Moonbeans is one of my favorite coffee shops located next door to the 24 Hour Fitness off of Cottle near the Santa Theresa Kaiser Hospital. Mainly because while my girlfriend hits the gym, I can relax with an awesome hot tea and work on my laptop with free wifi. Normally this is a great experience.
The other factor that set this place apart was the great employees. The sister of the owner and her daughter worked her for a long time and they made it a very enjoyable time. Even after they would close at 8pm, they would let me stay while they cleaned, allowing me to keep working until my girlfriend finished doing her cardio.
It just isn’t the same now. While the new employees (the owner’s sister in law and a 17 year old high school student) are fine, they don’t hold a candle to the former two. And on this Monday evening, the environment took a dive for the worst. The sister in law’s 2 kids decided it was a good idea to just run around making the loudest of noises and gleeful squeels.
Don’t get me wrong, I love kids! It’s fun watching children play and be silly. But when I can’t even hear myself think, it ruins the whole joy of coming here. And now as 8pm rolls around, I’m packing up to go sit in the car to wait for girlfriend. Ah the joys of being a good boyfriend and helping her carpool in order to dodge vast amounts of traffic. I’m off!
-Andrew