(While reading the lady parts put on a snobby old lady accent in your head)
Lady: Hi can i please get a muggacino?
Me: ummm yep
*looks on screen and can't find anything like that*
Me: Sorry what did you want?
Lady *sigh* A muggacino
Me: A macchiato?
Lady: No *looks at me like i'm stupid* a muggacino
Me: Sorry what is that?
Her Husband: It's a cappucino in a mug
Lady: Why? What do you call them?
Me: Oh just a cappuccino dine in or a cappucino in a mug
Lady: That is soo weird i think you guys are the only place that does that
Me: uhh... yeah
Okaaaay now i'm sorry but since when did we start giving food and beverages different names based on what crockery they're served in?
I can see where she's coming from though i mean wouldn't it just be the darndest thing if we called spaghetti on a plate and spaghetti in a bowl the same thing? The world would fall into chaos and we'd be running around like people who run fast
( i didn't want to say like headless chooks coz i'm pretty sure only old people talk like that)
And one more thing if a Muggacino is just a cappuccino from a mug then WHAT THE HELL does she think a babycino is?
hahahah that 'babychino' idea made me laugh so hard!
ReplyDeletecompletely agree Leila..made me laugh out loud, big time! Thanks for that one Mitchy... hahahaha :D
ReplyDeleteI recently opened a cafe and this is also one of my irritations. People order "muggaccinos" all the time. It is not on the menu, nor is a single mug in my shop. In fact, people seem to order things that aren't on the menu all the time and look dissapointed when I tell them I don't have it. It's rather strange. I have never been to a cafe and ordered something that wasn't on the menu. It seems idiotic to me.
ReplyDeleteMy response is always: "So you would like a large cappuccino?"
"Yes, a cappuccino in a mug"
"I don't have mugs"
Face screws up at me, bewildered.
"So you want a large cappuccino?"
There is then an awkward exchange and transaction. They then find a seat and look confused while I make them they're large cappuccino. It seems all too much for them sometimes.
If I didn't have so much fun laughing at these low brow idiots, while taking their money, I would probably tell them to fuck off to Gloria Jeans for their quarter-strength skinny "mochamuggaccino".
I'm glad somebody else out there understands my frustrations.