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Julia
Vancouver, Washington USA
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ME = not a bad person, honestly.
HIM = middle-aged man
COWORKER = bane of my existence
ME: (smiling) Hello! What can I get for you?
HIM: (dead pan) Chai tea
ME: Sure, what size?
HIM: Uh. Large.
ME: For here? Or to go...?
HIM: For here.
ME: Okay, that'll be $3.95 please.
HIM: $3.95? And I want a muffin. Carrot raisin bran.
ME: (still smiling) All right, so that'll be $5.95.
(minutes later)
HIM: (looking severely annoyed) Where's my drink?!?!?!
ME: Oh, it's right here....
HIM: THIS IS NOT WHAT I ORDERED!!!! I ORDERED CHAI TEA!!
ME: (patiently) Yes, this is it.
HIM: (pause) NO, I don't want this. WHERE'S THE TEA BAG?!?
ME: oh, we don't have chai tea like that. It's a concentrate that we steam with milk... I uh-
HIM: (fuming, picking at his muffin) I didn't ask for that. You know, this is just great. Just great. Thanks a lot. I wanted to come here and have a chai tea and this is NOT what I wanted. You people... you people....
ME: Listen, I'm really sorry, it was just a misunderstanding... I'll give you a refund, if you can just hang on a se-
HIM: NO! You know what? UH! FUCK YOU!!!!! FUCK YOU PEOPLE!!! (storms out of the store, muffin in hand)
ME: (mouth agape) uhh....
COWORKER: (looking mildly annoyed) What happened? Doesn't he want his drink?
ME: No.. there was a misunderstanding
COWORKER: (hands on hips, throwing a cleaning rag on the counter) Thanks a lot. So, you made me make that drink for nothing.
ME: Uh... Please don't talk to me like that.
COWORKER: Well, I'm not the one that made that customer mad. (walks off)
ME: (mouth agape) uhhh.... (exit stage left. saunter the basement to sit on the bathroom floor, bewildered, for approximately five minutes.)
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