Americans - why do you walk around with your coffee?

I think in the Uk, it is a trend as well. When you buy coffee there they Always assume you are going to drink it on the go, tjey give you this little carton thing to protect from the heat and the cup is covered with cap with a hole in it. Wheread in france they only give you the cup by default and assume you are goibg to sit somewhere to drink it. I also noticed how people from northern europe(was in training in London with people from uk, us and mostly northern europe) would try to eat as fast as possible at lunch. I was the only one sitting and having a proper lunch while every one else would eat sandwiches or small things. On the other hand people would finish their day of work sooner than we would in France. Significant cultural differences exist even between our somewhat similar cultures.

"Since I moved to the States I've picked up the habit of walking around with a coffee and eating your my lunch at my desk."

So you're the one who has been eating my lunch!

Instead of just bashing Americans, as most of this thread is, how about offering some actual reason ? Here's one: after living in France, Spain, and Germany, I've noticed that they often drink coffee after a meal. So it would make sense that since you're already sitting, of course you continue to sit and drink your coffee. But in the USA, coffee is mostly drunk before work or just when one gets up. Hence then, it makes sense to take it with you as you go. It is more efficient, and will allow you to get an extra 15-20 minutes of sleep, or do something else in that time.

Some things are just cultural differences between countries, and that doesn't mean one way is right or wrong. It's perfectly fine how it's done in Europe. It's perfectly fine how it's done in America. Choose whichever way you want to.

Is it really that difficult ?

Change @ Park wrote:

Americans often tend to be in the act of rushing around -- seldom content in the moment where they are and/or who they're with.

America, where you're always rushing from one insignificant thing to another!

I walk around with my coffee because it seems foolish to buy a cup of joe and then leave it behind.

The real answer is because it is trend, hence seeing I more with Starbucks. People are drinking Dunkin, McD, but those brands cannot be used as accessories.

It's probably a good thing Euros don't walk around with giant cups of coffee in their streets. They inevitably would end up p!ssing all over the sidewalks and buildings since they like to use their streets as toilets.

And why do F'ing FTard Brits always say, "Brilliant" every third word? Have to have milk in their $hit tasting tea and love everything about America, but yet simultaneously hate all Americas???

lol... Americans "always on the go" ... but somehow still fat.

Because Starbucks makes you look elite and high profiled

Makes people think, "hey that guy has so much swag he can walk around w/ a 5 dollar cup of coffee like it's nothing"

Goodgravitas wrote:

the Apple of coffee wrote:

starbucks has the market captured. They're like gas stations, there's one on every corner. They also offer a much wider variety of coffee drinks that the other places you listed don't offer.

You can't be serious. Starbucks serves good coffee that tastes pleasant and gives caffeine.

McCafe/7-11 serve the equivalent of cough syrup for caffeine. You almost want to plug your nose while drinking

You can't be serious. Starbucks coffee is anything but pleasant. It tastes like a used diaper filled with indian food. It's worse than bigfoot's dick. Starbucks is so shitty it smells like a turd covered in burnt hair.

But seriously, Starbucks coffee is gross. Go with Caribou. Or Dunkin' Donuts. Or anything else. Really.

SE Hawthorne wrote:

Things are a little different in the Northwest. For one you'd never get coffee from Starbucks. Everyone prides themselves on getting coffee from their small batch, neighborhood spot. The more esoteric the better. Also, you always use your own refillable cup so you wouldn't know where it came from anyway. Carrying around a paper cup is taboo. Lastly, the scene is laid back enough that we do actually take time out of the workday to get coffee from time to time.

Didn't I see you at Stumptown?

as a college student, I usually end up walking around with coffee rather than sitting to enjoy it because I'm late for class or in-between two classes, etc. I still want to drink my coffee, and usually end up sitting down to actually drink it when I get to class or my dorm room. If I do this because I'm late, then I suppose it can be blamed on getting to sleep late, which is the result of schoolwork, which I had to do late at night because I spent the rest of my spare time doing stupid stuff like reading Letsrun.

tl;dr: LetsRun.com is to blame.

NOP Skeptic wrote:

Because Starbucks makes you look elite and high profiled

Makes people think, "hey that guy has so much swag he can walk around w/ a 5 dollar cup of coffee like it's nothing"

Lol, "elite and high profiled". There about as many Starbuckses as there are McDonaldses.

Also, isn't it like two dollars for whatever it is they call the large?

Bad Wigins wrote:

expensive muddy high-pH water.

Had a good post going, but low pH would be what you were looking for.

Bad Wigins wrote:

I don't even drink coffee. It's bitter and disgusting. If you need caffeine you can get it cheap from a generic bottle of soda or caffeine pills. You don't need expensive muddy high-pH water.

The reason other people drink it is sheer force of habit.

It's an acquired taste. And once you like it, you like it. You probably don't like raw oysters or grapefruit or unsweetened tea either because most people don't like those things at first taste either.

Brits? wrote:

And why do F'ing FTard Brits always say, "Brilliant" every third word? Have to have milk in their $hit tasting tea and love everything about America, but yet simultaneously hate all Americas???

I don't always say 'brilliant'.

I love hot tea (boiling water mixed with milk and tea leaves) with lots of milk and no sugar.

I love America but do not hate them.

I am not British but they taught us about the 4 o'clock tea. I always look forward to it.

I hate coffee.

We grow lots and lots of coffee in Central Kenya but we don't drink it. We are a chai country.

Hingle McCringleberry wrote:

I walk around holding gas.

Dude, Best Post of the Day.

Bring Back the 880 wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

expensive muddy high-pH water.

Had a good post going, but low pH would be what you were looking for.

Hilarious, considering that this Wigins guy often pretends to know something about physiology and biochemistry.