In A Bad Starbucks (Blogophilia 5.7)



Barista faces me
La belle fille sans merci
Greasy hair tucked sloppily
In a standard issue green cap
Slappable face sneers out
"What will you have?"

It could be any
Of the cloned places
Providing Pizza, or chicken,
Or sandwiches.
A very small cog
Trying to control
The human seasons.

Just a drop
Of the Java Jive
To kill an hour
Before a meeting

Leather chairs by the door
Invite me to stop
Three chord blues
Piped in from the corporate office
Settle fragile nerves

That meeting can wait. 






Comments

  1. sueMarch 23, 2014 at 10:40 PM

    A very tidy write. All the important stuff is there.
    why a "slappable" face though?

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    1. Another Government EmployeeMarch 24, 2014 at 5:55 AM

      I got that from an encounter with a teenage girl and her mother at a local supermarket. The girl had that look. All you wanted to do was slap the smirk right off. And then it occurred to me how many customer facing worker drones have that look.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 24, 2014 at 12:15 AM

    Hahahaha! In the barista defense (yes I work in the service industry too), I'm sure he's overworked and underpaid which accounts for his haggard appearance.

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    1. Another Government EmployeeMarch 24, 2014 at 5:55 AM

      And the last thing he wants to see is another harried customer.

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  3. Tyler MyrthMarch 24, 2014 at 6:36 AM

    Love coffee, but I avoid coffee shops: very bad for diet I find

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    1. Another Government EmployeeMarch 25, 2014 at 6:57 AM

      I usually just get regular brew. The leather chairs are what I really want.

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  4. Sandy GlennMarch 24, 2014 at 5:51 PM

    Haha, drones is right. For some reason I picture mindless small talk peppered in there :P Maybe before or after the meeting ~

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  5. StevenMarch 24, 2014 at 11:45 PM

    Worker bees only there to work, not paid enough to provide positive human experiences.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 26, 2014 at 12:11 AM

    "That meeting can wait" A closing statement if ever there was one!
    8 points Earthling! :

    Marvin

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  7. UnknownMarch 28, 2014 at 2:13 PM

    Coffeetime Cheers! So very creative. I love it.

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  8. Colleen Keller BreuningMarch 28, 2014 at 4:25 PM

    You've painted the picture quite well.... and woven in the emotions....feeling the hopelessness of the situation. Another day, another dollar, putting the nose to the grindstone, wishing you were not there. Wicked good closing line, too!

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    1. Another Government EmployeeMarch 30, 2014 at 9:30 PM

      Yep. And the snarky attitude from behind the counter doesn't help.

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  9. EccentricityMarch 29, 2014 at 10:33 PM

    Nobody wants to be where they are in that moment - it comes across clear as day. Nice write! :)

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