Everyone with discerning eyes knows that it is scalper speculation, but this incident has reminded me of some memories, about Starbucks and about Singapore. ...
I'm not afraid of your jokes. I had never been to Starbucks before I went to Singapore.
I grew up in a second-tier city in the south, and there was no Starbucks here until I left the city to go to college.
I went to college in Beijing and never went to Starbucks once. At that time, for me with little living expenses, going to KFC and McDonald's was a luxury.
After graduating from college, I stayed in Chongqing for several years. My work, entrepreneurship and busy life have never impressed me with Starbucks. I don't even know if there is a Starbucks in Chongqing.
In 2009, I went abroad for the first time and came to Singapore, which is known as the "Garden City".
The moment I stepped out of the airport gate, I was deeply shocked by the trees here. I used to think that my hometown was called "Greentown", and I didn't know what real greening was until I came to Singapore. It is not as simple as the decoration of green belts, nor is it called environmental protection to plant a few fruit trees on the roadside, but towering trees. The forest park in the city center is full of green, even the core business district.
Although all this looks beautiful, after the shock, I am even more troubled by loneliness in a foreign country, the pressure of study and economic difficulties.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon after school starts, and people miss their relatives in a foreign land. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, several students from China suggested going out for a walk and having dinner together. When I went to Starbucks, a girl said, this is Starbucks. Go in and buy a cup of coffee.
I didn't feel much about Starbucks at that time. Everyone went in, so did I. After going in, I found that a cup of coffee costs 5 or 6 Singapore dollars (equivalent to RMB about 30 yuan). It doesn't look expensive at all now, but at that time, even tuition was a loan, so I really didn't dare to spend another dime on food.
So, everyone else bought coffee and I didn't.
After buying coffee, everyone went on shopping. We sat down on the couch by the roadside. The girl began to take out coffee for others to take pictures of her, and she also specifically stated that she wanted to see the logo.
Now that I think about it, this girl is much better than money.
But it is also the first time that I know a major function of Starbucks-pretending to be forced. I want to pretend, too, because I have no money in my pocket and I am afraid of being struck by lightning.
After graduating from Singapore, I started to work, and with income, I suddenly felt that the quality of life had improved a lot. However, due to the pressure of work, I have no time to take care of it every time I pass by Starbucks.
I have been to Starbucks several times and talked with others. I remember only once that I ordered a matcha latte, which was terrible. The rest of the time, I either surf the Internet or ask for free water. ...
Okay, I admit I'm stingy.
It was not until I decided to leave Singapore that I remembered: I haven't been forced at Starbucks yet!
So I took the opportunity to say goodbye to my friends and suggested going to Starbucks. I didn't notice the reluctance on my friend's face.
Walking into Starbucks (a popular shopping mall unrelated to vivo mobile phones) in vivo city, I found myself making a very wrong decision. There are so many people here as a vegetable market!
I never thought a sacred place would be like this. Friends tell the truth: In this mall, the price of Starbucks is relatively low, of course, there are many people.
Finally, I finally found some seats there, and several people crowded together for a drink and chatted for a while.
Pretend to be forced? inexistent ...
By the way, there is another interesting place in Starbucks. I found that there are people in this world who are more stingy than me.
Every Christmas, the company will hold a gift exchange. A colleague is very stingy. He even took out two packs of instant coffee from the teahouse, wrapped it in a newspaper and gave it to others as a gift.
Since the object of the gift exchange was decided by lot, everyone prayed that he would not draw it the next year.
Who knew it was my turn? This year, he did well. He gave me a mini Starbucks cup. I thought it was something good, and I was going to take a photo and send it to Facebook (everyone in Singapore uses FB), but it still didn't work this time, because other colleagues told me that it seemed to be used to drink Starbucks Espresso (espresso), and the route was a bit suspicious. ...
As mentioned earlier, some people in China queued up all night to buy cat claw cups. In fact, I have had such an experience, but not so exaggerated, not to the extent of "staying up all night."
Singaporeans all have the same personality-they are afraid of losing, and they are afraid of losing when they pronounce in Fujian dialect (because many Singaporeans speak Fujian dialect, they always say they are afraid of losing when they say "afraid of losing").
I have a deep understanding of this.
Every time McDonald's produces a doll, every store will queue up, whether they really like the cartoon image or not.
Used to be the Minions series. Neither my colleagues nor I know about it. When I passed McDonald's at noon, I was curious to see many people waiting in line. My colleague is from Singapore. She continued to wait in line regardless of the willy-nilly.
Speaking of shame, I'm going to pretend again. There are too many people in the queue. Wouldn't it be a pity if I got it myself?
Singaporeans are afraid of losing, so they go to the queue when they see it. They are afraid of missing something good. I can't tell why except pretending. Now that I think about it, I'm really free.
Because we go to the restaurant every day, in order to collect a set of Minions, we eat McDonald's every day until we feel sick, and finally we are short of a few.
Ironically, afterwards, I just went to Thailand to play, and I bought some missing ones at the local McDonald's, and no one wanted them at all.
Later, McDonald's in Singapore saw that there were too many people who wanted it, and even announced the reservation for Minions in official website, but no one paid attention to it anymore.
From this, I understand a truth-it is meaningless to force!