Memories

Today, I read some of the customer feedback at work on my break. I like to read the feedback, to try to get a sense of how some of the more vocal customers feel. I mostly read the feedback for my current store, and my old store. I stumbled across one for my old store today, written by a customer I remember very well. She was complaining how the new staff can't seem to get her drink right. Once I figured out who this customer was, it instantly occurred to me why they couldn't get her drink right. She orders a "tall nonfat cappuccino dry dry dry"; and effectively she wants two shots of espresso, and the rest of the cup filled with foam. No milk, or very little milk. It took me a while to get her drink down. We'd have to steam up a special pitcher (sometimes two) of very foamy milk to get her drink right. And if her store has a lot of new employee's, I'm sure their milk steaming isn't quite up to par.
Working though my closing shift today, as I was counting drawers and rolling coins, I was sort of day-dreaming, and thinking about my old store. I started to remember a few more of the regulars. In some weird way, I miss my old store. Its always going to be my first, and it'll always feel like my "home" store. So anyway, I remembered that there was this one guy who would always come in, and get a small (this was in the days of the old 8oz small) coffee. But the weird thing was, he always wanted his coffee in a cup that has a green print on it. I never asked why, nor ever figured it out; just one of his quirks.
So I'm just going to list some names and drinks. Probably not going to mean anything to anyone, but these are some of the people I remember from the "old days". Joyce: double-short lowfat latte macchiato. Charlie: triple iced espresso. Joanne: tall nonfat cappuccino dry dry dry. Chris: nonfat tall latte. The guy that would come in with a huge thermos and would fill it with decaf. The Golden Dragon Oolong iced guy.
There's probably lots more I can't remember anymore; but I do miss that store.