shaun: what decaf tea's do you have?
"barista": well, the only decaf tea we have is the vanilla almond.
shaun: hmmm... you don't have anything else?
"barista": well, i have a chamomile, but it's just caffeine free.
shaun (biting tongue): yes, that sounds fine.
when shaun told me the story, i died laughing. this is the same guy who made us some drinks once and shaun's coffee was barely luke warm. shaun took it back up and told the guy. first the guy said it was because of the soy milk in it. shaun said he didn't think so. so the guy said well, i'll get you a new coffee, free of charge. wow! how generous is he!
and just for fun, here's a picture of eva making a funny face.
nice!!! are you going to homeschool eva?
ReplyDeleteoh my, that is so funny! and sad. I don't know if I would have been able to hold back and not say, "don't you know that decaf means caffeine free?!?!" ugh
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, decaff and caffine-free are not exactly the same. Teas such as chamomile are not a true 'tea' as they contain no tea leaves. They contain immature flower buds, spices, petals etc.. and naturally have no caffeine in them. A drink that has been decaffeinated means that caffeine was one present but has since been removed.
ReplyDeleteBut that is a nerdy response and I understand the humor in what the barista said. Hope you don't mind me commenting. I'm a friend of a friend of a friend.
look jay, my blog is intended to make the reader believe that we are superior to everyone else, by making others look dumb! how can i accomplish this task if you are presenting facts to everyone???
ReplyDeletejust kidding. thanks for the insight on teas. had no idea! and no, i don't mind at all that you commented!
hmmm, now I feel dumb.
ReplyDelete(I'm going to be commenting like mad on your blog. I keep forgetting to add it to my google reader. I'm ridiculous. I'm mad at myself!)
ReplyDeleteI'm going with your instinct that the barista didn't know what he was talking about. very funny.
I'm so glad that Jay commented though, b/c your response of "my blog is intended to make the reader believe that we are superior to everyone else" was well worth a second laugh!