Once a week I treat myself to a coffee and small snack before work. Today was a United by Blue hot coffee and yogurt / granola combo.
United By Blue is one of those “We’re locally sourced and also clean the ocean” type coffee places, so going in, I know it’s a little overpriced, but like I said, it’s a treat for myself and I don’t mind helping the ocean.
Here’s how my interaction went down today:
Me: Just the coffee and this *gestures towards the yogurt*
Cashier: Okay, $13.50
Me: (doing the math in my head)… wait I’m sorry, this yogurt was like $10?
Cashier: Ummmmmmm, yes.
Me: Wow. Oh yeah, it says it right here on the cup. Well fuck me then!
I didn’t say that last part, but the rest happened exactly like that.
That picture may be a bit misleading, it looks like it might be two feet tall there, but I promise it’s not.
I’ve gotten this exact yogurt ~10 times before. I thought it was overpriced when it was only $6. Today was on another level. It was so ridiculous that I considered saying “Can I actually unbuy this?“, but I’m too nice to do that.
I was going to make a list of foods I could buy for $10 leading off with 40 large gumballs but then I thought it’s been so long since I’ve seen one of those machines that they’re probably charging $10 for a gumball now too.
I’m not saying it’s Biden’s fault or Trump’s fault or even Obama’s fault, but a $10 yogurt just isn’t gonna fly for me. I need a new breakfast treat. I guess it’s back to Wawa Sizzlis.
Wawa’s sizzli is 2 for $5 right now so you can eat 4 breakfasts for the price of the hippie yogurt. But if you did want a fruity yogurt (by that I mean yogurt with fruit), the Wawa strawberry yogurt is $3.19, so you can eat 3 of those for the same price. Or just buy one then make a tax deductible donation to save the ocean so you both benefit and get the credit for it – not the store! USA! USA!
Ditto Sam’s comment. Or, even better, you visit your local super market (well, not too local, they would probably be $10 too) and buy a weeks worth of yogurt and granola. Also, splurge for a coffee maker for the office.
I need a Wawa to open up next to Stortz Tools. Unfortunately they keep closing in the city as opposed to opening, just another reason to MOVE!
And we have a Keurig in the office, but they don’t have the kick that coffee places have.