And thus we come full circle: You're right. Selling me something and making me unwelcome is shitty customer service. But if I were to whip out a map of Washington and ask "where am I likely to find the coffee shops with the shittiest service?" I'd have picked Olympia with little hesitation. There's an undercurrent of seething resentment that drives so much of the city's culture. I think "coffee nerds" plus "stellar service" plus "acceptable coffee" would have had me amused by their pissing whirligig. "coffee nerds" plus "shitty service" plus "terrible coffee" has me attempting to unpeel my onion of anger. Still. How do you fuck up a pourover? Gotta be the beans.However, a "hipster," as viewed from the inside, is someone who thinks things are cool but lacks the confidence to believe they are cool.
Maybe that's what I've liked Olympia when visiting I am now the embodiment of seething resentment so it checks out. And yeah you get bonus points. Capitol Hill is kind of terrible, with a few cool exceptions. Columbia City is becoming one of the next cool spots. There's an undercurrent of seething resentment that drives so much of the city's culture.