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[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The drive had taken far longer than she had anticipated. Upon leaving Oregon, she checked the weather repeatedly--clear all the way to California--but the last leg of the trip had been a pissing-rain slog. "Just my luck," Louisa thought as she approached the final 60 miles. The sun began to peak up over the horizon, pa... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | August had heard nothing since the day he was born. As he made his way to the store on his 18th birthday something happened, he heard a voice. "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" August expected this to happen but the sheer novelty of it almost caused him to fall over. He heard a noise, it must have his soul... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | As the darkness began to cloud my vision, I smiled. I was going to break the system.
I've always been a lone wolf, despise authority, et cetera. My parents kept saying that it was a phase, but I never grew out of it. I started playing the corporate game at age 17 when I found a way to exploit the corporate system. I ... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I pushed open the door, stupid nervous as usual. For once I would like to get a coffee without panicking about ordering, you know?
The interior of the Starbucks was warm and aromatic after the clinical cold outside. I glanced at the counter, pretending I wasn't scanning the guys working there. But I was, just like al... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Really? That's... That's the line?" I stared at the small business card style note in my hand. "That is the most... frustrating..."
"What's'it say?" My kid sister (okay, she's fourteen and totally into the romance and boys phase) pried.
"Gah!" I crumpled the envelope in my other hand and chucked it into the trash ... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I don't believe that when you turn 18 you learn the first words your soulmate would speak to you. Mine was "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?"
You see, I had already met my soulmate. My perfect. When I asked her, perplexed at the maze in the lobby of Union Station, "Have you ever taken the train to San Dieg... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Andrea Patton remembered vividly the day she read her letter. The Letter. The one that everyone gets on their 18th birthday, with the first words they would ever hear from their soul mate printed inside.
Her friends, Stephanie and Becca, begged her to bring it to school the next day. Stephanie got hers a few months b... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It had been 7 years since I found out the words that my “true love” would say to me, and of course like everyone else I kept mine secret.
It was an unwritten rule about finding out our “lines” that we didn’t share them with one another, but I knew that the first words my true love would say to me would be “Welcome to... | "I ran.
I hate people, I hate society. Nothing personal, no traumatic childhood experiences that burned the deep loathing for humanity into my psyche; I just don't like people. In 9th year, when our school announced the "Companion" program, I was livid. it was the first public test, so of course my class was mandato... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" |
However much I resented it, it was all I had to go on.
"Welcome to Starbucks, Can I take your order?"
Could you end up with something more generic and unhelpful?
I tried, I honestly did.
I spend the next few years going to almost every Starbucks I saw. At first I always ordered the same thing, but after frui... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | My life has always been boring. High school was even more so. Thank whatever diety is up there that that's over. I had a crush once, but he turned out to be a idiot and it didn't work out. Some days I'm still not over him.
Now it's my 18th birthday. Thankfully I'm done with highschool by now. I trudge reluctanly to t... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It could have been anything. Literally anything in the whole world. “Do you come here often?” “Another round, sir?” “Do you know the way to Fourth Street?” I would have settled for even a simple “hello” and being left to play the guessing game. There was something strangely eerie about it being so specific. I wouldn't ... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | John trudged his way towards bus stop, this must be the worst birthday ever. He couldn't believe what he just saw. His 4 yr old relationship breaking apart. He always thought Sara was his soulmate and loved her more than anything else in the world. His plans of skipping college and spending the day with Sara was tragic... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Eric was next in line and was beginning to get a little nervous. A space opened and the man in front moved towards the cashier. Eric walked forward, casually stealing glances of the woman taking orders.
A little nametag sat pinned on the cashier's shirt that read Mary-Anne. Mary-Anne was not Eric's ideal vision of a s... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | **This story does not follow the prompt exactly, but the general scenario sparked this little idea. What would someone who was deaf do in this situation?**
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Usually I don’t mind being deaf. Sure, I feel like I’ve missed out on some things, but I get along just fine with sign language. That is until my 18th birthd... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I went to Starbucks all the time, even though I preferred local shops. But, it never felt right. Every time I'd see some dude making the coffee, and he'd say it, I'd feel- an inner flinch. He couldn't be my soul mate.
After a few years, I stopped going to Starbucks. But, my family always vacationed in a tiny town on ... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | *Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?*
"What, are you kidding me?"
"No sir. That's what it says right here. If you encounter your true love that will most assuredly be their first words."
Jim recalled the words of the conversation like it was yesterday. There was no doubt about it. His true love would be wo... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | On everyone’s 18th birthday they receive a card in the mail with the words their soul mate will one day speak to them. I don’t really know how or why, but I just accepted it as fact. On my 18th birthday I opened my card with the standard amount of excitement. It is exciting to receive the card, but it’s kind of silly t... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Just want to preface this by saying this is my first actual participation/contribution to /r/WritingPrompts and pretty much my first writing period. Sorry for the length and the ellipses; I am hoping that I can improve my writing by being as prolific as possible, but I still have trouble fleshing out certain details.
... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The drive had taken far longer than she had anticipated. Upon leaving Oregon, she checked the weather repeatedly--clear all the way to California--but the last leg of the trip had been a pissing-rain slog. "Just my luck," Louisa thought as she approached the final 60 miles. The sun began to peak up over the horizon, pa... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | August had heard nothing since the day he was born. As he made his way to the store on his 18th birthday something happened, he heard a voice. "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" August expected this to happen but the sheer novelty of it almost caused him to fall over. He heard a noise, it must have his soul... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I pushed open the door, stupid nervous as usual. For once I would like to get a coffee without panicking about ordering, you know?
The interior of the Starbucks was warm and aromatic after the clinical cold outside. I glanced at the counter, pretending I wasn't scanning the guys working there. But I was, just like al... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Really? That's... That's the line?" I stared at the small business card style note in my hand. "That is the most... frustrating..."
"What's'it say?" My kid sister (okay, she's fourteen and totally into the romance and boys phase) pried.
"Gah!" I crumpled the envelope in my other hand and chucked it into the trash ... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Andrea Patton remembered vividly the day she read her letter. The Letter. The one that everyone gets on their 18th birthday, with the first words they would ever hear from their soul mate printed inside.
Her friends, Stephanie and Becca, begged her to bring it to school the next day. Stephanie got hers a few months b... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It had been 7 years since I found out the words that my “true love” would say to me, and of course like everyone else I kept mine secret.
It was an unwritten rule about finding out our “lines” that we didn’t share them with one another, but I knew that the first words my true love would say to me would be “Welcome to... | I was 18 when first I learned the words that I was one day to hear trickle forth from the lips of my one true love and other half.
"You gotta run into every Starbucks, everywhere, all over the world, man!"
They say you can't rush these things, you know. I don't think Steve really understood.
"Man, as soon as you fin... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" |
However much I resented it, it was all I had to go on.
"Welcome to Starbucks, Can I take your order?"
Could you end up with something more generic and unhelpful?
I tried, I honestly did.
I spend the next few years going to almost every Starbucks I saw. At first I always ordered the same thing, but after frui... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | My life has always been boring. High school was even more so. Thank whatever diety is up there that that's over. I had a crush once, but he turned out to be a idiot and it didn't work out. Some days I'm still not over him.
Now it's my 18th birthday. Thankfully I'm done with highschool by now. I trudge reluctanly to t... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It could have been anything. Literally anything in the whole world. “Do you come here often?” “Another round, sir?” “Do you know the way to Fourth Street?” I would have settled for even a simple “hello” and being left to play the guessing game. There was something strangely eerie about it being so specific. I wouldn't ... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | John trudged his way towards bus stop, this must be the worst birthday ever. He couldn't believe what he just saw. His 4 yr old relationship breaking apart. He always thought Sara was his soulmate and loved her more than anything else in the world. His plans of skipping college and spending the day with Sara was tragic... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I went to Starbucks all the time, even though I preferred local shops. But, it never felt right. Every time I'd see some dude making the coffee, and he'd say it, I'd feel- an inner flinch. He couldn't be my soul mate.
After a few years, I stopped going to Starbucks. But, my family always vacationed in a tiny town on ... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Just want to preface this by saying this is my first actual participation/contribution to /r/WritingPrompts and pretty much my first writing period. Sorry for the length and the ellipses; I am hoping that I can improve my writing by being as prolific as possible, but I still have trouble fleshing out certain details.
... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The drive had taken far longer than she had anticipated. Upon leaving Oregon, she checked the weather repeatedly--clear all the way to California--but the last leg of the trip had been a pissing-rain slog. "Just my luck," Louisa thought as she approached the final 60 miles. The sun began to peak up over the horizon, pa... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Really? That's... That's the line?" I stared at the small business card style note in my hand. "That is the most... frustrating..."
"What's'it say?" My kid sister (okay, she's fourteen and totally into the romance and boys phase) pried.
"Gah!" I crumpled the envelope in my other hand and chucked it into the trash ... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Andrea Patton remembered vividly the day she read her letter. The Letter. The one that everyone gets on their 18th birthday, with the first words they would ever hear from their soul mate printed inside.
Her friends, Stephanie and Becca, begged her to bring it to school the next day. Stephanie got hers a few months b... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It had been 7 years since I found out the words that my “true love” would say to me, and of course like everyone else I kept mine secret.
It was an unwritten rule about finding out our “lines” that we didn’t share them with one another, but I knew that the first words my true love would say to me would be “Welcome to... | I've been with her for 23 years.
I just went right up to her in the bar with my usual line - "How long have you been waiting to hear me say this?"
Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped. "Oh my god, it's you!"
I had what must have appeared to be a sigh of relief, and sat down next to her.
These 23 years haven't been too... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" |
However much I resented it, it was all I had to go on.
"Welcome to Starbucks, Can I take your order?"
Could you end up with something more generic and unhelpful?
I tried, I honestly did.
I spend the next few years going to almost every Starbucks I saw. At first I always ordered the same thing, but after frui... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | My life has always been boring. High school was even more so. Thank whatever diety is up there that that's over. I had a crush once, but he turned out to be a idiot and it didn't work out. Some days I'm still not over him.
Now it's my 18th birthday. Thankfully I'm done with highschool by now. I trudge reluctanly to t... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It could have been anything. Literally anything in the whole world. “Do you come here often?” “Another round, sir?” “Do you know the way to Fourth Street?” I would have settled for even a simple “hello” and being left to play the guessing game. There was something strangely eerie about it being so specific. I wouldn't ... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | John trudged his way towards bus stop, this must be the worst birthday ever. He couldn't believe what he just saw. His 4 yr old relationship breaking apart. He always thought Sara was his soulmate and loved her more than anything else in the world. His plans of skipping college and spending the day with Sara was tragic... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I went to Starbucks all the time, even though I preferred local shops. But, it never felt right. Every time I'd see some dude making the coffee, and he'd say it, I'd feel- an inner flinch. He couldn't be my soul mate.
After a few years, I stopped going to Starbucks. But, my family always vacationed in a tiny town on ... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Just want to preface this by saying this is my first actual participation/contribution to /r/WritingPrompts and pretty much my first writing period. Sorry for the length and the ellipses; I am hoping that I can improve my writing by being as prolific as possible, but I still have trouble fleshing out certain details.
... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The drive had taken far longer than she had anticipated. Upon leaving Oregon, she checked the weather repeatedly--clear all the way to California--but the last leg of the trip had been a pissing-rain slog. "Just my luck," Louisa thought as she approached the final 60 miles. The sun began to peak up over the horizon, pa... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Really? That's... That's the line?" I stared at the small business card style note in my hand. "That is the most... frustrating..."
"What's'it say?" My kid sister (okay, she's fourteen and totally into the romance and boys phase) pried.
"Gah!" I crumpled the envelope in my other hand and chucked it into the trash ... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Andrea Patton remembered vividly the day she read her letter. The Letter. The one that everyone gets on their 18th birthday, with the first words they would ever hear from their soul mate printed inside.
Her friends, Stephanie and Becca, begged her to bring it to school the next day. Stephanie got hers a few months b... | He was thorough. Only went in when a beautiful girl was working.
"This time." He thought. "It has to be this one."
For months he had been seeing her come in. She had it all. That smile, that walk, the way she wrapped her scarf. She even wore a t-shirt of his favorite no name band. This was it. This was the one.
It... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | John trudged his way towards bus stop, this must be the worst birthday ever. He couldn't believe what he just saw. His 4 yr old relationship breaking apart. He always thought Sara was his soulmate and loved her more than anything else in the world. His plans of skipping college and spending the day with Sara was tragic... | I do, I said, and soon everyone cheered. Another pure marriage has been arranged by the gods everyone thought. Mother and father were pleased I finally found him, the traditionalists they were. It wasn't easy for to find him, but we must play the cards are dealt. This is what everyone told me, but only if they knew.
I... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Andrea Patton remembered vividly the day she read her letter. The Letter. The one that everyone gets on their 18th birthday, with the first words they would ever hear from their soul mate printed inside.
Her friends, Stephanie and Becca, begged her to bring it to school the next day. Stephanie got hers a few months b... | I do, I said, and soon everyone cheered. Another pure marriage has been arranged by the gods everyone thought. Mother and father were pleased I finally found him, the traditionalists they were. It wasn't easy for to find him, but we must play the cards are dealt. This is what everyone told me, but only if they knew.
I... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | John trudged his way towards bus stop, this must be the worst birthday ever. He couldn't believe what he just saw. His 4 yr old relationship breaking apart. He always thought Sara was his soulmate and loved her more than anything else in the world. His plans of skipping college and spending the day with Sara was tragic... | Here's a six worder:
I died from a caffeine overdose. | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Andrea Patton remembered vividly the day she read her letter. The Letter. The one that everyone gets on their 18th birthday, with the first words they would ever hear from their soul mate printed inside.
Her friends, Stephanie and Becca, begged her to bring it to school the next day. Stephanie got hers a few months b... | Here's a six worder:
I died from a caffeine overdose. | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Son, mail is here. It's your soulmate's first words sent by the psychic ministry."
*Reads Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?*
"So dad, what does it mean? I'll never know who my soul mate is?"
"No, it just means it is her job to identify you from what you say."
"What do you mean?"
"Just pick something unique ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | There was no string attached because all the strings were severed and burned away into ash. All that were left were frantic wants and needs and craving for that moment of release. When it came, and thankfully it did, it was just a gentle slope rolling into nothingness as she rolled off her… what?
One night stand. Stre... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Eric was next in line and was beginning to get a little nervous. A space opened and the man in front moved towards the cashier. Eric walked forward, casually stealing glances of the woman taking orders.
A little nametag sat pinned on the cashier's shirt that read Mary-Anne. Mary-Anne was not Eric's ideal vision of a s... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | **This story does not follow the prompt exactly, but the general scenario sparked this little idea. What would someone who was deaf do in this situation?**
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Usually I don’t mind being deaf. Sure, I feel like I’ve missed out on some things, but I get along just fine with sign language. That is until my 18th birthd... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I went to Starbucks all the time, even though I preferred local shops. But, it never felt right. Every time I'd see some dude making the coffee, and he'd say it, I'd feel- an inner flinch. He couldn't be my soul mate.
After a few years, I stopped going to Starbucks. But, my family always vacationed in a tiny town on ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | A quick search showed 21,455 Starbucks locations in 63 countries, all of which made it company policy to robotically parrot my true love's indicator.
Decades ago, my own parents had received their letters, both of which read merely "Good morning." My dad exchanges standard pleasantries with a pretty freshman at the t... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | His heart skipped a beat, and then he grinned broadly. Yes!
He'd met Maria in the Starbucks opposite the school where she worked part-time. The attraction had been instant, mutual and as passionate as any two teenagers in love. And yet everyone had told them to slow down, not to commit, to wait for their soulmate. ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | *Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?*
"What, are you kidding me?"
"No sir. That's what it says right here. If you encounter your true love that will most assuredly be their first words."
Jim recalled the words of the conversation like it was yesterday. There was no doubt about it. His true love would be wo... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | On everyone’s 18th birthday they receive a card in the mail with the words their soul mate will one day speak to them. I don’t really know how or why, but I just accepted it as fact. On my 18th birthday I opened my card with the standard amount of excitement. It is exciting to receive the card, but it’s kind of silly t... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Just want to preface this by saying this is my first actual participation/contribution to /r/WritingPrompts and pretty much my first writing period. Sorry for the length and the ellipses; I am hoping that I can improve my writing by being as prolific as possible, but I still have trouble fleshing out certain details.
... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The drive had taken far longer than she had anticipated. Upon leaving Oregon, she checked the weather repeatedly--clear all the way to California--but the last leg of the trip had been a pissing-rain slog. "Just my luck," Louisa thought as she approached the final 60 miles. The sun began to peak up over the horizon, pa... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "May I take your order?"
"How may I serve you?"
"Hi! What would you like?"
"And what will you be having today?"
No one, not one person at the joint used the exact words "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" Well, one dude did once, but the glaring lack of any latent homosexual pangs was more than enough t... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | **So like, there's a ton of f-bombs in this, so pls be cautious when reading, thanks v.v**
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Welp.
I *can* say that the day went splendid, but that'd be bullshit, and I don't like to bullshit.
I turned eighteen about a week ago, and today I had decided to do something about the special phrase we are given via ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | August had heard nothing since the day he was born. As he made his way to the store on his 18th birthday something happened, he heard a voice. "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" August expected this to happen but the sheer novelty of it almost caused him to fall over. He heard a noise, it must have his soul... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Emma! Emma! My first kiss, my first girlfriend, surely it was her that I saw working at that Starbucks on High street. Through the window, just a glimpse, but you never forget your first kiss.
I wonder if she works there every day? I wonder if she's working there now? How far is it? Too far. What time do they ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | So I toured thousands of different Starbucks locations so she could finally hear me say:
"Even the five court ladies danced in sync to the frog's flutes and drums. The whirlwind of recycled paper was a sight to see. It was like computer graphics. That I don't support Technicolor parfaits and snobby petit bourgeoi... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It was odd, really, the idea that you could determine whether a person would be worth everything to you or not from just the first few words they told you. Most people had trouble with it. That's why you'd see people that kept repeating generic phrases to each other and pairing off. Years later, they'd realize that the... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Welcome to starbucks. Can I take your order?", she asked forcefully.
She looked like she never wanted to do this job. She looks tired and grumpy. I can't blame her though, this job is quite stressful as this shop is strategically situated at a high volume intersection.
" Grande Caramel Macchiato and an extra drizzl... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Evie mightn't have spoken the magic words that had appeared on my bedside table a few months ago, but from the moment our eyes met over the innards of an ancient computer, there was a spark. Within a few hours, we were firm friends, a week later, we were thick as thieves. I reckon that's what starting university in a s... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Ludwig waited in line with the other hopefuls. His 18th birthday, finally! Life was full of unanswered questions, but at least now he would be able to recognize his soul mate! That was something, he supposed. All he had to do was keep an ear out for that one fateful phrase.
The girl behind him seemed just as nervous a... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I remember when my obsession was at its worst. It was the fall of 2033. I was 26 years old and I had, I thought, a foolproof plan to meet my soulmate. I had received my missive from The Institute declaring what her first words to me would be: "Welcome to Starbucks, can I take your order?", and that was all I needed.... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I traipsed into the last Starbucks that was on my map. Tired, and with a perpetually red face I approached the counter.
"Welcome to Starbucks. May i take your order?"
I braced myself. "Suck my dick".
Her eyes widened and and a sly grin formed. "Meet me in the disabled toilet in five minutes".
Finally, the one. | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | As the darkness began to cloud my vision, I smiled. I was going to break the system.
I've always been a lone wolf, despise authority, et cetera. My parents kept saying that it was a phase, but I never grew out of it. I started playing the corporate game at age 17 when I found a way to exploit the corporate system. I ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I pushed open the door, stupid nervous as usual. For once I would like to get a coffee without panicking about ordering, you know?
The interior of the Starbucks was warm and aromatic after the clinical cold outside. I glanced at the counter, pretending I wasn't scanning the guys working there. But I was, just like al... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Today is the day, my 18th birthday. The last day I have to go to school. No matter where we are in the school year when someone turns 18 they get their career card, they have one day to say goodbye to their school friends then it's off to the "real world". For me that was today, I roll out of bed after having slept thr... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Really? That's... That's the line?" I stared at the small business card style note in my hand. "That is the most... frustrating..."
"What's'it say?" My kid sister (okay, she's fourteen and totally into the romance and boys phase) pried.
"Gah!" I crumpled the envelope in my other hand and chucked it into the trash ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Starbucks number five thousand three hundred and seventeen and still no luck.
I often wonder what I'll say in response when I finally find the right store. | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "I want a coffee" she said grabbing my hand into her mitten and pulling me towards the Starbucks across the street. The green sign was almost lost in the flurry of snow that was making it impossible for me to dig in my heels forcing me to stumble as she slipped me off the curb and in between the park cars. My free hand... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It really killed me. I've spent the last 18 years of my life being a worried mess until this moment and now I have no idea what to do.
When I ripped open the letter, the slip was torn at the top and was on a long piece of receipt paper. Immediately I notice the logo. Is she a mermaid or are two sock puppets simultaneo... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I don't believe that when you turn 18 you learn the first words your soulmate would speak to you. Mine was "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?"
You see, I had already met my soulmate. My perfect. When I asked her, perplexed at the maze in the lobby of Union Station, "Have you ever taken the train to San Dieg... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Next!"
I walk up to the dispenser and hold out my hand. A tiny piece of paper prints off and falls into my palm. I take a deep breath and flip the paper over.
"Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?"
I stare at it for a moment. My soulmate, the person destined to be with me forever, will one day say these wor... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Samantha opened her Soul-Match kit. It came in a little plastic bubble like you get from the machines in front of grocery stores. Samanta had never seen one before but everyone knew they were going to get one when they turned 18.
"So what's it say, Sam?" It was Abraham. Sweet man. Single father of 2. A heavy set, bear... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Welcome to Starbucks, can I take your order?"
I've heard those words countless times, and each time they had left me wanting. Nearly every boyfriend had been a Starbucks worker, but they had never worked out. I was beginning to think it was a cruel joke.
I was a 27 year old lonely, single woman well on her way to cr... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Andrea Patton remembered vividly the day she read her letter. The Letter. The one that everyone gets on their 18th birthday, with the first words they would ever hear from their soul mate printed inside.
Her friends, Stephanie and Becca, begged her to bring it to school the next day. Stephanie got hers a few months b... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The one moment of the day that made it all worth it was just hearing her voice in the morning. Always starting with those same 8 words. Stiff and corporate sounding, but he thought he detected a new hint of warmth behind them the last couple of weeks.
They'd had their share of jokes and small talk at the counter the... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | My name is Brian Kinner, and today is my eighteenth birthday. I have been dreading this day since I was first told about what will happen. In 2036 time travel started to become a thing of truth for the people of earth. It was a practice that only the rich had the luxury to afford, but after a couple of months the ameri... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Gather 'round! Mail's here!"
The postman only visited once a month in the remote ger camp of Bayanzorn, a small island of life in the midst of the Sea of Death - known to outsiders as the Gobi Desert. Ghaz had waited anxiously for this day, having begun his 18th season only a few short weeks ago.
The postman reached... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | My eighteenth birthday came... I went out to the mailbox, and pulled out the little gold envelope with the red string perfectly surrounding the whole thing. It was expected. Though no one knew where it was from, it hardly mattered. It was exciting, and a little frightening to find out what my soul mate would say to me.... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It had been 7 years since I found out the words that my “true love” would say to me, and of course like everyone else I kept mine secret.
It was an unwritten rule about finding out our “lines” that we didn’t share them with one another, but I knew that the first words my true love would say to me would be “Welcome to... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | My parents were fine. ("Excuse me, what time is it?" "It's about half-past two.") And my brother Tim got "Do you know you have gorgeous eyes?", which is probably a weird thing to say to a complete stranger but is otherwise kind of perfect. But there are some awful cases, some phrases you just don't want. Like, my frien... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "So I decided that I would only ever go into one Starbucks. That way, I know who it is," I finished. My best mate Mike nodded dubiously.
"That makes sense, I guess. It's a good thing you usually avoid the place. So how did you pick this one?"
"Random chance. I got a listing of local stores, closed my eyes and picked ... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | The traditional "You're 18 now" letter lay in front of me. It is delivered by our life sucking, future seeing, freedom restricting leaders. They control everything. Cameras in all locations, GPS ankle bracelets on all citizens. But these letters are despised above all.
They give us these letters telling us who our "so... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It comes in a dream on your eighteenth birthday. If you have a soulmate, and it turns out about 80% of people do, you have a dream about meeting your soulmate for the first time. The only thing you really remember from that dream are the first words they say to you. Not their face or name or even what you say to the... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | It was a freezing morning in New York.
I slipped into the local Starbucks for some coffee.
There was a new cashier today.
"Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?", She asked, exasperated.
"Soy un federale, tengo un gato en mis pantalones," I replied.
The disinterested look on her face vanished instantly.... | Hovercraft whiz past. A dark sky looms over a quiet ruckus of night in the Big Apple. I dust off my suit as I cross on my way back to the apartment. Signs bleep from every streetcorner. Hundreds of taxis drive by with advertisements tesselating through the jagged traffic. Some hipsters in hoverbikes pass in front of me... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | "Son, mail is here. It's your soulmate's first words sent by the psychic ministry."
*Reads Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?*
"So dad, what does it mean? I'll never know who my soul mate is?"
"No, it just means it is her job to identify you from what you say."
"What do you mean?"
"Just pick something unique ... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | There was no string attached because all the strings were severed and burned away into ash. All that were left were frantic wants and needs and craving for that moment of release. When it came, and thankfully it did, it was just a gentle slope rolling into nothingness as she rolled off her… what?
One night stand. Stre... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | Eric was next in line and was beginning to get a little nervous. A space opened and the man in front moved towards the cashier. Eric walked forward, casually stealing glances of the woman taking orders.
A little nametag sat pinned on the cashier's shirt that read Mary-Anne. Mary-Anne was not Eric's ideal vision of a s... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | **This story does not follow the prompt exactly, but the general scenario sparked this little idea. What would someone who was deaf do in this situation?**
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Usually I don’t mind being deaf. Sure, I feel like I’ve missed out on some things, but I get along just fine with sign language. That is until my 18th birthd... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | I went to Starbucks all the time, even though I preferred local shops. But, it never felt right. Every time I'd see some dude making the coffee, and he'd say it, I'd feel- an inner flinch. He couldn't be my soul mate.
After a few years, I stopped going to Starbucks. But, my family always vacationed in a tiny town on ... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | A quick search showed 21,455 Starbucks locations in 63 countries, all of which made it company policy to robotically parrot my true love's indicator.
Decades ago, my own parents had received their letters, both of which read merely "Good morning." My dad exchanges standard pleasantries with a pretty freshman at the t... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | His heart skipped a beat, and then he grinned broadly. Yes!
He'd met Maria in the Starbucks opposite the school where she worked part-time. The attraction had been instant, mutual and as passionate as any two teenagers in love. And yet everyone had told them to slow down, not to commit, to wait for their soulmate. ... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | *Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?*
"What, are you kidding me?"
"No sir. That's what it says right here. If you encounter your true love that will most assuredly be their first words."
Jim recalled the words of the conversation like it was yesterday. There was no doubt about it. His true love would be wo... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... | |
[WP] On the day you turn 18 everyone is given the first words that their soulmate will speak to them. When you receive yours it says simply "Welcome to Starbucks. Can I take your order?" | On everyone’s 18th birthday they receive a card in the mail with the words their soul mate will one day speak to them. I don’t really know how or why, but I just accepted it as fact. On my 18th birthday I opened my card with the standard amount of excitement. It is exciting to receive the card, but it’s kind of silly t... | it didn't seem to matter, at the drive thru, at the counter, always and never. always the hope that I might find a friendly barista behind the counter that might welcome me with that phrase. However I was typically greeted by a burnt out, terribly tired or terribly hurried barista. "hey there what can I get started for... |
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