The Subtleties of Peer-Group Pressure.

[swestrup]

Today I felt well enough to go outside for a brief sojourn while the rain was in abeyance. I decided on the local coffee shop because I wanted a decaf and our current (Second Cup bought) decaf tastes worse and worse to me with every cup I drink.

Anyway, I had a Cafe Latte at the local Cafe Despot and the cute lady behind the counter asked "So you want cinnamon or chocolate sprinkles on that?" Now, theoretically, she shouldn't give a damn. After all I am the one who's going to drink it, not her.

Still, I know from long experience that the lady behind the counter (and it doesn't matter which) almost invariably prefers it when you answer 'chocolate'. When you say 'cinnamon', she gets a pained look on her face and hands you the coffee with a barely-concealed frown. When you say 'chocolate', she beams at you and hands you the foaming beverage with a pleased expression.

As it is, I'm not a huge fan of chocolate, but I don't think cinnamon belongs on a coffee drink, so I usually choose the former. It does make me wonder at the poor folks who want the cinnamon though, and keep getting the negative reinforcement.

Comments

[lidenskab.livejournal.com]

Cinnamon in coffee is really good..

[swestrup]

And do the ladies serving the coffee have the same predjudices in your town than they have here?

[lidenskab.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know, since I prefer to make my own coffee. The people who work at coffeehouses here tend to look at me like I'm from Pluto and become confused when I order my stuff.. lol

[sps.livejournal.com]

I do wish they wouldn't put it in my apples. I don't know what it is about this continent, they seem to be afraid of the taste of the apple, they always want to give you sugar-and-cinnamon paste use just use the apples for stiffening....

[lidenskab.livejournal.com]

I can go both ways with apples.. sometimes, I like them with a pinch of sugar and heaping spoon of cinnamon, sometimes, I like them plain.