Energy drinks, coffee, and anything remotely caffeinated is something that dominates our LVA students’ palates. Whether you notice it or not, there has always been a presence of caffeinated drinks. When a student is late, they may have a Grande Caramel Latte Starbucks drink right in their palms. Coming from lunch they may purchase a cold can of Kirkland Cold Brew.
So what could possibly cause this? Lack of sleep? In a race between deadlines? Many LVA students have different factors that come into play. One student, Zion Brasagars-Capone, claims that out of the week, he gets five or more caffeinated drinks, while also getting a low amount of sleep.
“I get from five to one,” said Brasagars-Capone; in response to how many hours of sleep he gets every night.
Another student, Noah Decker, claims that of the week, he gets double the amount of energy drinks.
“Like ten,” said Decker. He proceeds to make the evaluation that he gets eight hours of sleep.
The following question was asked on if they believe they have more homework from their prior year, and both respond that they feel they did not have as much homework from their last school year.
Based on both these students, there could be a combination of an introduction to more schoolwork causing tiredness, while still not receiving as much sleep as is recommended for adolescents. Pick-me-up beverages can help with both sides of the coin. However, by interviewing the one of owners of the Snack Shack here at LVA, we see a strange concurrence.
“We go through a case about once a week,” said Wendy Bennett, one of the owners of the Snack Shack. “I’ve only restocked twice, so once a month,” Bennett resolves about refilling the Kirkland cold brew coffee.
Bennett also adds that there is a possibility that the coffee at the Snack Shack may not be a best seller since the LVA Bodega sells them at a slightly cheaper price.
“It’s slowed down, because I know that the cage sells it for a little bit less,” said Bennet.
Despite the item not being sold as expected from a surplus of tired teenagers, we also must make the boundary that some people don’t purchase coffee itself for personal preference.
“The first day that we were open, I had Coke zero available,” said Bennett; noting about a drink, which contains a small sample of caffeine.
Some people dislike coffee, but most times misunderstand how much caffeine can be in everyday products, like Coke Zero. Though there are less amounts of caffeine inside it, it still retains a small amount that others can be oblivious to.
“We went through a case a day. If I had to restock that one, I would have to do it probably every other day,” said Bennett.
As for students, there is also the factor of having their own stock of energy drinks for themselves.
“I have a fridge full [of Monster],” said Zion Brasagars-Capone.
“I have 18 packages [of coffee],” said Noah Decker.
Because of the variety of factors that bring people to drink caffeinated things, there is no clear answer. It simply relies on how you handle tiredness or how much you drink coffee throughout the day.
