My Liquid Obsession
September 28, 2009Ok, so anyone who knows me knows that I like hot drinks – a lot, especially hot chocolate. I don’t even know why I like it so much but I always seem to be in the mood for it, even if it’s like 90 degrees outside. Call it my weakness, call it my kryptonite, even call it my obsession – but don’t call me an addict!! I get enough of that from my friends.
Seeing as how much I love that drink and how I’m always in the mood for it, it’s natural that I’m going to want a cup while I’m at school. Now I’m at school everyday, damn near all day, so yeah, if I’m hungry or something then I’ll get something warm to drink before I buy some food (I hardly buy food at school – don’t ask why). And as usual I always look for how much my favorite drink is and am heartbroken that it’s more expensive then most of the other drinks. Really?! What’s up with that? There’s no point in naming all the food kiosks that disappoint me, because it’s the same situation everywhere on campus.
A cup of tea can range from a dollar to a $1.50, a cup of coffee can range from a dollar to, I don’t know, maybe $3.00 if that much, and how much is my little cup of hot chocolate you may ask. Always in the $2.00 – 2.45 range! Seriously? I’ll never understand that. Perhaps I just don’t understand the intensive labor of pouring powder into a cup, adding hot water and topping it off with with store-bought whipped cream. I mean if these kiosks were importing this particular type of chocolate from a certain part of the world – high up in the mountains, or it takes 12 hours to get the chocolate or the whipped cream to the perfect consistency, then yeah, I’ll pay my money with pleasure but that’s not the case.
Call me cheap, but I really feel like I’m boycotting the drink because I think it should be cheaper. All the drinks should for that matter, but I understand that my school is a business not a charity. Maybe I’m so outraged because that’s the drink I want the most. Don’t get me wrong, I have paid for the drink in the past, but since my tuition went up (twice over the summer), I kind of feel like my school should do a little bit more to help out the students, and it’s the small things that count.
People never seem to understand why I enjoy that particular drink so much since it’s just powdered sugar that adds on calories that I desperately don’t need. But hey, everyone has their obsession.
I enjoy hot chocolate as well, and hot coffee. I can’t drink iced coffee since I can’t stand for coffee to be cold.
I’m not sure why it’s more expensive either. One of my annoyances right now is the price of soda in restaurants, which is around $2.50 at some places. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but it adds up, so I’ve started ordering water.
seriously! that really gets on my nerves because soda, hot chocolate and coffee are so cheap to make and they triple the price and give you a small amount for your money. i mean if i was getting a big gulp size amount of hot chocolate, then yeah i’d understand the price increase. i’ve just started ordering tea because it’s a dollar and they give you a decent size cup and when they’re not looking i fill it to the brim with coffee! that’s my little way of sticking it to the system!!
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