so when I ordered myself some coffee today I ordered a grande smoked butterscotch latte
this bitch-ass forty year old baby boomer named Mary after me ordered a venti chai latte
a while later they called for a “leslie” (as close as I’ll get to lessa) and a butterscotch latte
I started moving to the counter
but Mary was faster
with the speed of a cheetah fleeing from impending extinction she pounded upon my innocent coffee and stole it away to her table
I stood at the counter staring Mary down as she raised my totally different coffee to her lips and sipped
then she raised her head
looked to see if anyone was watching
our eyes met for an instant
she slunk back to the counter
and without a word
set my coffee back on the counter and stood waiting for her tea latte which arrived a few minutes later
she knew I knew
I saw what she did
she put her dirty thieving lips on my coffee that was a different size and a different type with a name not similar to hers at all
goddammit why do people do the things that they do