A war has started on Cedar Road in the Great Bridge section of Chesapeake. If you listen really close you can hear the salvos of lattes and cappuccinos hissing back and forth. I am calling on all people to choose a side and monitor the war. Here are the warriors that you can choose to support: STARBUCKS or DUNKIN DOUGHNUTS. This is a classic battle of two behemoths on a headlong path toward conflict. This battle rivals the ever present discontent between Pakistan and India or North and South Korea. Don’t attempt to minimize what is at stake here. Coffee dominance! A monopoly on the commuter coffee trade on Cedar Road is no small matter. People’s daily existence revolves around that sweet elixir popping hot infusing dark liquid into your soul with caffeine goodness. I have seen young children dropped and kicked to the side when a stressed out professional mom can get to the front of the line. Starbucks is the classic warrior - refined, formal, professional relying on the genesis of fine breeding. This company represents the British in this civil war. All of the power and global dominance of a superpower. Starbucks scoffs at the idea that an upstart middle class low brow like Dunkin Dougnuts would even attempt to open a store in the same vicinity. Dunkin is the colonists of coffee. Are they going to pull it off with there confederacy of coffee and Baskin Robbins? The differences between the two are palpable. One store is refined with hush tones of warm woods and dark rich colors while the other is made up like a woman of the night, a siren calling on all who would dare indulge her dilectable offerings. Bright pinks and reds with lights similar to the Vegas strip. One warrior tries to proselytize by subtle propaganda printed on their recycled cups while the other declares to the world unabashed economy using white stryofoam of an earlier simpler time with name only. This scrappy rag tag from other side of the tracks has dared to jump in head first throwing the pursuit of refinement and breeding in the trash opting for the pig in the mud glory of high fat, sugar laden sweetness. You must choose a warrior to support. Are you hoping to declare your allegiance to the monarchy of Starbucks, kissing its ring and bowing down under the weight of oppression? Or, are you ready to join the revolution? Choose this day whom you will support.
AH