Saturday morning I awoke from the strangest dream. I had purchased one of the many (now) empty Starbucks in Memphis, and renamed it "The Vapers Lounge" (obviously influenced by these very boards).
Within my shiny new establishment I was selling all of the latest gear and flavors. I had the Prodigy, GLV, Omega, box mods, atties&carts and a rainbow of in-house e-juice flavors --you name it-- I had it all in stock!
Business was brisk in my dream, too! The joint was filled to the rafters with hip, poetry-reading twenty-somethings, complete with round-framed, orange-lensed glasses and neatly trimmed goatees. Only the finest for "Mr. and Mrs. Hippies" children.
BAM! I woke up! The first thought that popped in my head was "Hells yeah! Let's DO this!!!" Then I continued to ponder the possibilities and "What if's?" What if I found a (now) out of work Starbucks manager to run the joint? Since he or she already knows all of the different types of java drinks, I could also offer overpriced coffee drinks in a vape friendly atmosphere! Brush the cobwebs from the drive-thru, folks...we are OPEN for business!
Then my mind set off racing. What if I offered nicotine free "flavor samples" in reasonably priced disposable carts? Try the flavors til' you find one you like, then place an e-juice order to go! Have a medium caramel macchiato (which I will call a "Medium" instead of a "Grande", so as to not get into trouble with Starbucks) with a double-shot of espresso while your e-juice is custom made, right there in the store as you wait.
Or... how about a battery exchange program? Sell batteries at a slight premium, branded with the "Vapers Lounge" logo. Always have charged batts in stock-- then, in a pinch, a customer can hit your drive-thru to exchange a dead battery for a charged one. Target 100 service and convenience abounds in my early morning daydreams!
"Honey, that's it... that's my idea. Now all we need are some investors. We'll be RICH!" She just lay there, facing away from me. As I speak, I continue to nudge her to make sure she hasn't fallen back to sleep.
My wife finally rolls over to face me. Still sleepy eyed and ...... that I had woken her up early on a Saturday with my tales of child-like wonder and grandeur.
She wastes no time in breaking my little-red-wagon-of-a-fantasy.
"That caramel macchiato E-Juice has gone straight to your damned head, hasn't it? Now roll over and go back to sleep"
The end.
YOPP!
Within my shiny new establishment I was selling all of the latest gear and flavors. I had the Prodigy, GLV, Omega, box mods, atties&carts and a rainbow of in-house e-juice flavors --you name it-- I had it all in stock!
Business was brisk in my dream, too! The joint was filled to the rafters with hip, poetry-reading twenty-somethings, complete with round-framed, orange-lensed glasses and neatly trimmed goatees. Only the finest for "Mr. and Mrs. Hippies" children.
BAM! I woke up! The first thought that popped in my head was "Hells yeah! Let's DO this!!!" Then I continued to ponder the possibilities and "What if's?" What if I found a (now) out of work Starbucks manager to run the joint? Since he or she already knows all of the different types of java drinks, I could also offer overpriced coffee drinks in a vape friendly atmosphere! Brush the cobwebs from the drive-thru, folks...we are OPEN for business!
Then my mind set off racing. What if I offered nicotine free "flavor samples" in reasonably priced disposable carts? Try the flavors til' you find one you like, then place an e-juice order to go! Have a medium caramel macchiato (which I will call a "Medium" instead of a "Grande", so as to not get into trouble with Starbucks) with a double-shot of espresso while your e-juice is custom made, right there in the store as you wait.
Or... how about a battery exchange program? Sell batteries at a slight premium, branded with the "Vapers Lounge" logo. Always have charged batts in stock-- then, in a pinch, a customer can hit your drive-thru to exchange a dead battery for a charged one. Target 100 service and convenience abounds in my early morning daydreams!
"Honey, that's it... that's my idea. Now all we need are some investors. We'll be RICH!" She just lay there, facing away from me. As I speak, I continue to nudge her to make sure she hasn't fallen back to sleep.
My wife finally rolls over to face me. Still sleepy eyed and ...... that I had woken her up early on a Saturday with my tales of child-like wonder and grandeur.
She wastes no time in breaking my little-red-wagon-of-a-fantasy.
"That caramel macchiato E-Juice has gone straight to your damned head, hasn't it? Now roll over and go back to sleep"
The end.
YOPP!
