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so last night, my bf and i were driving around trying to figure out something to do for the later part of our night. he was running low on gas and we were trying to think quickly. we came to the conclusion first and foremost, which we have a number of times before, that london sucks. you pretty much need a car to get around conveniently and even when you do have one, there is no where amazing you need to be. most things in london are centered around going downtown, which used to be fun, but now is far less exciting. you know, depends on the occasion. anyway, since we were in car, that meant no drinks. so we thought...and thought...

we had been to a dinner out and movie the night before, and we had just left from playing some ten pin. we both didn't feel like going home yet, so one of us put out the idea of coffee. i don't like going for coffee, being a non-coffee drinker, but it was a place to be warm and just talk. so he said, "williams?" and i thought, ugh.
i've just never been into meeting up at coffee shops, ordering mocha, vanilla soy overpriced drinks. but we went.
so while we were sitting and chatting, i realized even more my dislike for these places. so here. my list of why i dislike williams & certain other coffee shops, which i didn't name[starbucks].
i brought up these issues last night while sitting in the booth and my bf laughed at the depth of my hatred, which you could tell was growing the more and more i looked around and analyzed my surroundings.
all in all, it was still a fun date because we were together, but here's my list:

top5 reasons i dislike williams/coffeeshops
1. the people that go there a) to "study" b) the pretentious university kids and their overpriced "specialty" drinks c) the people that go there to drink alcohol
2. the decor is tacky. the bench cushions, the floor, the over use of teal, the bright blue lights. nothing meshes. and the seating - if you're not lucky enough to sit in a booth, you get stuck in a tiny little, wrought iron uncomfortable chair. [to be fair, a lot of restaurants have tacky carpets and bench seats that don't match, but when you notice that many things in one place it's just an overload]
3. the waiting system. williams is a coffee shop. so why do i have to sit and wait at my table with a plastic number for my food and drinks. i'm not in an actual restaurant, so why is it pretending to be one?
4. the bus boys walking around with their dirty dish bins, clanging dishes and looking over you to see if you have any sips left in your cup before they take it. can't they just wait until i stand up to leave? i mean the place wasn't full of people waiting to be seated.
5. the worst of all. the music. note: yesterday was october 11. october..so why the hell were they playing christmas music on the speakers?! why! when we first sat down my bf commented, "this place reminds me of christmas, i don't know why." we chalked it up to my hot chocolate, being warm, last time we sat in a coffee shop together our limbs were frozen, we could hardly drink our hot drinks because our teeth were chattering so much. but then we listened. there it was, rudolph the red nose reindeer filling our surroundings. i just groaned. we haven't even eaten our thanksgiving turkey's yet, and they are stuffing us with christmas.
i actually like christmas, and christmas music, but in december. i like the specialness of christmas which is quickly losing it's magic when you are bombarded with it more than two months in advance.

especially in a williams...UGH!

anyway, on a happy note...happy thanksgiving! yum!