Ripped off and mislead!

Sunday, Dennis and I went on a road trip. No, it wasn’t anything like the one in "Animal House." We had lunch in a cute downtown diner in a college town and then drove into the city to an outdoor shopping mall. That style of mall has gained some popularity here. It resembles a village full of shoppes but is really just a shopping mall or plaza, as they used to say. At any rate, we decided to get Starbucks iced coffees. First of all, look at the sleeve they provide for your cup. See the bit I’ve circled? It is an out and out, total lie! The sleeve was not hot in the slightest either before or during use. This is the bit where I felt ripped off… Dennis is quite skinny, and so ordered a regular iced coffee which comes with whipped whitness on top. I, being a bit squidgy, ordered the "light version" which is made with low fat milk and no whipped fluffiness. When mine was finished, the coffee whipping person discovered she had made mine a regular as well. She then held it aloft and said, "Does anybody want this? It’s free!" That is how the chap in front of me received a free coffee, compliments of me. Hmmm… Where’s MY free coffee? Whilst waiting, Dennis noticed that the iced coffee frappalator was encased in a clear plastic box. I explained to him it is to keep frappalated, coffee coated, ice chunks from flying into the waiting crowd and putting out anybody’s eye. Makes sense, innit? In any case, the coffees were good and some stranger benefited from my "diet." After we visited a shoe store and Dennis tried on a large variety of trainers, a pair were chosen and purchased. We drove into another part of the city and shopped for antipasti, bread and wine. We came home with 5 bottles of various whites, a bagguette, chaivare, tabouille salad, mixed olives, and strawberries. We also stocked up a bit on couscous.
Over all we had a wonderful, fine day out. Hope your Sunday was as good as ours.