Uncle Royd
[work][coffee]
Uncle Royd
A weird thing about my coworkers
Uncle Royd
Is that we have a starbucks in the building
Uncle Royd
And a coffee maker in the breakroom
Uncle Royd
And people overwhelmingly prefer to go to starbucks
Uncle Royd
There’s free coffee
Uncle Royd
But people would rather pay $5 for a starbucks
Uncle Royd
I use the coffee maker
Uncle Royd
I make a full pot thinking “my coworkers will appreciate this!”
Uncle Royd
And then 8 hours later when I go home the pot is still 2/3rds full
trick or trick
i woulda drunk the coffee 
Uncle Royd
I’ve never worked with people like this before
trick or trick
yeah thats genuinely deranged
trick or trick
i work across from a starbucks and i still just use the coffee maker at work too lol
Doctor Ansem
Either they genuinely think starbucks tastes better or they're sold on the idea that it tastes better
Uncle Royd
There’s ONE person who regularly thanks me for making coffee and its ohr local deranged antivaxxer who listens to youtube conspiracy theorists while she works
Uncle Royd
I am bonding with her against my will over this
Doctor Ansem
My mom is hard stuck on the idea of some expensive coffee, but at least I know it's based on taste (and we make it at home, so at least I'm not out 35+ a week)
Uncle Royd
Maybe they all want mocha hazelnut frappes
EsperBot
They have a lot of civic pride I guess
Uncle Royd
I guess but also
Uncle Royd
hey....
rose time
Absolutely bonkers. It's free coffee!
Uncle Royd
It’s free coffee!
eggnogflavored
I need more free coffee
Bolt Vanderhuge
That's utter derangement
Bolt Vanderhuge
Like you said, that's free coffee right there!
Bolt Vanderhuge
Unless it's literal battery acid, which I know it's not, there's no reason not to just... y'know, save a couple of bucks
Uncle Royd
It’s not incredible coffee
Uncle Royd
But neither is starbucks coffee
Bolt Vanderhuge
Yeah, Starbucks always tastes burned to me
eggnogflavored
the basic brewed coffee is pretty meh. some of the limited time blends are decent.
Wighty
i think people just want sugar tbh
Wighty
my kids drank tons of starbucks but they were all 90% sugar by volume as far as i could tell
Uncle Royd
Yeah I think really that starbucks isn’t a coffee shop so much as a novelty milkshake bar
Dragomorph
Yeah, that more or less used to be my attitude towards coffee. These days all I need is some milk and turbinado sugar, but I am more than capable of drinking it black if need be