but i really don't mind

enthusiasm is rather frightening. no, really.

when you stopped by starbucks on a hot, humid, close, and oppressive day, and then got greeted with a big cheerful smile from the pretty lady behind the counter, you know that angels do exist and that there is indeed something good in life.

then you said, "a grande java chip please," thinking to yourself that you just said something that made no sense whatsoever to your logical illogic, and waved the blue plastic so the pretty lady can grab it, swipe it, and go make your drink. the pretty lady grabbed it, swiped it, gave another cheerful smile, gave you the blue plastic back, and then took off to make a java chip.

indeed life is good. she's real pretty, too.

you walked over seven feet to the left and waited patiently for your drink. the pretty lady grabbed a venti cup, scooped some ice while looking at you, smiling, which of course caused you to smile back in response, then put the ice in the blender. the blender started hissing, crackling, she smiled again at you, and then went off seven feet to your right to serve the customer behind you. you paused. you rewound two sentences, then you though to yourself, venti?

you did not have any idea what the hell that word meant, but you're sure as hell you did not order that.

oh well, you thought to yourself, not your loss.

the blender stopped. she came back, smiled again, grabbed the blender, and filled up a grande cup. wait, you can't put a square inside a triangle of the same area. that's just mathematically and politically incorrect! she obviously was not aware of that law and kept filling up the grande cup until she successfully created a mount kilimanjaro above your grande cup. then she grabbed the whip cream and clouds started to materialize.

she grabbed the hemisphere lid, put it on, passed the drink to you, smiled again, said, "see you later," and then went off to serve the next customer.

and you're left standing seven feet away from the pretty lady with a drink dripping off your hand, thinking that next time you'll be more prepared with some napkins.