Dude in Starbucks watching black-and-white TV with converter box!

July 16, 2009

Now there's some creative loafing! Thanks to the alert reader who snapped this at the Country Club Plaza Sbux.

Posted on July 16, 2009 at 02:02 PM | Permalink

If I'm not mistaken, that black box on the counter to the left of the TV is a digital converter, the sign of the times.

I used to work at this Bux, good guy. He talked to himself a bit too. I would often slip him a free cup of coffee and watch a minute or two with him

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