i feel your pain, man...i do...

i'm sure christian will hate me for this but it's kinda an 'ask garn' kind of thing...and i feel his pain. soemthing needs to be done about this...i have a couple of ideas at the end...

.................(below from an e/mail he sent me...)

I was going to make this an "Ask Garn!" but I don't think anyone else gives a shit. And I want my One Question to be a good one...
Knowing that your both a true fan of good coffee and a keen student of human nature, I present the following:
I have yet to find a good coffee shop (ie. makes good coffee) that has a decent system of controlling the flow of people waiting for their espresso drinks. Example: The new JJ Bean on Main, while a hell of swank joint and a great place to grab a cup, makes me feel like a caged leopard as I pace around that little holding area waiting for my capucinno. I can't take my place on the wall as that's where the cream 'n sugar happens (and there is no worse offense than loitering in the C&S area) and I'm far too polite to stick my ass in the face of the people sitting at the fireplace.
I don't mean to pick on JJ Bean (as I said, they pull a hell of shot), but I was there this morning and it reminded me why I don't go there more often; Artigiano on Hornby is also a disaster of social awkwardness with their half-assed little pen, again by the C&S.
Perhaps you could put your Coffee Shop designer's hat on and come up with some ideas? We also need someone to draft a Universal Declaration of Cream&Sugar Island Etiquette as there are a lot of savages that think this is the place to chat and fart around - sweeten that bitch and get the fuck outta the way! Or I could be a man and learn to like it straight-up, but...

Christian
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i get it. maybe they should have an area of seats just for those waiting for coffee to go... or video monitors so you can watch cnn or porn or oprah...while you wait. because as you wait it becomes like being in an elevator. making idle chitchat with other losers waiting for thier coffee.. trying not to make eye contact... people smell... the easiest way is to just get drip or a tea and not sweeten and get the fuck out of there.. and come on, jj bean takes forever...good coffee though. they've got to work on those muffins though. there should be some entertainment perhaps as you wait for the coffee...dancing girls/guys...balloon animals...i'll be thinking more about this....