Tuesday, 24 February 2009
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Blue Scholars
By Blue Scholars
see relatedStarbucks Story Tuesday: Caffé OptiMisto
Just like every other fast-food establishment, Starbucks has a high employee turnover rate. Therefore, I’m not surprised that I don’t see one of my favorite baristas anymore. I’m not absolutely certain, but there are three reasons why I want to assume that she no longer works there: 1) I haven’t seen her working in over three weeks, 2) there has been a slew of new employees coming through the store, and 3) I overheard one of the employees quietly ask another employee, “Is it true that Lucy doesn’t work here anymore?” I’m a master at deductive reasoning.
In any case, Lucy is (assumedly) gone, and so is the only employee at that coffee shop who seemed to remotely care about anything about my life. This sentiment stems from exactly one conversation I had with her almost six months ago. I was waiting for her to finish making my drink when out of nowhere she blindsided me with a question that had nothing to do with coffee. She asked, “Shane, so what do you do for a living?”
I wasn’t used to random expressions of genuine interest at Starbucks, so I gracefully said, “Huh?”
“What do you for work?” she asked again.
“I’m an optometrist,” I said.
“Oh, really? What a coincidence. I have a friend who just had major brain surgery, like, last week. She was getting headaches, so they, like, X-Rayed her head and found a tumor the size of a baseball! What do you think it was?”
I had no idea why she was telling me this information. “I’m an optometrist,” I repeated.
“Ooohhh. Oops! Haha. My sister is in the Optometrist Club in Orange County. She loves it. So, you’re really into community service, huh? Impressive!”
I’m 99% certain that she was confusing “optometrist” with “optimist” and that she was referring to Optimists’ Clubs. However, I didn’t want to make her feel stupid so I didn’t correct her. Technically, I am in an “optometrist club” and I do like “community service,” so she wasn’t wholly wrong. So, I smiled and said, “I’m just trying to help people in any way I can.”
I hope she’s moved on to a bigger and better gig. I’m "optometric" about it.
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Comments (11)
maybe you didn't look emo that day so she just thought that she could talk to you that day -_- keep it up, stay optimistric!!
hahahahaha.
i love these starbucks stories!!!!
My brother had a baseball-sized tumor in his head... his optometrist was the one that found it. He could see the pressure behind the eye and rushed him to the ER, when the general practice physician had earlier suggested that my brother had appendicitis. Just a thought about why she told you that story.
The rest of it doesn't make any sense, though.
Hahaha, epic word fail right there!
There is such a thing as an Optimists' Club? wtf.
The other day we were talking about emotions in class, and this dumbass who sits next to me loves to try and use big words (and fails nearly every time). So he says, "Well, sometimes people regress their emotions .."
And I was like, "You mean 'repress'?"
I could tell he didn't appreciate the correction.
He's dumb.
In any case, hope you find a new favorite barista!
Did you make this up?
Because if not, my faith in humanity just died. Poor Lucy had the IQ of Lucky, my grandparents' dog. But it was nice she cared. ^_^
As long as this chick learns to make Starbuck's menu of beverages, the world will be alright. Dumb, but alright.
wow. why do you get so many deep conversations happening at Starbucks...
haha! very cute.
ROFL, literally.
Too good. Great post, manila. :]
How do you confuse those..