May 19 2009
My Dunkin Donuts Bagel
Really, I am a relatively low maintenance person. I don’t ask for much. I like my coffee hot, a little cream and sugar if you got it, and a bagel with cream cheese. I’m willing to pay Dunkin Donuts several times a week or more for this simple yet satisfying breakfast. $4.45 to be exact.
Is it really that hard to not burn a bagel? This is what I was given today and by the time I drove a mile or two away and started eating, it was way too much work to turn around and go back to complain.
In this economy, you would think that people would aim for a higher standard of service. Of course, I know it is just a bagel and if I wasn’t so lazy I’d make my own bagel at home. But, I am willing to pay for the convenience of a nice, warm, toasted bagel as I ride on my way to pick up my nieces and instead I get a hard, burnt, crispy bagel that probably left a dent in the road after I threw it out the window.
I got used to their worsening coffee, “flavor shots” instead of brewing flavored coffee. Today, the coffee was as expected: weaker than before, too hot to drink, and sadly flavored with what I think is hazlenut but could be blueberry. One never knows.
You know, after all of my complaining about Dunkin Donuts, I should just make my own coffee, fill a travel mug and toast my own bagel. Maybe I will, but tomorrow will be another morning after a night of interrupted sleep and I will likely opt once again for subpar service, a crusty bagel and weak coffee. I guess you get what you settle for.
I don’t know if the “make it yourself” idea always works. I make my own coffee, at night with a time set brewer, and it’s hot and generally delicious; however, my coffee this morning taste a little like a shoe smells. I ran out of Folgers (because I’m way simple and prefer just black hot coffee-no frills) and had to use some Columbian blend that probably set on the shelf for several years before it happened into my husband’s grocery cart. I drink coffee to wake up, and this did the trick, but for a different reason…it was an OH….MY….GOD moment that nearly made me pass out. Smell, roast, and taste were evidently not the most important priorities on this vendors list of things to get consumers to buy your coffee.
The good news, I’m awake…LOL
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