I stopped for coffee at a relatively new place on Lincoln Way East in Chambersburg, Pa. It's called The Daily Grind, and it fills the location once held by a Starbucks.
Said conglomerate closed its Lincoln Way location to open a new shop on the edge of town, where the big box stores and generic chain restaurants have set up shop.
A man — he looked like a dad his mid-40s — stopped into the Daily Grind and started placing a Starbucks-esque order while holding out his cellphone, apparently looking at the Starbucks app. I didn't catch all of it, but the word "venti" was used.
(Side note: I always bristle at that and never call the sizes by whatever term Starbucks uses. Stop being cute and give me the stupid coffee.)
Anyway, the woman behind the counter said, "No, you want Starbucks."
"Whoa, this used to be Starbucks," the guy said. "What happened? Where'd they move to?"
As he backed his way out of the door, the woman behind the counter told him where the conglomerate was now located.
I hollered, "Or, you could support local business!"
The woman behind the counter smiled at me.
The man didn't care. He probably didn't even hear me. He'd already gone out the door to get his mocha chocha latta whatever.
If he'd looked at the menu, he might have noticed that not only did the local joint carry products similar to Starbucks, but the prices were comparable (if not cheaper) than Starbucks.
And thus, Main Street died a little more.
