S-bucks reflections

This is day two for me hanging out in the s-bucks btwn Oxnard and Pt Hueneme.

I have been trying to figure out if there is a similar or different cafe culture here in SoCal (as opposed to NoCal).

The staff - with the exception of one very industrious barista - is not pressed. They routinely all go in the backroom and chat. The lines get very long...partly due to slow to decide customers and partly because the staff is not in a hurry.

There feels like more people here to socialize than to study or work. Though there are clearly those here to work on their computers and reading. I have already noted quite a few regulars. Some of these don't even bother to buy anything.

The racial composition mirrors the community. Though the interesting behavior I noted was that frequently large groups come in and rearrange the seating to accomodate. Mostly upon leaving they dutifully put it all back.

There is quite a bit of outdoor furniture. And I wonder if it all comes in or just lives outside.

The funniest thing was the golf tee. This guy walked in yesterday to meet a friend. The friend had already bought the coffee but had started to talk to one of the regulars. Well the gut who came in dropped one page of newspaper and a golf tee on the table where the regular was sitting ... and where the regular returned.

He almost sat on the golf tee and then offered it back to the guy who had put it down. That guy promptly denied knowledge of it.

Eventually the all left and the golf tee remained on one of their two tables. Later another person sat at said table, found the tee and picked it up and walked it over to a railing and put it there - in case someone might come back looking for it.

I almost wished I could wait around to see what the staff dis with it at close.

Ok maybe you had to be there -trying to stay focused on work and clearly failing.