Also, now I need to 
and figure out the optimal use of my rewards points since maybe it’s no longer coffee.
I feel like, just possibly, you are overthinking your purchase of coffee.
Maybe twig just needs to switch to decaf?
But, but… I figured out that has browns are the best way to “spend” your points. That’s valuable information that could save me many pennies over the years!!! (Actually, I almost never buy hash browns, but if I do…)
The bagel is a terrible points buy. It’s cheaper than coffee if you pay with money, but more expensive than coffee if you pay with points. I don’t expect doctoral candidates in mathematics to be setting the prices here but c’mon…
My bank decided to do a system upgrade overnight last night. You have to completely reregister for online access with a new account ID, password, etc. today. Of course today the system doesn’t recognize my info which I am positive is correct and retyped several times to make sure no typos (SSN, account number, email address.)
I have to talk to someone, and have been on hold for 45 minutes now. I am flying out of the country today and don’t have time to hang out on hold all day as I have things to do. However, no bank account access until I return is problematic.
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&^%)*&^!!!
Finally got through, had to answer a buttload of questions to prove it was me, put on hold multiple times, and then they frickin hung up on me before they did anything.
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not only that, but it sort of covers up the fact that you are really getting less value out of the newer points.
Uh, that’s what I meant.
Sorry, that was my Gilligan joke.
On Gilligan’s Island a frequent joke was the young, simple Gilligan repeating someone else’s thought with easier words when the original thought used words Gilligan didn’t understand. The recurring joke always started with “Not only that…”
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Ah, that went over my head but yes, I get it now. Sorry for missing the reference initially.
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Got through for a second time after 30 minutes on hold. Representative told me that if she did a password reset it should work. She did, but it would not let me access. She said it should work, maybe try again tomorrow (from Spain!). She has no explanation on how to get into my accounts, and no one else is available to assist me. Just try again (note that access gets locked after 3 unsuccessful attempts).
I don’t know that I want to fool with this while I am out of the country. I’ll present myself at a branch when I get back, and if they can’t fix it then and there I’ll close my accounts.
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dunkin coffee sucks though.
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YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!
Ok, actually I dunno, I’m not a connoisseur. It’s what we brew at home and what we buy on the road or when we’re out & about, and there’s a million locations on our beaten path. It’s better than Starbucks. Not as good at Dutch Brothers or Seattle’s Best, but I can’t get either where I am.
What coffee do you like?
i don’t really like starbucks either. it tastes burnt to me. i haven’t had dunkin in years, but decades ago it just tasted weird to me.
i buy peets at the supermarket. i don’t have fancy tastes.
i don’t really like starbucks either. it tastes burnt to me. i haven’t had dunkin in years, but decades ago it just tasted weird to me.
i buy peets at the supermarket. we don’t have peets coffee shops near me, but i heard that’s a thing too.
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Yeah, there are (or were, at any rate) Peets coffee shops on the west coast. Pretty sure they’re owned by Starbucks. But Seattle’s Best is now owned by Starbucks and they didn’t change how they roasted the coffee or anything when Starbucks took over.
I think it’s pretty well acknowledged that Starbucks over-roasts the beans, resulting in the burnt taste.
I mainly go with Dunkin’ because it’s fine and convenient… both to stop & pick up or to brew at home. And until about a year ago they had a breakfast sandwich I liked too, but they pulled that off their menu & replaced it with crap so I don’t go there as often as I used to.
yes, i recall your annoyed thought about said breakfast sandwich. sorry for your loss.
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I like McDonald’s coffee on the road. As long as it doesn’t burn my lap.
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this reminds me of the scene in some movie with Adam Sandler, where he was inspecting the points off of the yogurt containers and buying certain ones because those maximized his points per dollar spent.
It was pudding, not yogurt.
David Phillips is an American civil engineer best known for accumulating frequent flyer miles by taking advantage of a promotion by Healthy Choice Foods in 1999.
The story was the inspiration for a sub-plot in the 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson feature film Punch-Drunk Love with Adam Sandler.
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