Truth: The Dunkin Donuts Crowd

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I had this professor back in college who was a real trip.  It was some media class or something, I forget.  The first day of class he says "Many of you are going to quit this class, because you don't care".  Then he said "Many of you are going to amount to nothing in life".  Well over the next week or so, about 5 people quit the class.  As far as amounting to nothing, I have no idea if that ever happened.  Although my hunch is he was probably right. He said one thing though that stuck with me for many years.  I still observe this concept too.  He said, there are people, then there is the Dunkin Donuts crowd. 

What was he talking about?  The Dunkin Donuts crowd?  He went on to explain.  He said drive by a Dunkin Donuts and inevitably you will see the same people at the counter eating donuts, drinking coffee, and having the same daily conversations. When he said that I could easily envision what he was talking about. There was a Dunkin Donuts nearby school, and as I drove to class I would always look at it.  Sure enough, the same crowd every morning doing the same thing. 

Nothing wrong with those folks mind you, and Dunkin Donuts makes a fine bear claw.  Heck my friend Boston Cas knew where every Dunkin Donuts in the state of Michigan was...and he went to them all.  He would rave about their coffee. One time, they didnt serve their own coffee or something.  He noticed!  He wrote them, and got some freebies for his trouble.  I have to admit, it is the best coffee around.

Now when I go to Dunkin Donuts or drive by, I still say "Hey, it's the Dunkin Donuts Crowd!".   Wait a minute, does that make me a part of them too?  Well I don't sit in one, talk, or watch the world go by.  So inevitably no I am not part of the crowd.  

One of my questions about life is this: If you are part of the Dunkin Donuts Crowd, have you amounted to nothing or something?  

I bet no one knows that answer. Not even my professor.