bad coffee and dinner dates ...

seriously? how difficult is it to make coffee? i can understand people adding too many coffee grounds to a filter and making the coffee too strong or the exact opposite ... not enough grounds and thus brewing brown water with no hint of caffeine. but when you have everything pre-made and all you have to do is add sugar, cream and ice ... how can you fuck that up?

meet mallory. mallory works at dunkin' donuts and is about as useful as tits on a bull. she's the girl that stands around with her thumb up her ass when there are 12 people in line waiting for coffee and the other employee is rushing like mad to get everyone's order and take care of the drivethru. she stands there, her arms folded across her chest, a look of ... i don't know ... defiance? confusion? it's hard to tell with her.

this morning i was the only customer--which is generally the case at 5:30 a.m. when i go in there--and i tell her my order. a large hazelnut iced coffee, extra cream, extra sugar. easy, right? that involves a large cup, ice, some of that liquid sugar, cream and the ready-made coffee in the chilled receptacle. everything appears to be going well ... she's got the cup ... she adds the ice ... so far so good. she adds the sugar and the cream and i remind her at this point to not forget the hazelnut (i've had experience with this dimwitted employee before). i get my coffee and pay and mallory enlightens me to the fact that tomorrow is her last day. she is going to pursue other things that she decides she'll like better than working at dunkin' donuts. gee, there's more to life than working at dunkin' donuts? get out! she proceeds to tell me she is going to be a bartender. good for her!

i take a sip of my coffee as i walk out the door ... i feel sorry for the patrons at the bar she is going to work at.

moving on ...

so, tonight i have dinner plans with mrs.twink at this greek restaurant she is raving about. the plan is to meet at her and the mr.'s place at around 5 pm and then take a stroll to samos, whereupon we'll have dinner and i'll work my charms and by the end of the night, i should get lucky. i'm really excited about dinner with her as it's been far too long since we've done this. we used to get together once a month and have dinner at her place (mrs.twink, the mr., jamie and myself) but i've since been replaced by theresa ... watch your back, woman!

i adore mrs.twink so much and this is a rare treat for me to go out during the week because i never do. i get up at 4:30 a.m. every morning and i like to be in bed by 10 p.m. to make sure i get at least 6 hours of sleep ... it never happens. so, we made the plans early enough that we'd both have time to eat, talk, have fun and just catch up and still have time to get home and go to bed, though i am a bit jealous because she doesn't have to drive anywhere as opposed to myself who will have to drive all the back out to odenton, which is roughly a 35 min. drive, depending on traffic (as the googlemap flies). next dinner date will be in my neck of the woods!

i kid, my asian princess ... i will gladly drive out to your area to have dinner with you. you're so worth me being a bit tired in the morning at work and tomorrow's friday, so it's not such a bad day to be tired. i don't plan on going out this weekend except for a birthday brunch and that's it, so after work i can just come home and relax and not have to worry about being somewhere later. this is going to be another chill weekend, i think. yay.