Just had a snarky exchange at the Pelli Library café.
Me: “May I have a large coffee with room for cream?”
Barista: “Sure. That’ll be $2 please.”
(I hand him my Roast Masters card)
Barista: “Does this have money on it?”
Me: “I hope so.”
Lady behind me (muttering): “Smartass.”
I turn around and this decrepit heffer is smirking at me. I shoot a nasty glare and turn back to the (horrified) Barista. Jansen does not cuss out grannies.
Barista: “Uh, here’s your card. It has $12 left on it.”
Me: “Thanks.”
The Roast Masters card is a modern punch card. You get a free bag of beans or drink with every $40 you spend.
It’s also a gift card. I put money on it so my bank account isn’t littered with $2.09 coffee charges.
It’s slightly annoying when a Barista asks me if there’s money on the card. I’m not pulling out another card or cash…so, I hope there’s money on the Roast card because otherwise we have a problem…
Can you imagine being asked if there’s money on your debit card before it’s even swiped? Que ghetto.
As for the grannie… if you’re miserable and rude at 80 then there’s little that a 20-something can say to you. Maybe her poodle died or something… or AARP rejected her application… poor thing.
The older generation is a mystery to me. My 97 year old great grandmother will randomly tell people, sometimes strangers, that they are overweight (well, she just tells them that they are fat) and to her that is perfectly acceptable.
I think it is the privilege of getting older that you are allowed to say whatever comes to mind. Just be happy knowing that one day you will be able to say anything you want at anytime you want without facing the reprecussions. Funny Blog!
Uhg that’s ridiculously annoying. The idiots at Starbucks do that to me too when I just hand them my gold card. And I always think to myself, “Of course there’s money on it you moron. Otherwise I would have handed you a credit card too.”
Exactly! But I spoke to a Barista about this any she said that people try to hand her the card with no money on it and then attempt to walk off… then she has to do the whole calling them back/making a scene thing