Last Friday night, I had a busy agenda. I was headed to the high school I work at to watch some of my students play basketball. From the court, I was going to head over to the soccer field to watch Barb’s son play soccer.
I decided a run by Starbucks was in order, so I pulled into the drive-thru.
After placing my order, there was a moment of silence before the Starbucks employee asked, “Did you just order a Sexy Caramel Frappuccino?”
And then I heard deep, guttural laughing.
Oh my word, I wondered instantly. Was it possible?
I told him, “I might have.”
I desperately tried to think of some way to get out of this conversation gracefully.
I’m afraid that I’m not very quick on my feet where it comes to situations like this.
What I wish I’d said was something coy like, “Why yes. Yes I did.”
However, I’m a rule-follower…one with a sense of humor though. I felt like I had some backpedaling to do.
So, I responded by saying, “I teach high schoolers all day and hear a lot of stuff.”
The guy could not stop laughing, which made me even more embarrassed and unsure of myself.
I truly had no idea what I’d said. More than likely, I had not enunciated my words properly.
After modeling fluent reading all day and speaking slowly and repeating myself to ensure my students hear and understand instructions, my mouth was probably tired.
Yes, to you naysayers, I do get tired of talking (I’m beating you to the punch here).
Finally, I asked if I could drive around.
He continued to laugh while telling me to move forward.
Now, the best thing you can do in a situation like this is to laugh. I chatted up the guy when I got to the window, and he was quite charming, let me tell you. We discovered, through our small talk, that one of his relatives is a guidance counselor at the school I work at. Small world, eh? I don’t know her…probably because I don’t teach her students…but still, it was an interesting connection.
I also learned that the gentleman works at another fast food establishment, so he’s constantly taking orders. Is it possible that he misheard me?
I’m going with that, for surely I didn’t do something lame like order a Venti Sexy Caramel Frappuccino.
I order mine with soy and no whipped...just for the record...*wink*
Surely not.
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