Comments on: Mugshots Coffeehouse & Juicebar http://www.cafetableaux.com/mugshots-coffeehouse-juicebar/ anecdotal reviews Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:13:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Saul Cups http://www.cafetableaux.com/mugshots-coffeehouse-juicebar/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Saul Cups Sat, 19 May 2007 06:06:43 +0000 http://www.cafetableaux.com/?p=11#comment-12 was it the mention of 'schmaltz' that pushed you over the edge? i contemplated using 'greasy chicken fat dregs' in its place, but i thought 'schmaltz' the more economical choice. don't you agree? and i can appreciate your taste for bacon fumes. i used to frequent a coffee shop in pittsburgh that doubled as a slaughterhouse. the stench of blood and flesh didn't bother me, either! but i stopped going there because they wouldn't carry the brand of soymilk i preferred. i also feel obliged to point out to you that my complaint regarding the 'youth of today' was not directed at the children themselves; rather my intention was to direct my frustration at the parents. is it really too much to ask that we all learn to respect for others' cafe spaces? was it the mention of ‘schmaltz’ that pushed you over the edge? i contemplated using ‘greasy chicken fat dregs’ in its place, but i thought ‘schmaltz’ the more economical choice. don’t you agree?

and i can appreciate your taste for bacon fumes. i used to frequent a coffee shop in pittsburgh that doubled as a slaughterhouse. the stench of blood and flesh didn’t bother me, either! but i stopped going there because they wouldn’t carry the brand of soymilk i preferred.

i also feel obliged to point out to you that my complaint regarding the ‘youth of today’ was not directed at the children themselves; rather my intention was to direct my frustration at the parents. is it really too much to ask that we all learn to respect for others’ cafe spaces?

]]> By: Megan http://www.cafetableaux.com/mugshots-coffeehouse-juicebar/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Megan Fri, 18 May 2007 21:24:36 +0000 http://www.cafetableaux.com/?p=11#comment-11 Your tone is nauseatingly affected. For god's sake, give your thesaurus a break. We all know there's a lot of synonyms in English but there's no race to use them all in a single blog entry. The whole spiel sounds like you're trying really hard to sound intellectual and it just comes off as forced and smug. There's a difference between witty and smug. Also, despite being a vegan, the smell of bacon doesn't bother me. Regardless if it did, the very reason I like mugshots is because they have so many vegan menu items. I haven't been to any other coffee shop in Philly that offers soy cream cheese--and you know how us east-coasters rely on bagels and cream cheese. And dude, suck it up, kids exist. Catch up with the Enlightenment. I suspect you're trying to be cute or flip but it's very common yet absurd to expect a toddler to follow the same social etiquette you do. Hopefully one day we can sync the womb up to bluetooth and upload Emily Post to the fetuses. For now, maybe you can kind of realize that you're not the center of the world and expecting the world to cater to you is not very adult behavior. I mean, you've pretty much just recorded a temper tantrum with a bunch of grown-up words. Get over yourself. I don't have kids but I actually used to be one so I don't see how you can begrudge another person for being a child. Your tone is nauseatingly affected. For god’s sake, give your thesaurus a break. We all know there’s a lot of synonyms in English but there’s no race to use them all in a single blog entry. The whole spiel sounds like you’re trying really hard to sound intellectual and it just comes off as forced and smug. There’s a difference between witty and smug.
Also, despite being a vegan, the smell of bacon doesn’t bother me. Regardless if it did, the very reason I like mugshots is because they have so many vegan menu items. I haven’t been to any other coffee shop in Philly that offers soy cream cheese–and you know how us east-coasters rely on bagels and cream cheese.
And dude, suck it up, kids exist. Catch up with the Enlightenment. I suspect you’re trying to be cute or flip but it’s very common yet absurd to expect a toddler to follow the same social etiquette you do. Hopefully one day we can sync the womb up to bluetooth and upload Emily Post to the fetuses. For now, maybe you can kind of realize that you’re not the center of the world and expecting the world to cater to you is not very adult behavior. I mean, you’ve pretty much just recorded a temper tantrum with a bunch of grown-up words. Get over yourself. I don’t have kids but I actually used to be one so I don’t see how you can begrudge another person for being a child.

]]> By: bernadette http://www.cafetableaux.com/mugshots-coffeehouse-juicebar/comment-page-1/#comment-10 bernadette Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:26:54 +0000 http://www.cafetableaux.com/?p=11#comment-10 if you are going to review a cafe, it is one thing to include the atmosphere as part of your overall judgment, but it's not right to base your review almost solely on the atmosphere. the atmosphere of mugshots reflects that of the neighborhood. fairmount is a family neighborhood. therefore there are bound to be small children in the one place in that area that serves breakfast and isn't a diner nor a bar. i don't have kids, nor do i actually ever want them, but the baby population of mugshots doesn't bother me because i know my neighbors and i like them. if you are going to review a cafe, it is one thing to include the atmosphere as part of your overall judgment, but it’s not right to base your review almost solely on the atmosphere. the atmosphere of mugshots reflects that of the neighborhood. fairmount is a family neighborhood. therefore there are bound to be small children in the one place in that area that serves breakfast and isn’t a diner nor a bar. i don’t have kids, nor do i actually ever want them, but the baby population of mugshots doesn’t bother me because i know my neighbors and i like them.

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