From my office there is a Starbucks to the west and a Starbucks to the east. The east one is closer, but the walk is outdoors. The west one is a little bit farther, but you can get there without ever having to set foot outside. So on warm days we head east, cold days west.
It doesn't matter to me ever which one we go to. Either one knows that when I walk in with Kelcey we want two iced green teas - one half sweet, one no sweet. So we walk in, they shout out our order, we nod, smile and exchange pleasantries as we hand over our cards and accept our drinks. It kinda has a Norm-ish from Cheers feeling - they know us by drink. It's a nice feeling!
On one chilly afternoon though, our perfect world came crashing down.
It was chilly - we wanted Starbuck - so naturally we went west. We ordered from the lovely young Russian lady, talked, laughed, then stood at the counter and waited for our drinks.
Suddenly this guy ran over, threw his arms around us and said, 'Hey I know when you are cheating on me!'
We both stared, startled for a moment...know the face, what's the place??
Oh ya -
"Hi Doug!"
Oh shoot.
Doug smiled.
"No, I know what this looks like, but Doug, we don't come here often, this is our first time in another Starbucks, really!"
"Tanya, Kelcey - your green teas are ready" said the barista from behind the counter.
"Well, uh, Doug, sorry, uh, they must have read our name from our cards that we got from your place, umm, I've never seen these people before, uh, uh....sorry, it won't happen again.......Oh no, wait, sorry ladies, yes we'll come back here too, I mean, not 'too' I mean we only come here with our business, we don't know Doug, never seen him before..."
Ya.
We need a new north or south Starbucks.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment