thrifty. vs. waaaaant it.

I'm usually pretty thrifty.

But I LOVE LOVE LOVE Piper and Paisley hats. Love.

In fact, the one time I bought one I think I wrote them a love letter.

Or at least told them how much I loved the hats.

Maybe I'll go put on the one I own so I don't buy another one.

Because I love them.

chocolate graham monsters

What was I doing??

More part-time work stories...

girl: Do you have the chocolate covered grahams?

me: You know.. I haven't seen them in awhile. I don't think we know what happened to them.

girl: Oh.

me: I mean, we don't know what happened as in we don't know if we just haven't received them in awhile or if they're going to stop selling them all together. I mean, it's not like we don't know what happened to them and think a monster came and ate them all or something.

girl: Oh.

me: I'm sorry. I guess the short answer was, no, we do not have them.

girl: Ok.

double barking

First, you should know that the parking lot at my bucks is normal. There is nothing special about it. Although it is rather small and there aren't usually parking spots.

What IS special about this story is that PSLman ordered a Pumpkin Spice Latte. I made it, I called it a couple times- and as I went to go talk to him directly he asked "how long does it take to make a pumpkin spice latte." Which is when I got to explain that it had been sitting there since about 43 seconds after he ordered it.

So 20 minutes later I'm not all that excited to see him in my store again.

PSLman: You can't double park here?

lowly barista woman (me): I'm sorry?

PSLman: I didn't know you couldn't double park here and I just got a ticket (shows me the ticket). Do they enforce it?

LBwoman: (completely confused he is holding a ticket and asking me if they enforce it) I guess so.

PSLman: There aren't SIGNS that say you can't double park.

LBwoman: (thinking I must have SOMETHING wrong) What do you mean by double park? You parked behind someone so they were unable to get out?

PSLman: Yea, can't you do that? Other people were doing it so I did it. I didn't know I couldn't.

LBwoman: I don't know many parking lots where you can double park.

PSLman: Well there should be signs up so people know that you don't allow that.

LBwoman: I will mention it to my manager.

WHAT??

australian typos

I was just chatting online with a friend from Australia (10:30pm Thursday here, 1:30pm Friday there).

She asked me to "keep her in the look." I noted the saying in my head as another thing that Australians say that we don't say, and said that I would make sure to "keep her in the look."

Come to find out she meant for me to "keep her in the loop." Typo.

That saying, I know.

remember when the us was like fiji sometimes?

Remember when I thought it was pretty normal in Fiji when my/Amie's taxi driver asked us to "wait for five minutes so he could go buy a pizza" and then left us in the car with all our stuff and Amie said "what is he doing" and I said "I think buying a pizza" as if this was a normal everyday occurrence. When he came back with a pizza I asked him what kind it was. Mozzarella. For his girlfriend.

Well my cable man just set up my cable. Of course no one from Comcast told me I needed a letter from my landlord so that they could install cable in my roommmate's room- which is the biggest reason they were scheduled to come to the house in the first place. They also had to install a cable box in my house so that we get the channels we are paying for. (*Insert my extreme distaste for Comcast here.)

He installed it the cable box and went to show me how to use it, but Punk'd was on. So we finished that little segment and then he showed me the "guide button."

Life is fabulous.

special drink maker person

There is a person that comes to our Starbucks that has 5 houses but no "home" because that person spends so much time in the air, in other cities, and in other countries.

The person is a hair consultant.

So I started thinking of any special skills that I have that someone would fly me around the world to perform. Basically, I could either be there for them OR I could memorize their drink and make it to order EACH time they go to Starbucks. I'd just wear the Sbux uniform so the Sbux would let me behind the bar and then wander into whatever Starbucks they happen to be near- and then make famous/rich person's drink for them so they don't have to order it.

Because you KNOW that someone who is flying a person all around the world to do their hair- also has at least 10 modifications to their Starbucks latte. And no matter how loud they order their drink or how slow or how snotty- some poor barista isn't getting it right.

I could save that barista.

innovation.. for others

This kind of stuff is my favorite. And important.