Thursday, July 30, 2009

Casinos

Two men walked in today. They were quite short and also I wasn't sure if they spoke English. One was talking on his phone (Harry), the other was trying to order (Larry). Harry kept trying to point to things that he wanted. Unfortunately, Larry couldn't really figure out what he was pointing too. Then Larry kept going over to Harry to ask him what he wanted but Harry didn't want to stop his phone conversation and just kept yelling tea. We have about 15 different types of tea so I was going to tell Larry to just pick one and his friend will just have to deal with it. That's what he gets for talking on the phone.
Larry ordered his drink. Then Harry finally got off the phone and changed the whole order. I felt bad for Larry since Harry was trying to control everything. And also H comes before L in the alphabet so he probably has more rights in terms of their friendship. But then I realized that Harry would be paying. He then emptied his pockets and started to count out change. I though, this guys got to be kidding me. The total is almost $9. After he pushes the change across the counter, Larry informs me that they like to go to casinos and this is what happens at the slot machines and how I too should go to the casinos because they are really fun. I wanted to tell them that a big spender at the casino wouldn't pay for their coffee and pastry with change, but I kept that inside, hoping that their extra pennies would become my tip.
They finally sat down and started to drink their coffee. Then they started to stare. Then they drank some more and talked, continued staring again. I distracted myself with other work when suddenly, like magic, they appeared at the end of the counter. Harry was in front of Larry and started:
Harry: What's your name?
Me: Coffee Princess
Harry: That's my girlfriend's name
Me: Awesome, I like her already.
Harry: Just kidding. Really. I mean, I was talking to her on the phone earlier
Me: (thinking I don't care about this at all) Okay. That's great. I'm happy you two can have such pleasant phone conversations, especially in public spaces.
Harry: Yeah, it's really great. So do you work here a lot:
Me: All the time. Well you two have a great day
Harry: Yes, of course. (shakes my hand) it was a pleasure meeting you coffee princess
Me: Yup
Larry: (nervously waves goodbye)

What a team those two. Harry plus Larry plus one cell phone.

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