one thing i learned while working at the coffee company is that people are more alike eachother than we think... we are the same... everyone loves coffee... there were so many different types of people who came in to get coffee... old, young, fat, thin, punk, emo, goth, hippies, democrates, republicans, business men & women, church ladies and church men, young mothers with their children and old men who sat and talked about football and news every afternoon. people, no matter how different, are also the same. working in food service and coffee the past few years has taught me that people really center around food. food brings people together. my mother speaks about how she views preparing meals as a spiritual thing. i think that looking back over the past few years, i have come to agree with her. i love spending time preparing a meal for several people and then seeing them all come together over it, a common link, something that draws them together... sitting over a meal is comfortable... i have shared food with several different people who i would not spend time with if it hadnt of been for the link we shared in our meal... preparing food is spiritual... you never know what will happen between people over a shared meal. im grateful that i am working in the kitchen again...