Me: Large iced tea, please with a lemon and three Splenda? Clerk 1: Sure. She scrawls some stuff on the cup and passes it on to her co-worker. A couple of minutes pass. Clerk 2: Large iced tea. A big cup full of milk looks at me. I assume its an iced coffee. That assumption is where everything went wrong. Me: Im sorry. Thats coffee. I asked for an iced tea? (Note - Id like to stress that I didnt have a flippant or annoyed tone to my voice. I could care less. I make silly mistakes all the time. Manhunt briefly had a 1/2 off membership for lesbians sale being offered on their Facebook page.) Clerk 2 takes it back without saying anything. Hes got the look on his face that says hes over everything. I briefly consider donating that big cup of milk to whatever charity Dunkies runs and leaving cuz Im not in the mood to be yelled at by someone in an apron. Its not that crucial. A couple of minutes pass. A big cup of milk with a lemon floating in it is passed to me. Clerk 2 (haughty): Large coffee with three splenda and milk! *walks away* Me: No, wait. Tea. Iced tea. Clerk 2 darts back. He has decided. This is the customer to hiss his dissatisfaction at today. Clerk 2: You said coffee, sir! (That sir was totally a stand-in for something else, Im sure of it.) Me: No, I thought you had given me iced coffee with the first one. My apologies for the confusion, but I wanted iced tea. Clerk 2: That was iced tea! But you just said you wanted coffee instead! The guy behind me (a wonderful fellow): I think the milk was confusing. He DID just ask for iced tea though, not coffee. Clerk 2s pupils are suddenly ringed with fire. He decides its time for a physical demonstration of how and why we arrived here. He pulls out a fresh cup and a marker. I initially find this to be a good idea. No way to get the third try wrong, right? Nope. Clerk 2: (scrawling on the cup while speaking in a slow, insulting tone which I initially chuckle at because the dude at Dunkies is reading me over iced tea. Or coffee. Or whatever the hell he served me the first time with a lemon floating in it. Who the hell puts a lemon in something with milk?): Soooo, ICED TEA, THREE SPLENDA, A LEMON, AND MILK... Me (feeling awfully surreal and considering just walking out without saying anything. Avoidance isnt always necessarily a bad thing.): NOPE. No. No milk. Just... that was right except NO MILK. Thanks! The guy behind me (still a wonderful fellow) confirms it for me. The guy behind me: He doesnt want milk. Clerk 2 (enraged): Whatever. My hearty and just slightly insincere thanks! might have put him over the edge. He withdraws behind his beverage wall and I can hear plastic containers smacked together and utensils slapped on metal counters. I only caught bits of this next part but I think he meant me? Clerk 2: For real? People....gonna come in here and think they....who does he...*he makes it to the iced tea dispenser* I dont need this right now....bullshit. I dont think he had time to spit in my drink. I think. He slams it on the counter. The lid stays on so engineering is awesome. Me: (trying to defuse things): I appreciate that. Sorry bout... Clerk 2: Yeah, whatever. *leaves to go find my car (you cant miss it!) so he can slash my tires* I JUST WANTED ICED TEA. I RESPECT YOUR POSITION. ITS JUST A BEVERAGE. I DONT WANT TO BE THE A-HOLE CUSTOMER BUT YOU THREW A LEMON IN MILK. THATS WEIRD. I hope the guy behind me fared better.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:29:45 +0000
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