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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	cmdr_zoom 2008-07-16 07:52 am UTC (link)
	Probably it's that they got tired of being asked these things constantly. That's it, we're putting up a sign so we can just point to it from now on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rimrunner
2008-07-17 05:23 am UTC (link)

At one of Seattle's best used bookstores, there is a list headed with the following: "Questions That Are Guaranteed to Irritate the Hell Out of Twice Sold Tales Employees".

Most of them are pretty stupid questions, to be fair, and I spent long enough in bookselling that I have no trouble believing they were asked (including the well-known "I'm looking for this book, it has a red cover..." phenomenon).

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	lilpocketnin 2008-07-17 12:15 pm UTC (link)
	At my work, we have a sign beside the drink cup display that says, "yes, that's an effin large. Yes, it's 3.75." Because we get asked that at least twenty times in a five-hour shift. Stupid boss, switching to 20oz larges... (Reply to this)(Parent)

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