She and my friend Judy both had some very funny...and scary...recent posts about how
This morning I had an experience that reminded me of both their posts. I started posting a comment to Suz, but it got so lengthy I decided to post it here instead.
As I write this I'm sitting in Starbucks. I ordered my first coffee from a cashier in her 50's. It cost $3.56, so I gave her a $5 bill and 60 cents. Now, not to get off track here, but if you're thinking it absurd to pay that much for a cup of coffee you should know that decaf triple-tall semi-dry cappuccinos don't come cheap. Anyway, back to my story. It took her all of about 3 seconds to come up with (in her head) how much change I should get back.
Now, today being Friday, and me being the adventurous, risk-taking
Has anyone ever seen the proverbial 'deer caught in the headlights' look?
Well, that would be her. All movement stopped. She didn't even blink for a good 30 seconds. My first inclination was to tell her how much change I should get back, but I decided to treat this as a little research project so I patiently waited to see how things would play out. Finally, there was movement. Her lips began to tremble. Then she looked at me. Then she looked at her cash register. Then she looked at me again. Just when that first whiff of burning wood hit me, she got that 'Oh, I know how to do this' look. She figured out how to have the cash register figure it out for her.
I couldn't resist...so when I took the change I looked at her and asked, accusingly, "Are you sure this is the correct change?"
Her response? Well, let's just say that I've already seen two deer and it's not even 10:30 in the morning yet.
Badaboom Badabing...
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