咖啡吧的早晨，与几乎所有街道上在每条街上散发出的批量生产的咖啡吧不同，这一发展预示了全球化的扁平作用。在开朗的旗帜下，蔓延的相同性可能会削弱和破坏所有地位感。
(The Morning After Coffee Bar was different from the mass-produced coffee bars that had mushroomed on every street almost everywhere, a development which presaged the flattening effects of globalisation; the spreading, under a cheerful banner, of a sameness that threatened to weaken and destroy all sense of place.)