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| - EXT - STATE STREET - COLD SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN LATE MAY
(a tumbleweed blows across the intersection of State and Gilman)
Aaron: Where is everyone? This place is a ghost town....and it's Saturday.
Yelp: Looking for an afternoon bite?
Aaron: Yes I am, actually. Let me take refuge at Fair Trade Coffee from this wintery day!
INT - FAIR TRADE COFFEE - AFTERNOON
(Everybody from the metro Madison area is present, busy knitting, talking about organic churches, and staring mindlessly into MacBooks.)
Aaron: Hmmm. Well, I found everyone. Hopefully I can get a seat. And some food.
Menu: LOL, not so fast! A sandwich will be an hour's wage, please!:)
(Avoiding the bank breaking statements of the colorful menu board, Aaron nervously stares at the "Vegan Bar" in the display case. He's very hungry, but for some reason this "Vegan Bar" looks to be the only thing within his budget that will appease his taste buds.)
Employee: (with coarse, inhospitable voice) Hi, what would you like?
Aaron: (bashfully) Can I have a Vegan Bar and a tall Grasshopper Mocha?
Employee: For here?
Aaron: (trying to be lighthearted) Yes please...if I can find a spot!
Employee: (even less hospitably) We'll find you something. That'll be $8.58.
Aaron: (dies)
END
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Long, poorly written video script summarized: This place was packed. I felt rushed and unwelcome. The food/coffee is expensive. Lot of people just milling around inside. The drink was frufru, so it's hard to mess up, but it wasn't bad. The vegan bar tasted vegan...but not bad. Overall, I don't care enough about expensive names like *fair trade*, *organic*, or *vegan* to pay for them, but if that's your thing, that's your thing. I probably won't come here very often though.
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