Coffe for 11.45
For no particularly good reason, I started going through my old documents. I found some fascinating stuff, including some e-mail spam that I haven't seen around for a while, but really did seem like a funny thing to save.
Ian works in a coffee, bagels, and sandwiches trailer on the campus of University of New Hampshire. Vinnie is his boss and the owner of the truck, and yes, this actually
happened. Ian is telling the story:
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Lady: Yes, I'd like a milk with some coffee in it.
Ian: So, that's just a splash of coffee in a milk?
Lady: No, a regular amount of milk, but not coffee.
Ian: Is there more milk or coffee?
Lady: Oh, definitely more coffee.
Ian: So that's a coffee with some extra milk.
Lady: Just the usual amount of milk.
Ian: A coffee with milk.
Lady: Yes.
Ian: Anything else?
Lady: A little extra milk and do you have coffee with no caffeine?
Ian: We do have decaf.
Lady: No, I don't want decaf, just some coffee without the caffeine.
Ian: Ma'am, that's what decaf means, no caffeine.
Lady: Oh, then do you have milk with no caffeine?
Ian: Milk doesn't come with caffeine.
Lady: Yes it does.
Ian: Not that I know of, where do you get your milk?
Lady: It doesn't say caffeine free on the milk so it must have caffeine.
Ian: Oh, you're right, my mistake, I forgot that we only get the decaf milk. No problem, we have only decaf milk. Anything else?
Lady: Do you have any bagels?
Vinnie: (who has been listening all along) I'm sorry, ma'am, we're all out of decaf bagels.
Lady: Oh, well, then I'll have one of those, with sesame seeds.
Vinnie: We're all out, ma'am.
Lady: Well what are those? (pointing at sesame bagels)
Vinnie: Those are sesame donuts with extra caffeine added.
Lady: I guess I'll just have the coffee. Do you take credit cards?
Ian: No ma'am, cash only.
Lady: What about visa?
Ian: Is that a credit card?
Lady: Well, yes.
Vinnie: Is it cash?
Lady: No.
Vinnie: Then no, we can't take it.
Lady: What about checks?
Ian: Cash, ma'am, nothing else.
Lady: OK. how much is that?
Vinnie: Eleven dollars and 45 cents.
Lady: Really?
Vinnie: New war in Alaska is ruining the coffee business, plus you wanted the coffee with no caffeine, that's hard to find now, had to grow it myself.
Lady: Okay (proceeds to write check)
Vinnie: Please leave.
Lady: Why?
Vinnie: You're raising my blood pressure, leave now.
Lady: But what about my coffee?
Vinnie: Leave and never return.
She leaves, but pays the $11.45 first.
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