Just a mild and fairly pointless rant, but I feel the need to share nontheless…….
Called in at a Service Station on the M18 yesterday for a piss and fancied a coffee. I was under no illusion that a Costa in the services wasn’t going to be massively overpriced, so that I can sort of live with, however…….
Please can I have a Large White Coffee, with a ‘Double Shot’, I asked – double shot, usually means an extra expresso in a normal strength coffee, or so I’ve been led to believe…….
So, do you want 2 shots instead of 4? was the reply.
Slightly confused, I decided to simplify things and stated that I just wanted a white coffee, but extra strong.
So you want two extra shots of expresso, I was asked – I said yes, as by now I just wanted a bloody cup of coffee. That’ll be a pound extra – ok, fine.
So, with my bill for a cup of coffee now standing me £3.79, I thought the trivialities were finally sorted – oh, how wrong could I be…….
So you want a Massimo Americano with 2 extra expresso’s?
Blood starting to boil, I repeated my request for a strong white coffee, whatever name that might be marketed under.
Finally the stupid cow saw fit to actually make my drink, but couldn’t actually complete the task without turning round and asking me, not once but twice (as she forgot what my response was the first time) – do you want milk in that???????????????
Yes please, was my rather resigned answer – the mind boggles as to what other method she had up her sleeve for making it white…….