Today’s sign that the Apocalypse is upon us

Posted by Matt Thomson

Sports Illustrated used to do a feature (maybe they still do, I haven’t read it in over 2 years) called this week’s sign that the Apocalypse is upon us.  It was some funny story about a crazy, non-sensical thing that happened in the world of sports.

Well, I had a funny thing happen this morning, and I’m not creative enough to come up with my own title, so I’m stealing SI’s.  Sebastian and I went for a nice walk in the downtown Gig Harbor waterfront area this morning, and stopped by the Gig Harbor North Starbuck’s on our way home to pick up a chai and a scone for my wife.  Generally, I prefer to support the smaller local shops like Kimball Espresso and Java and Clay, but my wife likes Starbucks and it was convenient.

The two guys in front of me ordered “coffee.”  The barista (that’s French for person who pours the coffee, I think) called back over her shoulder, “We’re all out!”  Maybe it’s not that funny, but to be in Starbucks at 8:15 in the morning and hear that they’re out of coffee cracked me up.  They had a mochianno (that’s French for fancy coffee, I think) for the lady behind me and my chai ready in a hurry, but no regular coffee.  Okay, maybe it’s a slow day for me…I thought it was funny, though.

No coffee here

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One Response to “Today’s sign that the Apocalypse is upon us”

  1. Sue Thomas says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    You’re right …. it is funny :-) Kind of like my going to the post office 2 weeks before Christmas and asking to buy Christmas stamps. The response was, “We don’t carry those.” Seemed odd to me!

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