Day 2, A.K. – On this, the second day After KKD opened, I find representatives of two of the few companies making me money in the stock market, while in the local coffee house. Cosmic? Not really – just good timing is all. The guy with KKD had come up to help open the new Milford store; even though it is a franchised place, they have “helpers” that do this for a living, just like most chain companies. While talking to the guy, I learned that the store, while packed yesterday, wasn’t as busy today… only a few people in line at a time.
[So this morning, while I’m waiting for my Peppermint Mocha Latte, a guy in a green jacket comes into the local Starbucks and is greeted heartily by the Baristas (bariste Italiano!). Guy says, “Only another two days and you won’t see me again… I’m going back to Florida.” It’s at this point that I see the Krispy Kreme logo on his jacket.]
Day 2, A.K. – On this, the second day After KKD opened, I find representatives of two of the few companies making me money in the stock market, while in the local coffee house. Cosmic? Not really – just good timing is all. The guy with KKD had come up to help open the new Milford store; even though it is a franchised place, they have “helpers” that do this for a living, just like most chain companies. While talking to the guy, I learned that the store, while packed yesterday, wasn’t as busy today… only a few people in line at a time. (I also learned that it’s only in the northeast and in some suburbs that Starbucks carry KKD donuts, so that lone store in WA is the only place within a few hundred miles to stock’m.) So I stopped into the store of course! “Want a free hot sample?” was the greeting I got at the counter. Sample? Free donut, would be a better description – hot enough to stick to the wax paper.
Consequently I’m sitting on the train, with two dozen donuts (or is it doughnuts since they’re KKD?) to help keep my fellow engineers happy. Seems Milford has easily survived the KKD onslaught without any of the chaos that the other CT opening caused… Newington I think it was. Does that mean there’s more fat people in “upstate” CT? Could be. I’m just guessing that they never thought about the crowd that could form for “just a donut.” Of course, the smell coming from the boxes is so incessantly sweet that I’m about to pass out, so maybe the craze is warranted… Nah.
The only self control required for today’s trip was to not make eye contact with any of the five cops in the KKD parking lot that were hired for traffic control… it just woulda been too easy (and way too dangerous) to make a single comment about where they were workin’ today…