Awkward Coffee
It’s been a long day at work. We had a big release that didn’t go quite as well as planned, but we finally got our site up and running. Once that was done, it was time to start testing the site in production. Needless to say, it’s been a crazy day which has worn me out. About 2:45 in the afternoon, I’m getting tired.
It’s time for coffee. Oh yes, coffee time. Luckily, there is a barista onsite at work. I walk on over.
So far, so good.
As I walk up to the barista, I see her staring at me. I get to the counter, and you know, since she was staring at me, I figured she was waiting to take my order.
“Can I get a 16oz iced caramel macchiato please?” I ask.
She slowly raises her phone to her ear and holds up her other hand and says to me “hang on a second”. She then starts talking on her phone for about a minute.
The barista then hangs up and has me repeat the order. I hand her the money and then go stand by the wall to wait for my coffee.
When I got to the wall, I noticed a guy standing about 6 feet away from me. He was singing, yes – SINGING, about Spiderman and Aquaman capes. Nevermind the fact that neither of these comic book characters wear caps. The fact is, this guy was literally singing about Spiderman and Aquaman capes. Not cool.
As if that wasn’t weird enough, another guy who ordered his coffee after me came and stood by me at the wall. Now, when I say “he came and stood by me”, I mean he really stood by me. Straight up invaded my personal bubble and was leaning against me.
I lean forward and looking over to the right giving him a completely blatant visual queue that he had at least 5 feet between him and Mr. I-sing-about-Spiderman-and-Aquaman-capes where he could stand without violating my personal space and setting off my gaydar. He notices me giving this “hint” and looks back at me and says “Sup”. I then nonchalantly step over to my left, to the extent that he was no longer jumping my border, and returned the greeting.
Needless to say, as soon as I got my coffee, I was out of there like Speedy Gonzales.
You’d think that this was some creepy coffee stand in some metropolitan area, but no, this was the in-house Starbucks in the Microsoft cafeteria.
Very awkward.
I’m assuming you are talking about the one on the second floor of the cafeteria. I’ve actually stopped getting coffee at that stand. First and foremost, they make pretty shitty espresso drinks, but beside that, the pudgy brunet chick who normally works there, couldn’t provide decent service with a gun to her head. She’s usually either talking to one of the cooks, or just off in la la land not even noticing that she has a customer.
Oh and the other guys, nothing a quick punch to the throat wouldn’t solve.
Ya… It makes me miss the coffee stand back bothell 2…