this is something that i wrote 2 years ago when i was working at my coffee shop. it brings back so many memories 0f the time that i work there and i can't wait to work there tis summer.
ice tea lady
there's this older lady that comes into city dock (well, there's a bunch of older ladies that come in, but this one's special to me.). the first time i saw her, she came in about 10, when the morning rush was over walking ever so slowly with her cane in one hand and her bag in the other. my manger (who is weird and fun and spastic all at the same time, and that's her without expresso) told me to ring her up a grande ice tea and a scone. she gets her ice tea in a cup with no ice and then a cup with just ice. (when i first started i wondered how the heck she could remember everybody's drink, and now i remember most everybody's). she set her bag down on the table at the back of the store, the one that's most isolated. then she came back to the register to pay. she asked, as she was juggling her cane and wallet, if i wouldn't mind carrying her food to the table. i took it over and she thanked me. she is so sweet. then she preceded to take out her crossword puzzle and her newspaper. and then sat there for over three hours.
she has come in a bunch of times since then and has always gotten the same thing. butlately, i haven't seen her.
whip cream boy, tall coffee mom, and chai dad.
there is this little boy who comes in with his mother and sometimes his father. he is soadorable. "can i have some whip cream", he asks in his such adorable little voice. his mother always gets a tall coffee; his dad a chai tea. when he is all done with his whip cream, he comes around to the entrance to the back, or his parents pick him up, and he says "sank you". but one day, he didn't order any whip cream. just sat in his mother's arms and looked at me with those big smiling blue eyes and that full head of blond curls. when i asked him if he wanted any, he said no.
glasses lady
she comes in and gets a couple things for her coworkers in the store next to us. always gets two tyg ice teas, only one with lemons, and a jumbo vanilla latte. but the other day, shechanged it up on me. and got a jam'n tea instead.
people disappear. people say no. people change.
one woman came in with her two year old son, and told me, after we had talked for a bit," i can see you love children by looking in to your eyes."
when my mom came in to pick me up one day, i overheard kerry, the owner of all the docks, tell her that she thinks i am wonderful. i pay good attention to detail and she knows that when she leaves me in charge, i'll get the place cleaned up and looking great. i was surprisedwhen i heard that. (i guess all those years of doing dishes and chores did something. )
i am finding out that people can be a blessing too.
