My name is Brad. I am a writer, I am awkward in social situations, and I spend a lot of time in coffee shops trying to escape all of the terribly distracting things I find at home (video games, movies, tv, cats, comics, vitamin water, robots, etc.). I rotate amongst local coffee shops throughout the week so that no single location becomes too familiar with my presence. Spending any appreciable amount of time in one place is bound to make you privy to the occasional odd situation, but I have come to believe that coffee shops are breeding grounds for weird. The following is my account of the wonderfully weird and horribly awkward situations I have encountered.

TMI.

Frugal Man: How much is just plain coffee?
Barista: What size?
(a moment of silent staring.)
Barista: Small, medium or large?
Frugal Man: Small.
Barista: 1.75.
Frugal Man: Medium.
Barista: 1.85.
Frugal Man: Large.
Barista: 1.95.
Frugal Man: Oh.

He didn’t buy anything.

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1. bencox January 26, 2009 4:59 pm

   Clearly you forgot to tell him about the Hobo Lesson #1.