She was tall and thin, wearing attractive dark rimmed rectangular glasses and a crisply tailored belted overcoat atop impeccably styled clothing, and approached the counter briskly.
“I’ll have a Venti half caf, double shot, two pump sugarfree vanilla, nonfat, extra hot, no whip, Mocha.”
The barista nodded as she scribbled cryptic notes on a paper cup and repeated, “Venti half caf, double shot, two pump sugarfree vanilla, nonfat, extra hot, no whip, Mocha.”
A card was presented and swiped. Then it was his turn.
He fumbled in his pocket for loose change.
“Er, a small coffee, please.”
The barista sighed.
100 Words, 05/03/2008
Twitter: MichelleDeBerge
March 15, 2014
That was pretty funny! Thank you.
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March 15, 2014
Thanks, Michelle! 🙂
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The “Coffee” attracted me to this…. and enjoyed reading it too… 🙂
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March 15, 2014
Thank you – I’m glad! 🙂
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March 15, 2014
Haha. The word “coffee” attracted me too. This was a fun post. I like your writing style. I could envision the whole thing. Amusingly enough, that would be me saying, “Er, small coffee, please.” Leave out the calories. Thanks. What fun.
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March 16, 2014
Thank you so much! 🙂
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March 15, 2014
These coffee places can be so intimidating to the uninitiated. I can so hear the sigh of the barista “oh, another person who is so backwards, they only drink plain coffee”.
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March 16, 2014
They certainly can! So many choices. 🙂
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March 15, 2014
Heehee! That would be me!
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March 16, 2014
That’s my husband too!
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March 16, 2014
I’m clearly too old to be a barista. 😉
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March 16, 2014
Ha, me too!
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This describes me when I stop occasionally stop to get a coffee in the morning! Last time the person in front of me ordered multiple lattes and then I order the medium coffee. Great short story. Thanks for sharing
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March 16, 2014
Thanks so much! 🙂
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Er, small coffee please. That’s me. Or a grande or regular or medium or whatever the sizes are called. Thanks. I enjoyed reading this.
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March 20, 2014
Thanks, Gwen!
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It is so funny at the coffee shop to hear what is ordered! I wonder how people come up with the combos, trail and error?
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March 21, 2014
I can’t imagine being quite that inventive with my coffee, LOL!
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