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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?" | 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.
... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | "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... | 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?" | **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 ... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | 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 ... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | 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... | 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?", 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... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | 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... | 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 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.... | 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 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. | 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?" | 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 ... | 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 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... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | "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 ... | 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 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... | 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?" | 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... | 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 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... | 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?" | "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... | 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?" | 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... | 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?"
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... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | "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... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | "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 ... | 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?" | 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... | 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?" | 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.... | 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?" | "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 ... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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 ... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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. ... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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.
... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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 ... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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.... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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. | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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 ... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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 ... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "umm.. are you on the menu?"
I felt like a douche as soon as I said it, but at 5 bucks a pop nearly 300 times over so far, I was beyond frustrated and painfully direct seemed the best option. She just gave me a sour look, making me feel like I should, so I just bough another one. and another and another. Nasty shit... | |
[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... | "I don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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. ... | "I don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 ... | "I don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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... | "I don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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 don't go to Starbucks."
"Why?"
"Starbucks is to Coffee what McDonalds is to Hamburgers."
"Come on dude, it's not that bad, stop being such a hipster coffee fuck. We're not at home and unless you want to actually go to a McDonalds I don't think we're going to get coffee anywhere around here."
"Fine, but I reserve... | |
[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... | "I really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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. ... | "I really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 ... | "I really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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... | "I really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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 really don't know what your problem is. This is probably the best thing that could have happened to you", Tom chirped happily and sipped his Frappucino.
I eyed him sceptically. "And what in God's name would make you think that?"
He put down his drink. "Just look at what this tells statement tells you! Now you kn... | |
[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... | I've had a lot of guys claim to be my soulmate. There's always a criminal or two trying to beat the system by introducing themselves to a girl with a generic phrase and then flipping out after the first thing she says. And to their credit, I guess it works often enough to make it worth their while... The girl thinks "w... | |
[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've had a lot of guys claim to be my soulmate. There's always a criminal or two trying to beat the system by introducing themselves to a girl with a generic phrase and then flipping out after the first thing she says. And to their credit, I guess it works often enough to make it worth their while... The girl thinks "w... | |
[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've had a lot of guys claim to be my soulmate. There's always a criminal or two trying to beat the system by introducing themselves to a girl with a generic phrase and then flipping out after the first thing she says. And to their credit, I guess it works often enough to make it worth their while... The girl thinks "w... | |
[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 had a lot of guys claim to be my soulmate. There's always a criminal or two trying to beat the system by introducing themselves to a girl with a generic phrase and then flipping out after the first thing she says. And to their credit, I guess it works often enough to make it worth their while... The girl thinks "w... |
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