rave: coffee mate

It started in the summer of 2003. The first summer I lived in my brother and sister-in-law's guest bedroom during my first internship in DC. The summer after my freshman year of college, the year I became a coffee-drinker. I've tried to quit, but can't. Instead, I've brought others down to my level.

This morning, I made coffee as usual. Unfortunately, Ben beat me to the punch and used the last few drops of coffee mate for his own travel mug. This is not the first time I have come face-to-face with my addiction. I angrily poured my coffee, black, into some travel cups, and added a few ice cubes so that when the time came to actually drink my coffee--I didn't have to taste it. I could just swallow it really fast. Normally (i.e. days that we have Coffee Mate), I bring my mug full of sweet, creamy, caffeinated goodness into work and savor it for the first couple hours. So, you will understand when I say that I had a rough morning today.

Are you, too, addicted to this stuff? Lord knows it's made of plastic and sugar and diabetes, and yeah, it's really bad for you, but I really can't quit. Here's the conversation we had, once we both got to work today:

ktringe (10:01:05 AM): how's your coffee, meany?
BenK (10:46:03 AM): its good
BenK (10:46:10 AM): I'm not mean
BenK (10:46:18 AM): I thought you poured yours already
ktringe (10:46:42 AM): no you didn't
ktringe (10:46:50 AM): how many cups were brewed?
ktringe (10:46:52 AM): 12.
ktringe (10:47:00 AM): how full was it when you poured yours?
ktringe (10:47:03 AM): 12 cups full.
ktringe (10:47:19 AM): oh well.
BenK(10:48:20 AM): no it wasnt
BenK (10:48:26 AM): it was less than that
BenK (10:48:33 AM): I get more tonight
BenK(10:48:37 AM): grump
ktringe (10:48:52 AM): you would be too!
BenK(10:48:57 AM): no
BenK (10:49:03 AM): I've dealt with it before
BenK (10:49:12 AM): I just use lots of sugar
ktringe (10:51:01 AM): i admit i have a problem.
BenK (10:51:54 AM): you are addicted
ktringe (10:52:09 AM): i acknowledge that
ktringe (10:52:13 AM): so are you
BenK (10:52:45 AM): no I'm not
BenK (10:52:53 AM): I can quit whenever I want
BenK (10:53:01 AM): and just do it on the weekends

Sigh...resistence is futile.