Current mood:	Caffeinated
Entry tags:	baristas: not sga-related, if only he ordered decaffeinated, no questions will be answered, punching customers in the dick

Coffeewank!
This is an example of the wailing and gnashing of teeth that can ensue when you take coffee too seriously. Or, depending on which side you take, what happens when you don't take it seriously enough.

Jeff Simmermon of the And I Am Not Lying blog wanted an iced triple espresso from Murky Coffee in DC. He's informed that it's against Murky's policy to serve iced espresso, and when he orders the espresso and a cup of ice, he's told that "What you’re about to do … that’s really, really Not Okay." Simmermon takes exception to the barista's attitude, posts about it on his blog, and also shows the tip he left at Murky. The comments explode, some taking sides with Simmermon, others with the barista; the blog post ends up linked on BoingBoing; and the owner of Murky responds with a highly unambiguous "Fuck you, Jeff Simmermon".

Insert joke here about everyone needing to lay off the caffeine.

ETA—Dear Mod What Added Tags To This Entry: I luff you. ♥!

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danceswithelvis
2008-07-15 10:06 pm UTC (link)

You have no idea. Being from Texas -all- sodas are basically called 'coke' as a generic thing. You order one and they ask what kind, that sorta thing. I get married and move to Kansas City and people go freaking apeshit here when I get asked a beverage question.

Or, I get lectured how Pepsi is far superior to Coke (or the other way around). Weird stuff like that. I'm begining to think that waiters around here have to mentally unbalanced before they are allowed to work with the public.

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	wolfsamurai 2008-07-15 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	The Coke as generic soda is here in New Mexico as well. And I had the same problem when I (briefly) lived in Missouri too. Confused all those poor bastards. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	danceswithelvis 2008-07-15 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	XD What's funny is my family is from New Mexico. I was born in Ruidoso, there. And yep, I never had a problem ordering any place I go to there. Except that I can't seem to find Black Cherry Cider anymore :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iris 2008-07-16 12:08 am UTC (link)
	When my family moved from Georgia to Colorado it was a bit of a shock to me that I'd order a coke and suddenly not be asked what kind. Before we moved, my mom had once gotten some very strange looks for bringing Pepsi to a soccer game. Pepsi might as well not exist in Atlanta, really. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	danceswithelvis 2008-07-16 12:39 am UTC (link)
	Hehehehe...I remember the first time I ordered a 'coke' here last year. They left before I could specify that I wanted a Sprite. XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

waitwut
2008-07-16 02:37 am UTC (link)

We stayed at a Residence Inn in Atlanta last year (the chain that will deliver groceries for you) and we'd ordered a 12pk of diet Pepsi. We got, of course, Diet Coke. We totally understood and all of us in the room AND the staff had a great laugh at the whole situation (and we got our Diet Pepsi the next day)... because it's not like we weren't leaving the hotel to go to the COKE Museum or anything...!

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