Spoon full of sugar

The evening is crisp and fresh as I sit down with my hot cup of coffee and another fine cigar for another evening of eves dropping and undercover work. The coffee shop is alive once again this evening. People seem energetic with slight appreciation that the monsoon for this evening doesn't  seem to be near. People of all ages again have come in for their evening caffeine fix. Many conversations are deep into fruition of different concepts, scattered around the shop. Employees are busy helping the customers of different ages, gender, race and ethnicities to find the perfect cup of "joe" to satisfy their individual liking and palette.

One conversation really stood out to me not only because it was the closest table to mine but because of the volume they were talking and the interesting topic being discussed. The conversation consisted of two males between the ages of 25 and 35 discussing and debating politics. But not only just politics but about the government, presidents and the tragedy of 9/11. If that didn't make it interesting enough to "eves drop" one of the guys was black and the other white. What made the fact intriguing that one of the gentlemen was white and the other black was that the debate of politics, the government, and 9/11 had a race factor to the discussion. Race as an underlying irritant kept surfacing whether the subject was strictly on politics or had found life in the discussion of government or 9/11. After about one hour and half of arguing and going back and forth of who was right and who was wrong, the black gentleman ended the conversation, and excused himself politely from the table and left the coffee shop.

After sitting there for quite sometime, my coffee mug now half full, the fine cigar about two-thirds finished and with not another conversation coming to an abrupt close like the one earlier had finished with unceremonious candor. I focused on how spoons or packets of sugar if any sugar each person was using in their coffee or tea of their choice. What observed was that about 95% of the people drinking a warm beverage that evening all used an actual spoon full of sugar to sweeten their caffeinated beverage. This I found amusing and quite simply interesting.  I now look forward to my next visit to this coffee shop to see if this "spoonful of sugar" concept is the thing to do at this particular hour or if its a race, gender or age factor.

I soon after finished my last drop of coffee and took my last long, smooth draw from my fine cigar before getting up to leave. As I walk to my vehicle I cant help but think about and remember the victims of 9/11 and the tragedy that followed that day.