coffee problems

i also want to address a problem that seems unique to me at coffee shops. i won't go as far as saying always, but about 60% of the time, my coffee/drink order will go unfilled. there's one particular starbucks where it has happened about four times (and i don't get coffee all that often), and today at dunkin' donuts, three- yes, three- women were involved in taking my order, and not one of them actually made my coffee. one started cleaning, one disappeared completely, and one was on the phone the entire time so i sort of expected she wasn't going to help me anyway. i ended up milling around for a few minutes before the lady who started cleaning asked if i'd placed an order. i ended up getting my coffee, and it was no big deal.

i've started to wonder though if there's something about me that makes coffee shop employees think that despite ordering, paying, and then hanging about waiting for my coffee, i'm not all that serious about actually getting a drink. my theory is that i'm too nice. if i went in and barked out an order, damn straight i'd be getting a drink. by smiling and being my quiet self, i give the impression that i'm cool with waiting a really long time for a drink. it's a hard life for julyna.