Saturday, February 18, 2012

Starbucks encounter

Setting the scene:

Imagine Starbucks, coffee aromas filling the air, adjective upon adjective following customer to barista, and a general atmosphere of studying students mingling with employees stopping by for their coffee fix.

The main character:

Imagine a girl waiting for her cup of hot chocolate to go. She is wearing long black pants, a Hello Kitty t-shirt covered in a freshly cleaned light purple sweater.

The plot thickens:

A girl, around 8 or 9 surprises our main character, "Excuse me." She says from behind. The main character, our heroine first notices that the girl is young and shorter than she. The girl continues, now that she has the heroine's attention, "I like your shirt. Where did you get it?" Our heroine is momentarily flustered. She did not immediately remember what shirt she had put on that morning. She looks down and pauses for a second, slightly unsure of how to respond. "Um." She stalls but then continues, " I got it out of the Ringling College dumpster." The girl has a neutral face, and our heroine is not sure that the girl understands but in a moment she walks back to where she had come from, the corner of the Starbucks.

The punchline:

Another lady had come to stand next to the main character, also waiting for a coffee-laden beverage. After hearing this exchange, she looks over at our heroine and laughs while commenting, "That was real classy."

It continues:

The heroine looks back at the girl, only chuckling slightly at the older lady's comment. The girl had re-joined her mother and was talking to her about what had just happened. The mother looks over at the heroine and proceeds to ask about the exchange. "Really. In the dumpster?" Our heroine tells the lady about the great opportunity that can be found at the Ringling dumpster. After this short exchange she receives her hot chocolate and makes her escape.

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