This morning I was returning from a dump run and I got stuck at a stoplight across from the local Dunkin Donuts.  As I sat at the light I watched a half of a dozen people walking in and noticed about twenty cars in the lot.  It got me thinking about the premium people are paying for the convenience of having someone else make their morning coffee.

Let me clarify something: I am not a coffee drinker, never was and probably never will be-- I just don't like it.  Mrs. DDFD needs her morning coffee, but admits since her relationship with me, her coffee drinking is down substantially.  Each morning, she uses the coffee maker in our kitchen to fill her driving mug for her 15 minute commute.  Occasionally, she gets a Dunkin Donuts coffee usually with a gift card she has received.

All that said, I have to applaud the people I saw this morning for not going to Starbuck's and paying 4-5 times the price, but as I sat there I asked myself, "Why aren't these people using a coffee maker with better quality coffee from home?"  Again, I am not a coffee drinker, but pushing a button and going through your morning routine to have hot, fresh coffee waiting seems simple enough.  Then I thought a little further, I wondered if these individuals, up at an early hour, were rewarding themselves in a small way . . .

Still, what sort of rewards might they have if they made their own coffee?

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