I LIKE MY COFFEE LIKE I LIKE MYSELF – BITTER
So one time I was drinking incredibly quickly brewed coffee
in the teachers lounge at school. Not the best coffee of course, not my
favorite Italian Espresso or something fancy…just a nice cup of coffee (caffeine
in a Peanuts Mug). So, allow me to recreate the scene, Picture I am sitting
there with my coffee cup, not saying or doing anything, just savoring the
moment, thinking of my next blog post, and suddenly, the only other person in
the room, a fellow employee looks up at me in what appears to be complete seriousness and goes:
Anonymous Coworker: “Looks
like that coffee is a little bitter for you…you should add some salt to it…the
salt will take away the bitterness...”
Ok, so let me dissect this comment…
1) What
the hell was I doing that made this coworker think I was "disliking" the
coffee?…Was my body doing something it should not have been?…Was I making a face?
2) What
the hell kind of comment is that to break a silence? Usually, a conversation
starts with “How are you today?” or “What is up?” and if a person is going down
the random conversation route, make a general comment like “Looks like it might
rain later” or “That copy machine is running louder then normal.”
3) What
the frick book were you reading that told you THAT tidbit of knowledge about
putting “salt” in coffee…Was it a TV show you watched, or perhaps a morning news
segment…
4) If
I as so much think about putting salt in my coffee it makes me a little sick to
my stomach and angry
5) Stop
looking at me.
6) SUGAR
REMOVES BITTERNESS!!! AND IT IS COFFEE! COFFEE SHOULD HAVE SOME BITTERNESS TO
IT!!!
7) Stop
looking at me.
8) Was
this some sort of insult…was she perhaps hitting one me? ehhh ehhh...
But in honesty…this was what I qaulify as one of those "low
points" in social interactions. Was the silence that awful! Perhaps this coworker was holding onto that fact for years and she finally found the perfect moment, the perfect person to share it with, ME!. The comment opened
up the Pandora’s Box of stale chit chat and for the rest of my break period I just
kept saying hollow YEAAAHs! TOTALLYs! OH REALLYs?! And WOWs!
Also to go back…What
made her say that?…I was so self conscious after she said it and I finished my coffee in a way that must have
made it look like I was in a Folgers commercial. I was making sure that in no way was I
registering the uncomfortable nature of what had just happened.
CHEERS, SALUTE, CHIN CHIN!!
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