It's Pat
The East Main St. Dunkin Donuts is now my favorite in Stamford. First off, I’m firmly in the Dirty D camp. Starbucks is too classy for me and I can’t feel like a man using pretend names for small, medium, large. Also, why am I paying to put in my own cream? I figure I might as well have brewed it at that point. On the other hand Donut Delight looks too ghetto. The natural state of a Donut Delight coffee looks to me to be sitting on a concrete stoop cold & half full with a cigarette floating in it.
That’s not to say Dunkin is not without its faults. They are always busy. It seems there are always 100 people behind the counter doing little more than slapping nuts together. There are 100 things on the menu now. You no longer have to worry just about being behind the guy deciding his proper munchkin ratio but whether he wants flatbread pizza, pannis, or something else decidedly non-donut. Most frustrating though is no one in Dunkin Donuts believes I don’t want sugar in my coffee.
“Large coffee with cream”
“Sugar?”
“No Sugar”
“”Just with cream then?”
“Yes”
“Ok, so cream no sugar”
“Right”
I’ve tried to be more specific to no avail.
“Large coffee cream no sugar”
“Ok, no sugar?”
East Main St. DD is different. East Ave has Pat. Pat is no nonsense. She works that crew like a conductor in front of a fine symphony orchestra. She is grabbing people and taking their orders, not content to just sit back and wait. Pat believes I don’t want any sugar.
5 comments :
Pat is awesome!
yes! i frequent the DD downtown and generally order from the same lady, and always have to confirm no sugar! your conversation is identical to mine.
why is this? sounds like an opportunity for some investigative reporting...
Wow, another Maura on the East Side who reads your blog? Awesome.
I'm a large coffee light and sweet kinda woman, but Pat ROCKS. And so does the East Side. :-)
I love Pat.
donuts delight is way better than dunkin donuts at least in the breakfast sandwich department. the eggs sandwiches at dunkin donuts do not compare to donuts delights which actually look and taste like a real egg sandwich.
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