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jlf1961 -> I have to share this (8/7/2016 11:50:51 AM)
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Yesterday afternoon, I was invited by a female friend of mine to join her and her father for coffee, and she would pick me up.
I accepted and had a great time, since I had known both since high school.
The part I have to share is where she took us for coffee.
No, it was not starbucks, but a locally owned starbucks clone.
First, James (her father) never buys coffee except at the local truck stop or Denny's, as he is, like me, a creature of habit.
Anyway, we get to the counter to place our order, and the look that hit James's face was something to behold.
On the Menu, under the heading coffee, was no less than 30 base drinks, at least as many additional treatments for the base order, including flavors, choices of lactose or lactose free milk, creamers, etc.
Well, James handled this deluge of information well enough, he looked at the young lady and said, "I want a cup of coffee, black."
To which the young lady replied, "What grind, and what bean?"
Again James handled it well, and asked, "What are you talking about?"
She pointed to the menu and it was then I noticed that you could chose one of no less than 14 different grinds, and 30 different types of coffee beans (one of which was 12 bucks a cup!)
He looked for a few minutes, then asked the woman, "Do you have folger's coffee?"
"Well, yes, but nobody ever orders it."
"Make a pot and I will buy the whole damn thing."
"Yes sir."
When we sat down at the table, her father giving her the famous parent's "One excuse and I am taking a switch to your butt" look, I had to say something.
So, with a straight face, "Dawn, you are the only 50 something woman who is ever going to get a spanking for taking her father to a coffee shop."
James didnt miss a beat, "You damn straight skippy."
Moral of the story:
If you are going to take your rancher/cowboy dad out for coffee on his birthday, never take him someplace that, while serving coffee, has more than the choice of regular or decaf. You are not too old for an old fashioned spanking.
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