This morning I trekked over to my local Peets to order my regular coffee: medium with skim, no sugar.
Lately I’ve had this problem where I keep burning my tongue on the coffee. This ‘problem’ is called patience. And, sadly, I’ve been diagnosed with not having any. So I’ve taken to ordering my hot coffee with two ice cubes*.
*Could I be any more annoying? No. The answer is no. Though if I asked how I really want my coffee (mainlined), I would probably be considered tacky. And I’d rather be annoying than tacky.
So I walk up to the counter and order “medium skim, no sugar, two ice cubes”. I wait for my coffee, get overly excited when I see it coming towards me, eagerly hand over a five dollar bill, step to the side, and take a sip while I wait for my change.
And then this guy walks up, swear to god, and orders a medium with skim, no sugar and ice.
A normal person would have said something like “Hi, I just ordered the exact same thing. My name is Jenny. You have amazing eyes.”
Instead I just stared at him thinking “OMG LOL WE JUST ORDERED THE SAME THING, WTF!? OMG I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I’M JUST STARING AND HE’S LOOKING AT ME BECAUSE I LOOK LIKE I’M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING EXCEPT NOW IT’S BEEN TOO LONG TO SAY SOMETHING SO I’LL JUST KEEP STARING. LOL. WTF. OMG.”
Then I did the socially accetable thing: I grabbed my change and bolted. (But I did tip the barista — possibly making up for my social awkwardness?)
I’m totally normal in most social situations. And I know, I know – I should have said something. I mean I look totally adorable in my khakis, navy blue and cream sweater vest, and cute black frame glasses*.
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But let’s face it, my idiocy is what makes my blog. Wouldn’t it be terribly boring if my entries were all “I saw this guy and I said hi and he said hi back and we’re in love now. Kay? Thanks! Bye!”
Guys, today is officially the last day of NaBloI’mgoingcrazyIhateBlogs month! And to keep you people coming back, I have a surprise. But you won’t get it until tomorrow. Oohhhhhhh.
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I don’t know…sounds like you acted pretty normal to me. If you had said something he might have freaked out and thrown his ridiculously cooled and diluted coffee in your face trying to make his escape. And that means no tip for the barista, and a new navy blue and coffee-colored sweater vest.
But it would still make for a good blog entry. Also, I bet the surprise is a picture. Or a site redesign. Because really, what else can you do here? It’s not like hitting up this url tomorrow is going to win me a giant stuffed panda, right?
also, as far as naplomobogog goes on my site, I’m going to keep the readers coming back by maintaining my consistently awesome blog posts.
Not gimmicks.
BAM!
-t
aww, i want a giant stuffed panda and i promise i’ll be back. also, coffee with ice cubes? never thought of that. i’m the dork who taked the lid off and runs around blowing his coffee for the first ten minutes before even taking a sip… and you will certainly run into him again if you’re meant to be together. you know how that goes: tomorrow, same place, same time… :)
Hi there… No, ya don’t know me… not yet, anyway, but I thought I’d introduce myself. I’m an old friend of Hooker’s from his days in NC, and thanks to the link on his site, I’ve taken to reading your blog every day. (One if these days, I’ll set up my very own. Ha!) Seriously though, I just had to say hi because I put ice in my coffee too. Weird, huh? The things that will (or won’t, in your case) prompt a conversation… Well that, and I didn’t want to be all stalker-ish and anonymous forever… so yeah, keep it coming. I’ll keep reading. =)
Fun! I love when people come out of the woodwork. Especially when they have the same quirks as me. Set up a blog! They’re fun. just don’t do NaBloPoMo … it will drive you crazy.
what the hell is going on here?
I would have done (and frequently do) the exact same thing. I sit there, I know exactly what I SHOULD say and what I WOULD say if I wasn’t a total wimp, but do I actually say that? No, no I don’t. Viva la idiocy.
Hooker what? worlds colliding? or me with ice and/or boys?
your whole post was benny hill theme music when i tried to read it
Ha. Like the Pats/Bears highlight (low-light?) reel! That is genius music!
I put ice in my coffee too! My wife turned me on to it…actually my ex-wife. She divorced me because I started going to strip clubs and hitting on young girls in the crowd all night.
Old Guy’s comment made me laugh. Now even more people at my job think I’m weird. Thanks Old Guy.
I couldn’t believe they actually played the music when Joe Buck mentioned it.
it was awesome.
The new design looks great :)
I dig the new design and congrats on completing NaBloPoMo. Keep up the good work.
ha! I just blogged the results of my one socially non-awkward moment with a random guy. Though I have to say, I don’t regret it. I, too, am usually stunned into silence … and I fear I don’t even have the cute clothes to back me up!
If I had a penny for every time I wished I had said something to somebody and didn’t… I would probably have 15 pence by now.
I know what you mean though. You can’t find the right thing to say, so you don’t say it at all.