I went to a Mall last week. I don’t know which one because all look the same to me. And my only reason for venturing there was that it was too hot to do anything outside and the ACied surrounding was a welcome relief for a change. But that’s not the story here.
I like tea. Better than coffee. Coffee I can have only once in the morning and once in the evening. Tea is anytime anyplace. Over a Cuppa – means over a cup of ‘Tea’. From Masala Chai to Earl Greys, (to Long island ‘Tea’ ;-) anything will do. But anyway, that again is not the point here.
At this Mall, there was a Café Coffee Day. The guy over the counter taking orders was rude. He had this ‘you little filthy pigs’ attitude. He was arguing with the person before me on why he didn’t he come with some change. Maybe he was having a bad day. When my turn came, I placed an order for a Darjeeling tea and an iceberg for a friend. He immediately looked down his nose at me (actually everybody looks down on me coz I am very short) and proclaimed – “(I hope u know that) Darjeeling is a very light tea.” I couldn’t help myself; I made a face at him and said – “ I KnoW!!”
So what is the deal here? Is Darjeeling served to only the immaculately dressed, lipstick and mascara in place kind of people and not to jhallas like me? Or suddenly Darjeeling has become a fad and people order it without knowing the taste and he was only doing his duty of informing me? It’s after all an acquired taste.
Another guy came and served us our order. When I told him to take the milk away, he looked at me as if I was from a village in Bihar. Well it’s a preference; I don’t like milk with my Darjeeling!
Definitely all the jokers there had an attitude and also according to them only classy, elegant people should drink Darjeeling!
Hmmm….when Barista had newly opened, the staff used to inform us that Espresso was black coffee unlike the Expresso’s that we used to have outside. They were never so rude or hoity-toity ….Ohh god, I am again digressing.
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2 comments:
hey!
that sounds familiar!!!
I think the problem with these guys is that they probably get to know that tea exist beyond the TATA tea pack at home only when they join these new fangled chain cafes. So the attitude throwing happens.
My advice: Give the guy a cold stare and tell him you have known that fact since you were five and its not news to unlike him. Should serve the dumb idiots a lesson.
Perhaps you can give him a ruder look and a filthy comment like - Dude, while you were busy eyeing your lissome teachers and wanking all night thinking of them, i was busy acquiring the taste of Darjeeling Tea.
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