Coffee and Cake Cancelled
By Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
Northampton, England
January 16, 2016 2:07pm CST
After a couple of hours looking at cars, we headed home and along the way stopped off at one of the big garden centres to have a look at what post-Christmas bargains they might have. My husband had something else on his mind - coffee and cake in the garden centre's in-house cafe.
We had a good scout around first to look for good buys, bought a new collar for Baloo (the cat) in the pet store and then headed into the cafe.
After about 5 minutes standing in a line that was going nowhere, my husband suggested we give up, go home and make our own coffee and pick up a cake from the village shop. He just HATES queueing and so do I.
We grabbed a couple of discounted orchids (great prices), a calendar (because nobody bought us one this year) and headed home. Luckily we were back early enough to get in a walk before it got dark, to pick up a cake, and to do coffee and cake at home.
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22 responses
@iamshane487 (1139)
• Manila, Philippines
17 Jan 16
There are free calendars in my country every New Year from the stores and supermarkets. We don't need to spend more.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
17 Jan 16
Ah but a calendar is more than just a list of dates. You have to find one you're happy to look at for 365 days.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Jan 16
I tend to not like lines either.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jan 16
@boiboing I have gotten to where i have a book on my kindle app on my cell, so other than my feet hurting, I dont mind as much
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
17 Jan 16
Our village has a coffee shop in the library but sadly it's not open on Saturday afternoons.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
17 Jan 16
I hate queuing too. You were probably far more comfortable having it at home!
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
17 Jan 16
If we had sacrificed the cake completely, I might have cried too.
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
17 Jan 16
Sometimes it's better having cake and coffee at home
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@xFiacre (12966)
• Ireland
16 Jan 16
@boiboing Queuing is such a boring activity and I'm baffled as to why people ever queue for restaurants. I find it quite demeaning and refuse. Hope you enjoyed your coffee and cake at home. I also refuse to queue for toilets, but then men rarely need to. Lucky us.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
17 Jan 16
In particularly long ones, I can usually get out my kindle and find something to read
@Poppylicious (11133)
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16 Jan 16
We always choose the wrong queue. Always. Today we got stuck in a slow-moving queue of cars! Glad you got cake!
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
17 Jan 16
@Poppylicious Statistically of course we can't always get it wrong - so why does it feel like we do?
@Poppylicious (11133)
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16 Jan 16
@boiboing It's truly ridiculous. I wonder if there are some people who always choose the right queue, the one which continues to move swiftly. Maybe it's an ancient sub-conscious instinct.
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Jan 16
sounds like a nice day anyways.
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@su1234567 (10)
• Kolkata, India
17 Jan 16
Most of us hate the long queues! Instead better to have the food at home! :)
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Jan 16
Yes indeed. We're on a 'dry' January so a bit of cake now and then is good compensation.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
17 Jan 16
yep coffee and cake at home sou nds really good a nd youu can relax in peace and quiet instead of someones kid misbeha ving in most cafes hese days
@Marilynda1225 (82690)
• United States
16 Jan 16
Probably a much better idea to have the coffee and cake at home where you can relax and enjoy it. What kind of cake??
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Jan 16
Carrot cake. It's a small round cake - about 5-6 inch diameter- from the local Coop supermarket. It was on special for £2 and we ate half of it.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
17 Jan 16
That sounds so much better than standing in line. The only walk I had yesterday was shopping, and I don't like shopping..
