:hee:

"I'm Lovin' It!"

Thats very intersting , cause MANY people I know who go to DD's refer to it as their "liquid Crack" fix, jokingly of course, but i wonder if they are adding something to the coffee. Its pretty much common knowledge that Mc Donalds for example intentionally adds Sugar to EVERYTHING even their salads, which you would not suspect, but its true.And dont even try to figure out whats in chicken nuggets. IMO,these big corporations are slowly but deliberately poisoning us. Watch the documentary Supersize Me, you may NEVER go to a fast food restaurant again in your life.
If you travel anywhere else in the world even third world countries,the food tastes so completely different(better),it makes you wonder what is really going on here.
sorry to go slightly off topic

O thank heaven.
down here we got 7-11's open 24 hrs.like mike said i know what i'm gettin before its poured....An I know excactly what it costs.plus i would rather make my own coffe anyways.u ever see how they shovel the sugar in the cups foof fooof fooof three large scoops.who can drink that.an i don't know if its the creamer or the donuts but one of em gives me heartburn.Plus over 2 bucks for a large coffe is ridiculous..Starbucks = Puke I don't know who or how anyone drinks that crap.tried it twice an had to throw it away.both times.I think its the sheeple thing.Followin the hurd.
O thank heaven.
I never thought I would actually say that.

What is it with coffee shop employyee's in general? When did this job become a status job that required a holier than thou attitude? It seems that the more you pay for your coffee the more attitude you get (Starbucks).

Just for fun, try screwing around with them when they start asking your name so they can "personalize" your cup :D

They're shocked that anyone wouldn't want their name on a "Lottabucks".

They won't do it for just a plain old overpriced cuppa joe, tho. You have to order the double grande latte or whatever the hell they call the $4 thingamajig :hihi:

muffins @ dunkin dog-nuts
 

every time i go there and my dog is with me....

they try and give me a doughnut hole for my dog..
like thats healthy :huh:

but seriously twice now...both my wife and i have gotten ill from their
friggan muffins and think they must be using way to much bakers yeast or baking powder because we both get blown up from them and never will buy them ever again. Period.

as for coffee: i make taster's choice gourmet coffee in less than three minutes for about 25 cents per cup. the only time i buy DD's coffee is when i'm on the road and have no choice and would rather get their high test coffee than crash.

they offer my dog donut holes too, when I go through the drive through. WTF is with that??? Pisses me off. I tell them no and they look at me like I am abusing the dog. I do like the coffee, but I don't drink a ton of it because we just brew a big pot in the moring to save $$..


_Z_

One time I went throught the d&d drive through and ordered a black coffee. when I pulled up to the window he told me they didnt have any!!!!! :uhoh:

SERIOUSLY........

even though d+d's may have fault's,,I can't say anything bad about them....they've given thousand's of dollar's to help fund deaf kid's in programing,show's etc...which my son got to use and see.

I gotta give the Seabrook DD employees some props. One morning, their electricity went out and they were running on a generator -- no cash register with the easy buttons. There was only a slight backup at the drive thru, and one smart girl was actually tallying the orders with paper and a calculator! And they still had smiles on their faces and apologies on their lips for the "wait". Generally it's hit or miss, though, on accuracy and politeness with these places.

I had the same thing happen to me..he says "we're all out of coffee" WTF I thought "get the @#^ outa here!"

What urks me and happens all the time, I am sure it has happen to you is when they leave the coffee on their side of the counter near the edge, you pay for it and they don't have the courtesy to slide it to your side.
I said once, "well you going to give it to me".
Morons to the nth degree.

Couple of years ago I was taking my son to his football game, early on a Sunday, and I get, "We're out of donuts"

Apparently, the delivery was really late.

And no, they're not baked on-site any more, at least in these parts. " Baked Fresh every 4 hours, 24 hours a day" has gone the way of the do-do, it seems :rollem:

Starbucks?
 

Simple fix. Go to Starbucks. Aside from all the pricey Lattes and Cappacino drinks you can still get a good regular cup of coffee at a reasonable price. They take the time to make sure you get exactly what you want and in my experience are always courteous.

"Gotta love the bucks." -Michael Scott (Regional Manager of Dunder/Mifflin Inc.)

unreasonable price you mean
 

all coffee is going up as a result of hurricane katrina because thats where it
arrives from south America...down south and the docks are destroyed.

the price of coffee is going to go... up UP UP ^

on a side note- went to DND's the other night and watched a girl behind the counter ring up 3 customers.. each tiem she hit the no-sale button on the register and took their $$ and gave them back the right change- of course at the end of the night, you know that drawr is going to be a few hunded bucks over if she was doing that off and on all day :(

i hate thieves

Thieving DD employees
 

Nebe,
I have and old buddy who bought two DD's and then went bigtime for three more in Bristol county. First thing he did is put very high tech cameras over and around the register. Needless to say he turns over employees all the time. He never pays unemployment though because of the film he has availale to take to the hearings. Cameras keep his losses to a minimum. Their are many funny stories around about order snafus especially at the drive ups.

Getting back to the addictive qualities...

I've been drinking coffee since I was 14 (I'm 27 now) and if you were to give me decaf in the morning and I somehow didn't notice, I'd be nauseus and have a headache by noon.

There's no question caffiene is physically additive. It's probably psychologically addictive as well. The way we buy it and especially when you make your own it has the same ritual style use like most drugs.

They say (an article in Nat'l Geo) that caffine is a 2-4 day residence time in your system... so if you stop drinking it you feel like ass for a few days then get better.. I stopped 2 winters ago; I got the flu (and didnt drink any coffee for 2 days) then got on a plane and went to Key West; had 1 cup thw whole time I was there, came back and didnt drink any for months; till the season started again.....

agreed
 

here's a link to a site about coffee addiction and the negative

health problems associated with coffee drinking....

i was once taking gurana a south american herb

for a boost in the morning along with a cup of

coffee at home and a large dunkin doughnuts ice coffee

before i started work . Not knowing that gurana is so loaded with
caffiene ....i was totally over amping
...my brain was about to explode!

http://www.twilightbridge.com/deaddictions/coffee.htm

the werst thing about double d is when you order a iced coffee.they fill the cup to the top with ice and you end up with about a shot glass of coffee.

I do miss DD iced coffee. The first time I was down here in SC in the early 90s nobody down south had even heard of iced coffee. Plenty of sweet tea but clueless on iced coffee. On a trip from Camp Lejeune to Parris Island we stopped in Myrtle Beach to eat and I saw a DD with a poster of an iced coffee in the window. I poked my head in and asked them how they made their iced coffee (people down here would try to sell me hot coffee poured over ice.) In the thickest RI accent the lady asked where I was from. I just smiled, ordered an iced coffee and found out she was from Bristol, RI.

great article.....
 

would you like some doughnuts with that?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/21/car....ap/index.html

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Employers in Massacusetts pay the same amount of unemployment tax whether an employee collects or not. The tax is based on the number of employees hired, not whether any given employee collects.

Thanks Pete. I was reading the posts about some shops adding some mysterious drug to thier coffee, and I'm sittin' here thinkin', "...but coffee already HAS a powerfull drug in it. That's why we drink it!"
If anyone doubts that caffein is a powerfull drug, try going without it. The symptoms that yopu describe Pete are full blown withdrawal symptoms.

i've tried to quit
 

several times and it ain't happening...
.its worse than nicotine by ten....
imo....

of course everyones personal chemistry varies...

but when you look at the amount of coffee

sold, advertised, promoted within the good ole USA

its a panademic of society... with dependance...

thats off the scale...

Raven,
that thwarted jacking was about 15 minutes from here. Wish the dude had broken his legs. I hate thieves.

no kidden Kev....wow.... hey, all it takes is a sign saying where ya wanna go, a clean shirt and a smile and you can hitch a ride anywhere...

if your stealing the car....to resell it....at least do it when the owner's not already in the thing.

morone saxtillus - Great Avatar - who caught who - lol

oh my god
 

now they are saying that coffee improoves short term memory...
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CHICAGO, Nov. 30 - A cup of coffee is good for the memory, at least the short term memory, according to research reported today. In a study of 15 healthy men ages 26 to 47, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) detected significant activity in the brain's memory centers 20 minutes after the men consumed 100 mg of caffeine, according an Austrian study reported at the Radiological Society of North America meeting here.
The activity was significantly greater than men who were imaged after consuming a matched placebo (P<0.05), said Florian Koppelstatter, M.D., of the University Hospital Innsbruck.
He said the fMRI scan detected activity in the anterior cingulate cortex of the brain, which is responsible for some short-term memory functions.
The men, all right-handed, underwent fMRI scans on two days. Half of the men were initially given water that contained a tasteless concentration of 100 mg of caffeine -- about the equivalent of two cups of coffee -- and half were given ordinary water. The groups were crossed over for the second scans.
Dr. Koppelstatter said that fMRI routinely detected activity as participants completed memory tasks during the scan, but caffeine significantly boosted brain function beyond that expected level. In addition to greater activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, men taking caffeine had increased activity in frontal cortex, and the inferior parital cortex. Moreover, since the men were all right handed, the increased activity was greater in the left hemisphere.
Twenty-minutes after consuming the drinks -- a time that Dr.Koppelstatter said was calculated as the caffeine's peak potency time in the brain -- the men underwent fMRI scans. He noted that caffeine's effect diminishes after 45 minutes.
Dr.Koppelstatter said the scans clearly demonstrated that caffeine has a definite impact on short-term memory processes. "This effect takes part in the distinct part of the working memory network that controls attention and concentration."
Michael Brant-Zawadzki, M.D., chairman of the RSNA communications committee and moderator at press conference where Dr. Koppelstatter discussed his research, said the findings will probably not surprise anyone because "we all know that coffee makes us more alert, but now we know how that works."
He said that finding also suggests a possible research target for the development of drugs to improve memory function. "It may be possible to develop drugs like caffeine that can stimulate these same brain regions," he said.
:huh: oooo kay

I'M ADDICTED
 

My Name is Raven and im addicted to coffee.
do they have coffee addicts anonymous?
i need to join this organization.

because I'm addicted
to coffee it seems....just like i thought....i went cold turkey for only one day and totally caved in.....i just had to make a cup...of java,,,
partly because this ole farm house is as cold as a well diggers butt
in the morning....
and i'll consult my doctor monday on how to kick my habbit,,,since it was recommended that i quit.... i don't think it'll happen....though,
to many Dunkin Doughnut ads when i watch football,when i drive my car...where ever i go i smell it....see it...almost taste it
it's such a tease.....

and with my imagination ----> pffffffff ....forget about it....
like last night i had this dream i was at a beautiful coffee bean plantation......right... and i was gonna be meeting Juan Valdez
and all that....but he wasn't there....

Juanita Valdez was though......saying:
"Come to me my little coffee bean and let me see if you are ripe....." :love:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ITA_Valdez.jpg