[speeder]

WTF do people go out for coffee? I don't get that. I go to a coffee shop every morning but I just want to read the papers online and be left alone. I'm in agreement with the whole "go out for coffee" sequence in "Good Will Hunting" where Matt Damon's character assails the absurdity of a "coffee date".

I notice couples having them at coffee shops all the time, sometimes it's obvious that it's a first meeting from internet dating. They have to ask, "Are you Joe/Mary?"

If someone is interesting enough to meet with in a potential dating situation, then lunch or dinner is appropriate. If they are not interested enough to eat food across from me, there is no reason to interact further. Call me old-fashioned. Coffee dates are lame.