It’s only a matter of time until they start opening Starbucks kiosks inside of Starbucks stores.
And Starbucks mini-counters inside of Starbucks kiosks, and Starbucks DemiCaff inside of Starbucks mini-counters…
“I’m sorry, sir, we can’t make you a Venti…no, no…it’s just that the cup won’t fit back here…”
Remember the old joke about Barnes & Noble?
They all had a Starbucks inside.
Inside the starbucks was a bookshelf.
On top of the bookshelf was a coffee pot.
And so on.
Ok, I guess you had to be there.
Nope, no gunfire at this Safeway. Honestly, if there had been, I doubt anyone would have noticed.
WHOA - you know, I had completely blocked out the fact that we lived in South Seattle for a while. Well, Boulevard Park, which isn’t too far from White Center. I sometimes forget how bad that place could be.
Living an awfully blissful life in Ballard these days for me to be thinking the U District is a bad area 
(I kid, I kid, I just remember last year someone mentioning that a grocery store in U District was attempted to be held up, so wondered if that was the place.)
You cannot possibly envision the imagery that popped into my mind at reading your statment…
And, no, it had absolutely nothing to do with Starbucks or coffee.
The Schnucks I used to frequent in C-U alternated. I thought it was quite cool once I figured out that they were warning about impending wetness.