So, I'm pretty much in love with my Barista (yeah, I capitalized it). He's a bit taller, medium build, nice skin, and spikes his hair cool. Gosh once made fun of me for asking a dude his hair secrets with the intention of replicating them, so I know that's not a cool thing to do. Thanks Gosh. Anyway, back to my story: so how do I get Karl to make a move? He gets awkward around me and fumbles with things and forgets how to make drinks. He also does some sort of Gumbi lunge, but you'd have to see it to understand. The girls all think he's into me, now what? Any tips?
The whole thing got me over analyzing my drink choice. I mean, I get the same thing every time. I order a grande, hazelnut, iced coffee, with room for cream as well as an organic blueberry bar. Ok, I used to get the bars from there, but they were soggy so I stopped. Gross. So, what if my drink choice is turning him off? Maybe he thinks it's predictable and boring. Maybe he hates hazelnut and every time I order it, he thinks of his Aunt Martha who fed him stale nuts as a child?! I don't want to be Aunt Martha. But if I order a different drink, maybe he won't know it's me or he'll think I don't like the way he made my last beverage.
I could order a Vivanno drink, which is chocolate, banana, espresso, and protein powder. That screams, "Health nut! Borderline granola!" And unless banana is used as a sexual ineuendo, it isn't that exciting. No one wants to date a girl who orders a protein drink. Besides, they're more expensive and I'm cheap. (As a disclaimer, I love Vivannos) If I order a non-fat blah blah whatever, then he might think I'm self conscious about my weight (which I am) and lame or that I should definitely go the non-fat route, in which case I don't want him estimating my BMI. If I got a frap, he might think I am young and playful (that's cool right?), but since he's got a fit (did I say beautiful?) bod, maybe he'd judge my calorie intake. Anyway, this is all too intense for me to sort through when I'm at the till and he's dropping pens and scattering papers.
Oh, I should mention that Karl is younger than me and that I'm kind of a cougar. I sneakily discovered he's in his last year of biology. I'm thinking 22 or 23?
2 comments:
Hey! Your first post :) It totally deserves a comment.
I have to say - what about the fact that you became the customer that complained about the quality of the food - the soggy blueberry bars? Not that you have to eat soggy bars or anything. Just wondered if that factored into your thinking :P He he - now it does, right?
Good first blog though - thought provoking, but in good fun too. Way to strike a good balance :)
PS. Isn't this easy?
PPS. I think you should also do a post about the relative good and evils of Starbucks :D
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