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.

No, Not In That Order.

Though this doesn’t take place at a coffee shop, it involves coffee, so it counts. I make the rules.

While doing some late night moving, I stopped by CVS at 3 am to buy some rope to tie down the TV in the back of my car. And because I had an hour drive ahead of me, I decided to also pick up a Starbucks Double Shot drink to keep me going.

It seemed normal enough until the Cashier Lady started ringing me up…

Cashier Lady: “You gonna go home and drink that frappachino then commit Harakiri?”

Working the 3 am shift at CVS puts a person in a dark place. I respect that.

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