over are knackered, it's those pesky couples that kiss each other.


While in college I would have picked up a coffee somewhere and made my way in, so I'm probably one of the sorts you're giving out about. Now, if I head out in the car I stop off at the shop and sip between lights. I appreciate a nice cuppa in the morning, so where is the problem?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Abi wrote: »

You've a few aul bees in your bonnet, don't you? If you're not declaring that anyone 30 and over are knackered, it's those pesky couples that kiss each other.


While in college I would have picked up a coffee somewhere and made my way in, so I'm probably one of the sorts you're giving out about. Now, if I head out in the car I stop off at the shop and sip between lights. I appreciate a nice cuppa in the morning, so where is the problem?

Kick his ass Abi!

:pac:

The Master of Disaster

Why drink coffee when you can be a big child like me and get a big steaming hot chocolate!!

Pansing Denis

Op, relax, here's what's happening: they're letting their coffee cool down, they'll drink it when it isn't scorching hot. In the meantime they're walking to wherever they're going, and your weird unhappy mind is making shit up because you hate your life.

gronemeyer

The Master of Disaster wrote: »

Why drink coffee when you can be a big child like me and get a big steaming hot chocolate!!

I thought the same till I had Colombian coffee, Juan Valdez is a demi-god, he effected me so bad I don't even drink tea anymore!

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Coffee drinkers are such bull****ters in fairness, especially those who look at a cup of instant coffee as if it were a jar full of fungus. Posh slags the lot of them.

"Oh, I never drink instant, well I used to when I was anorexic to help me throw up but loike not anymore."

Son Of A Vidic

benwavner wrote: »

I like to keep my 12 oz low fat choco mocha frappa latte on the left and my iced tea with hand squeezed pomegranite bits on the right.

Now I know who you are, why you're Dr. Frasier Crane.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Now I know who you are, why you're Dr. Frasier Crane.

Sshhhhh, Im not a doctor anymore. I made a few boo boo's

Toby Take a Bow

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Coffee drinkers are such bull****ters in fairness, especially those who look at a cup of instant coffee as if it were a jar full of fungus. Posh slags the lot of them.

"Oh, I never drink instant, well I used to when I was anorexic to help me throw up but loike not anymore."

Coffee in (most) cafes tastes nicer. Not necessarily a snobby thing.

PeterStrauss The Second

I don't drink my trophies nor polish my coffees.

languagenerd

Nope, I take the cup from the coffee shop, put it in my rucksack (upside down, for good measure) and walk on with boiling liquid soaking through my bag and coat. Great for cold mornings, you should try it :pac:

(What way do you expect them to carry a cup of hot liquid?! As long as they don't hold it up over their heads with two hands and make an acceptance speech... and if they do, you've got some seriously strange friends!)

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Coffee drinkers are such bull****ters in fairness, especially those who look at a cup of instant coffee as if it were a jar full of fungus. Posh slags the lot of them.

"Oh, I never drink instant, well I used to when I was anorexic to help me throw up but loike not anymore."

Coffee in (most) cafes tastes nicer. Not necessarily a snobby thing.

You're just not making the instant right if that's the case.

Pansing Denis

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Coffee drinkers are such bull****ters in fairness, especially those who look at a cup of instant coffee as if it were a jar full of fungus. Posh slags the lot of them.

"Oh, I never drink instant, well I used to when I was anorexic to help me throw up but loike not anymore."

It's funny how bad, unintelligent trolls and ignorant, unpleasant people are often indistinguishable from each other online.

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Pansing Denis wrote: »

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Coffee drinkers are such bull****ters in fairness, especially those who look at a cup of instant coffee as if it were a jar full of fungus. Posh slags the lot of them.

"Oh, I never drink instant, well I used to when I was anorexic to help me throw up but loike not anymore."

It's funny how bad, unintelligent trolls and ignorant, unpleasant people are often indistinguishable from each other online.

I'm guessing you're one of those who look down on instant coffee.

Abi

benwavner wrote: »

Sshhhhh, Im not a doctor anymore. I made felt up a few boob boob's

Fixed :pac:

Pansing Denis

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

I'm guessing you're one of those who look down on instant coffee.

I drink espresso, I don't look down, up, left or right at what other people might or might not drink. You seem like a pretty wretched person.

Michael Scofield

I hold mine "aloft" because otherwise some eejit will knock it out of my hand, get hot coffee all over themselves (and me) and cause a big ol' fuss. Much easier to hold it up high!

WoollyRedHat

I carry my 100 euro coffee like it's a baby, all the while snacking on some caviar on the way to the museum.

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Pansing Denis wrote: »

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

I'm guessing you're one of those who look down on instant coffee.

I drink espresso, I don't look down, up, left or right at what other people might or might not drink. You seem like a pretty wretched person.

Eek, espresso drinkers ... Let's not even go there.

WoollyRedHat

Pansing Denis wrote: »

I drink espresso, I don't look down, up, left or right at what other people might or might not drink. You seem like a pretty wretched person.

Pretty Wretched is a tad extreme

Cantona's Collars

I love the ones who rush out of the house at the last second for work & don't have time to boil the kettle let alone eat breakfast yet somehow find time to stop off for coffee on the way to their job.

Pansing Denis

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Eek, espresso drinkers ... Let's not even go there.

You don't know what you're talking about.

Sir Pompous Righteousness

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Pansing Denis wrote: »

I drink espresso, I don't look down, up, left or right at what other people might or might not drink. You seem like a pretty wretched person.

Pretty Wretched is a tad extreme

Just ignore him, he's an espresso-snob.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Abi wrote: »

Fixed :pac:

Heh heh heh, you know me so well.

We must get together for coffee sometime. :P

Michael Scofield

zerks wrote: »

I love the ones who rush out of the house at the last second for work & don't have time to boil the kettle let alone eat breakfast yet somehow find time to stop off for coffee on the way to their job.

To be fair, if you leave 5 minutes earlier you can sometimes save yourself a hell of a lot of time on the commute by being just ahead of the traffic. All that time saved can then be spent standing in line at the coffee shop. Simples .

aaronjumper

I like the ones with heated milk. Think they're called Lattés.
But I like the cheap stuff too, I'm posh and not, all at the same time.

Quorum

Gauss wrote: »

That's the impression I often get when I see people walking by with their plastic cup of coffee held aloft.

I don't get this attitude. How else are people supposed to hold it? It's a hot liquid, you need to hold it straight. I'm not a coffee drinker but do this with the occasional takeaway tea I buy.

I never get this mentality, OP.

People buy coffee because they like it. They hold it in their hand because where else are they going to put hot coffee? They drink it on the go because they don't have time to sit down and drink it in the place. How on earth do you get from that that people are holding coffee 'like a trophy'? It's a fecking 3 euro cup of coffee, not a Gucci bag.

Do you complain when people walk around with a can of Coke or a Mars bar? Do you think people are showing off when they walk around eating Taytos?

People are just living their lives, OP. If I were you, I'd ask myself why on earth I even care/notice this. It's actually bordering on hilarious that you think people go to Starbucks or Costa to show off the cup so people will think they're rich.

Toby Take a Bow

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

You're just not making the instant right if that's the case.

Put in the instant, then the boiling water? I reckon I'm making it right. Maybe you're not getting a good cup of coffee in cafes. Given the freshness of the beans, the process in getting the flavour from the beans and the correct temperature of the water, it's probably this.

Remmy

aaronjumper wrote: »

I like the ones with heated milk. Think they're called Lattés.
But I like the cheap stuff too, I'm posh and not, all at the same time.

Same. I love my coffee and have a little process from grinding the beans down to the amount of time I should let it percolate but when I wake up I have a nescafe gold blend within about 1 minute just for the sheer convenience of it.

Gauss

Gauss wrote: »

That's the impression I often get when I see people walking by with their plastic cup of coffee held aloft.

On the rare occasion I get one, I do carry it carefully, because last time I didn't, some foam came out of the little sip part

Abi

bluewolf wrote: »

On the rare occasion I get one, I do carry it carefully, because last time I didn't, some foam came out of the little sip part

Omg!! are you okay! :eek:




:pac:

Andy-Pandy

I keep one of these in my locker in college. I save a fortune on coffee and have the nicest brew on campus.

Eve_Dublin

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Coffee drinkers are such bull****ters in fairness, especially those who look at a cup of instant coffee as if it were a jar full of fungus. Posh slags the lot of them.

"Oh, I never drink instant, well I used to when I was anorexic to help me throw up but loike not anymore."

Coffee doesn't make you throw up. Unless it's instant, of course because instant is fooking disgusting. I like a good cup of coffee like I like a good pint and have become quite the expert in the last number of years (I'm a trained barista as well!). if you drink enough of the real stuff, you don't go back. :cool:


I can hear your eyes raise to heaven and your teeth grinding from here and that's made my day tbh.

Eve_Dublin

zerks wrote: »

I love the ones who rush out of the house at the last second for work & don't have time to boil the kettle let alone eat breakfast yet somehow find time to stop off for coffee on the way to their job.

For the love of god, a takeaway coffee is much nicer than anything you could make at home unless you'd a super dooper fancy coffee machine.


What do people have against people treating themselves now and then and getting their pleasures where they can? Why would you begrudge them for that?

Snowie

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

For the love of god, a takeaway coffee is much nicer than anything you could make at home unless you'd a super dooper fancy coffee machine.


What do people have against people treating themselves now and then and getting their pleasures where they can? Why would you begrudge them for that?

because they have no standereds and dont seem to understand the concept of enjoying what you put in your mouth to them its nothing but substanance much like over cooked carrots wwww

Gauss

Abi wrote: »

Gauss wrote: »

That's the impression I often get when I see people walking by with their plastic cup of coffee held aloft.

You've a few aul bees in your bonnet, don't you? If you're not declaring that anyone 30 and over are knackered, it's those pesky couples that kiss each other.



While in college I would have picked up a coffee somewhere and made my way in, so I'm probably one of the sorts you're giving out about. Now, if I head out in the car I stop off at the shop and sip between lights. I appreciate a nice cuppa in the morning, so where is the problem?

Good to see I have a fan of my work

No problem, just an observation.

Gauss

Branson Greasy Buckle wrote: »

I never get this mentality, OP.

People buy coffee because they like it. They hold it in their hand because where else are they going to put hot coffee? They drink it on the go because they don't have time to sit down and drink it in the place. How on earth do you get from that that people are holding coffee 'like a trophy'? It's a fecking 3 euro cup of coffee, not a Gucci bag.

Do you complain when people walk around with a can of Coke or a Mars bar? Do you think people are showing off when they walk around eating Taytos?

People are just living their lives, OP. If I were you, I'd ask myself why on earth I even care/notice this. It's actually bordering on hilarious that you think people go to Starbucks or Costa to show off the cup so people will think they're rich.

I never complained. I notice this because I like to watch the world around me that I'm living in.

I find they hold the coffe cup higher up than when see people hold other similar cups like a McDonald's drink for example.