The "hipping" point

I tried a new-ish cafe today in a certain trendy part of town. The interior design was well-conceived, drinks were served beautifully, the food was carefully curated - and the staff looked miserably aloof, too cool or too deflated by the negative feedback loop of wealthy, snooty customers to care about creating warmth and friendliness. I am glad there are still some coffee shops in town that are welcoming neighbourhood hubs, the way a cafe should be. But what's up with these sterile gallery-style cafes that flaunt their disconnectedness? And what does the emergence of these places say about the state of the city?

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Honestly

Aug 31, 2016 at 6:27am

Social media has "Disconnected " people from their souls.

Vancouver is an experiment on social behaviour via mind control and it seems to be working quite well.

No eye contact = FEAR

Last week

Aug 31, 2016 at 9:09am

I saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that said-
"Everything that is popular is wrong!"

So so true

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Oh, you thought...

Aug 31, 2016 at 10:39am

..YOU were the customer! No, no...welcome to new dining in VanCity. I hope they tipped well.

snobbery

Aug 31, 2016 at 1:26pm

its the snobification of vancouver of the last decade, the real estate bubble created this shallow brat class, vancouverites worship real estate,, appearance, faces buried in their iphones eventhough they have no real job and live off their parents, for example around the OV or woodwards or whole foods the snobbery in the air is so thick you can cut it with a knife

Anonymous

Aug 31, 2016 at 4:07pm

What the fuck else can Vancouverites be snobbish over?

The place is a cultural backwater on a scale that rivals Edmonchuck.

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Oh we're all Just sooooo

Aug 31, 2016 at 11:36pm

DISENCHANTED...

Hrm...

Sep 1, 2016 at 1:24am

That's one way of looking at it. Maybe there's a different perspective? As a resident of a small town in BC that's filled with coffee shops and staff that don't have a good taste of art and style and music, and aesthetics, I truly miss the gallery-like experience of a city coffee shop filled with staff who have a great sense of fashion working in a beautiful environment where someone took the time to think about the interior design.

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