I Like Starbucks Better….

I woke up at 4 am and could not fall back to sleep. But, then I opened my eyes, sat up and looked at the clock. 6:31am. I sat there for a few moments and then realized that something was wrong. We had overslept. We made the bed, showered, dispensed the cat food and medicine and were out the door at 7:10am. Since I did not have my morning cup of mint tea I decided to stop at Starbucks on the way to the subway. When I turned the corner, the small, grayish homeless man yelled, “Good morning, spare any change?” As I approached him I said “I don’t have any change.” He said he would take food. I told him I was going to the deli across the street (to pick up a bagel) and would he like some coffee. He replied, “I like Starbucks better, their coffee (pointing to the deli) is to watery.” I said, “Well, Starbucks is more expensive, how about some tea?”. He agreed to tea with sugar and lemon but when I crossed the street he yelled out, “Miss Miss, milk, no lemon.”

I handed him the tea, he thanked me and again said, “Starbucks is so good.”