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If only for your neighbors' sake, make it look like a chore if you decide to act on McDonald's latest offer for free specialty coffee. Because, apparently, that's what got us this second round of McCafes on the house.

Come May 1, the fast food chain is swinging through Bakersfield with a special van and collapsible outdoor cafe, giving away lattes, iced lattes, cappuccinos and mochas. They're the same drinks the chain passed out free around Bakersfield early last year, another example of Bakersfield's test-marketing expertise.

We did such good, hard work quaffing those espresso drinks that the company wants to thank us. And what better way than giving us more of the same?

So on the morning of May 1, the Mobile McCafe is setting up shop at Cal State Bakersfield. Then, between 5 and 8 p.m., the van will be serving up coffee at 19th Street near H Street as part of the Downtown Business Association's First Friday event. The next day, on May 2, the van will be stationed at Sam Lynn Ballpark from 8 a.m. to noon for the Northwest Baseball League Tournament.

Just don't look like you're enjoying it, or the company may get the idea we'd do this for free.