![]() To me, it seemed like one of the most tedious tasks this side of the airport pickup queue, and most of the officers I chatted with seemed to have a slight sense of humor about their fate.Ī few minutes after the departure of the law, the problems would begin. The officer (and there were several of them over the months) would calmly motion cars to line up two-abreast, and keep people from making illegal turns or stopping traffic. We typically arrived a bit before 10 a.m., just in time to see the last few minutes of the police officer’s performance. Every month or two a few people would gather on the grass beneath the billboard with some donuts and coffee, and see how the drive-thru performed in real life. Paul urban planning advocates, myself included, made it a habit. Over the years of the “carbucks” limbo, a small group of St. To actually understand a situation, it helps to see it in person, to spend time and dwell with an intersection. As they got mowed over, the bollards were re-installed with varying and futile frequency. Meanwhile, coffee-seeking cars routinely blocked the bike lane, so the City began installing plastic bollards to better demarcate the space. For example, after a few drivers mistakenly drove straight over the curb and sidewalk (probably doing damage to their car), the company installed a crude fence at the end of the exit making it clear not to drive over the embankment. Meanwhile, the design of the queue and its intersection with the street triggered a constantly evolving battle between infrastructure and the driver inattention. The resulting queue invariably backed up into the street, and, at times, even blocking the busy Snelling and Marshall intersection. For one thing, there were often far more people interested in drive-thru coffee than places for their cars to idle. The fundamental flaw was a lack of stacking capacity, made worse by the constrained and confusing design. It became clear early on that the Starbucks drive-thru was causing traffic problems. The new store was built the following year, at which point the options for city regulators narrowed considerably. Unless you are someone who also has credentials in traffic engineering, professionals almost always trump amateur concerns.Īfter some debate, the variance and conditional-use permit (CUP) was granted by the City Council. When city and county engineers have signed off on a traffic study, as they did in this case, that leaves little room for the public to challenge the findings. I just felt really awkward, and don’t wanna walk into that location again.Detail of the Starbucks site planPartly, arguing about traffic is a matter of authority. I want to keep an open mind and she wasn’t being horribly mean or anything. ![]() And then to pry about the origins of my name felt invasive. I guess I wanna know if anyone thinks that was out of pocket for her to say to a customer? I’m not one of those people that thinks employees shouldn’t be real with what they think, I just felt like it was unnecessary to make a judgment about what I was going to order by just looking at me and me saying two words. ![]() I almost started crying waiting for my drink just feeling so humiliated by what happened. The other baristas looked uncomfortable but were much younger than her and no one said anything. And also said she wants to ask my parents herself… She would not take my answer for face value and continued to tell the other baristas her thoughts on if that’s my “real” name. Mostly bc I stopped coming out to every stranger that asks me that and just say my parents named me that to make the conversation end. She started saying “NO!!! That’s your government name?” I said yes. I’m nonbinary so I have a very uncommon name I chose for myself which i repeated to her. She said “oh okay that’s not that hard.” And as I’m paying she asked my name. I kinda stuttered and was like “oh I just meant my last barista helped me come up with a drink I liked and I couldn’t remember in that moment but it’s xyz.” You LOOK like the kinda person that would get one of those drinks we all say is easy to make, but it’s NOT and we know it.” I said, “okay so.” and before I could finish my sentence she starts going on about how “ok what’s it gonna be it’s obviously gonna be one of those complicated drinks. ![]() I walked in the other day and walked up to the till and the barista (who I haven’t met yet) asked what she can get me. They are always super helpful and help me find drinks I would like that are comparable to the caramel brûlée latte. ![]() I usually walk in rather than go thru the drive thru bc I like the social interaction with the baristas. I have been going to a store near my work lately. ![]()
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