Types Of People in Coffeehouse

Now that few coffee shops made it a tradition to almost force everyone to purchase as many as beverages as they can within the month of November to January just to avail a free planner, coffee lovers and pretend coffee lovers fill up every space in coffee shops. 

I, for one, am not a coffee lover. The last time I drank coffee was 5 months ago, but I love coffee shops. I rarely go to coffee shops with anyone though, I'd rather be with no one but myself. It's one of those "date yourself" moments that I love. I get to sit by the corner, read my e-book, let the coffee aroma fill my system and my most favorite part... people gaze.

If you read some of my previous blogs, you might know now that I love watching/judging people and as I watch them, I create back stories of them in my mind. But this time, I'm just going to scratch the surface and distinguish the types of people in coffeehouses.

1. Business meeting

You'd see various types of business meeting in a coffee place. There are those who have their laptops, iPads, blueprint and papers on the table while pulling off the most stressed out face. While there are business meetings where you just see one or two people speaking to the other, with a product and a folder on the table. 

2. "Let's have coffee some time."

You know where this is going... coffee date. There are certain stages: (1) Awkward coffee date - this is when someone invites you for coffee and yet you barely know him, so there's pretty much nothing to talk about (2) "Tell me more about you" coffee date - the getting-to-know level of flirtationship that you see either of the two looking so attentive and eager to hear the other one has to say (3) PDA coffee date - when they make the single people in the coffee shop feel miserable about themselves (4) Hubby & Wifey - "We've past those stages. We're here for coffee."

3. Alien

Foreigners are everywhere and apparently they love coffee. They would walk in and be all like "I'm so tall and white. And hey, I'm not Asian." or "Look at how I cute I am and holding this cup will make me cuter! Kawaii!"

4. College Students

"Walang wifi sa dorm. Starbucks na lang tayo." 

Students would take almost half of the place. They'd sit comfortably on the couch and even on the floor, having their laptops, handouts, books, highlighters and their annoying classmates. Guilty as charged. 

5. Too cool for school

While students cram up inside the coffee shop, there are those who puff their lungs out outside. "Duuuude, pare! Grabe! My life's so effed up!" "Can you believe him? Omg. Like, sabi nya I'm too conyo for him. Like, I'm so not gonna make him kopya na my Algeb exam. Ugh!" *smoke* *smoke* *smoke* #lungcancer

6. Such a loner 

Soul searching. Char. People buried their faces in their books or laptops as they shut the world around them and could stay in the coffee shop for half a day,