Okay, so in the say day, in the same hour, my role at Scooter’s expanded.
The first incident:
After making a vanilla cappuccino smoothie with whip and making small talk with the customer, it was exclaimed to me, “You might know! Where can I get rid of a set of old encyclopedias?” How do I qualify to be one who might know? I make coffee! Anyway, I did have an idea: Lincoln Freecycle. She went for it.
The second incident:
From behind one of our walls I heard, “Hey Brook, is the word “subversive” really a word?”
“Yes, it is definately a word,” I replied. Why did the customer suppose I had an advanced vocabulary? Hmmm?
It’s not easy to be a barista. You have to always be on your toes.
Definition:
sub·ver·sive [suhb-vur-siv]
–adjective
1. Also, sub·ver·sion·ar·y [suhb-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] tending to subvert or advocating subversion, esp. in an attempt to overthrow or cause the destruction of an established or legally constituted government.
–noun
2. a person who adopts subversive principles or policies.
2 Comments
November 16, 2007 at 8:31 pm
those definitions don’t tell me anything about what the word subversive means. what kind of dictionary are you using, anyway?
Miss you.
November 17, 2007 at 5:42 pm
brooko…this is funny…very accurate…i could see myself asking a random barista these things…seriously, they are a plethora of knowledge. They see so many things in the day, meet so many people, they are like a walking encyclopedia, one that makes a short double shot americano no room for cream and 2 ice cubes…