I love my local coffee shop
I’m working at Waves Coffee House – the best place with the freest Internet connection ever – and I am greatly amused by the guy next sitting one chair over from me.
He is one of those ‘loud talkers’ on his cell phone – everyone can hear him - and that usually annoys me, but this was funny. During one of his conversations he started making dramatic “I’ve just been shot.” noises. I’m talking action movie groans – something you’d hear in a bad Russell Crowe movie – and then proceeded to bore the person he was talking to (and me) with details about how he was an extra in some movie where he pretended to get shot.
Then he disappeared to the bathroom with his laptop and left his cell phone on the table. The ring tone is the sound of a race car going by. A really LOUD race car.
But the best part – he replaced all the little beeps and noises that come with Windows with gun shot noises.
Seriously.
I never knew working at a coffee shop could be so amusing.
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are you WORKING in a coffee shop (like serving up coffee) or just doing your work in a coffee shop?
as for loud cell phone talkers-kill me. i hate them. especially when i’m on the train. once, on a packed train from penn station ny to my town (139 minutes), i was trapped and couldn’t move my seat. the woman in front of my proceeded to call EVERYONE in her phone book and say, “hi, it’s me. i’m stuck on a packed train blah blah blah. i’m going to be 6 minutes later than i thought. blah blah blah.”
finally, a guy stood up and told her to be quiet (actually, he said, “shut the hell up.”) everyone in the train car applauded. she shut up.
that would not amuse me in any way, shape, or form. Although what would amuse me is if he accidentally spilled 180 degree coffee on his lap during this conversation and he made gun sounds and such whilst screaming in pain. “OWWW!!!! PEW! PEW! Bang! OWWW!!! MOT PEW! PEW! HER Bang! FU PEW! PEW! CR”
Forgive me…my head is twisted sometimes
Do you think his doorbell sounds like a gun shot too? That could be very bad for pets and company.
@ CWG – I was doing some work there and meeting a client to talk about that work. I once worked at a Starbucks for a couple of weeks. I hated it more than any other job I have ever had. That was mostly due to the awful owner though. She was kind of a bitch. Strong words, but it is entirely appropriate in her case!
@ Nate – you might have been amused – at some point you either have to laugh, or jab your stir stick in his eye. I went for the option that didn’t get me arrested.
Also, I think your twisted head and my twisted head are in the same place on this.
@ Allison – I bet he does. He’s probably got a bunch of nasty rottweilers all attack trained and ready to bite people too. I bet he answers the door dressed like Clint Eastwood with a gun in hand and a sneer on his face.
My imagination is going to run wild with this!
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