| The New Bagel Girl Confuses Me |
[Dec. 3rd, 2004|04:45 pm] |
Most mornings, I pop into Oi! Bagel as I pass through Marylebone station on my way to work, and buy myself a bagel and a coffee. Oi! Bagel has a very high turnaround of mostly foreign serving staff, and so it was no surprise that this morning I directed my order of a cinnamon and raisin, toasted with butter and jam, and a cappuccino please to an unfamiliar girl with a thick european accent.
"Anything else?"
I was caught slightly off guard by the question, because they usually ask it only if you haven't ordered coffee.
"Um... no thank you."
A bagel with butter and jam and a coffee costs £2.28. The same combination without the jam used to cost the same, but was recently reduced to £1.88, and so it occurred to me as she toasted my bagel that I didn't really want jam.
"Actually, could I have that with just butter, please?"
She nodded, and then asked me for payment. I had my hood up, because I am a gangsta and also because my ears get cold, and so I didn't really hear what she said, but I just gave her £2 and she gave me some change. I didn't bother checking it and just put it in my pocket as she buttered my bagel. Then she picked up the squirty jam bottle.
Confusion Point Number 1!
But I asked her not to give me any jam. And I didn't pay her enough for jam. What's going on?
"Sorry," I said, "I don't want any jam."
She stopped, looked at me, and then put the jam bottle down, sliced and bagged my bagel, and gave it to me. Then she went to the cash register, and got out 40 pence, which she gave to me. Then she stood there.
Confusion Point Number 2!
What? Why did she just give me money? And where's my coffee? Did she not hear me when I asked for a cappuccino? Is that why she asked me if I wanted anything else? Did I actually pay for jam but not coffee?
"Sorry," I said again, "Could I have a cappuccino as well, please?"
This time, there was no pause on her part. She just went and made me a cappuccino. She gave it to me and I got out some change to pay for it, but then she said something I didn't catch that didn't appear to be the cost of my reluctant cappuccino.
"Pardon?" I said, poking my ear out of my hood so I could hear better.
"Have a nice day," she repeated.
"Oh, thanks. You too."
Confusion Point 3!
So I don't have to pay for this cappuccino? Did I just get a free cappuccino? Why is this breakfast so cheap? What the heck is going on?
The new bagel girl confuses me. |
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