last year when i worked at starbucks 280 we had a customer that the partners referred to as ”crazy mike”.  he would come through the drive thru and order a venti white mocha with like 7 shots of espresso in it, but before he drove up to the window he would yell “and stir the hell out of it!!!!!!!!!” in his good ole’ boy southern accent.  well today i went to a local auto place to have an oil change and inspection done.  when i was standing in line the guy that was helping me said something to his coworker about his starbucks cup and was making fun of him for drinking a $5 cup of coffee.  so the guy replied. “ha! i wish my drink were $5, it costs me like $7.” and I was thinking what in the world is this guy drinking??? then I looked at him and was like omg it is crazy mike.  even though i haven’t worked there in over a year, i was pretty sure it was him. just then the phone rang and he answered it…”this is mike.” seriously????? made my day kinda funny. then after the inspection he told me all $2300 worth of things they thought shoud be done to my car.  um, that is crazy, mike.   i should have piped up and been like “i serve that $5 coffee daily and i will give you your $7 drink free everyday for the rest of your life in return for fixing my car.” but i didn’t. moment passed. doubtful it  would have worked anyways, and also i think it is like illegal or something. or atleast against starbucks policy. 

also while at the local auto place, i was listening to other customer conversations while waiting.  (believe me, i was trying to read my book, but these people were very loud and distracting.)  
lady#1 to crazy mike: no i am going back to work i will come back and get my car….
lady#2 to lady #1: hhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ohhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyy goddddddddddddddddd what are you doing here???????? oh my god oh my god i haven’t seen you in sooooooo long. how are you??????????????
lady #1 to lady #2: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy
lady #1 to lady #2: how are you? are you still married?
lady #2 to lady #1: well, you know i married so and so and then we got divorced.
awkwarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd pause
lady #2 to lady #1: well i saw so and so the other day and you know he and such and such….uh huh…..can you believe it?
gossip gossip blah blah blah
lady #1 turns to the man who is with her and asks lady #2 if she has met him
lady # 2: no! hi! soooooooo are y’all toge…???????? ughhhhh friends? old friends? okay well good. okay.
soooooooooooooooooo awkward. my back was turned so i could only hear them. i REALLY wish i could have seen the facial expressions at this point.  lady #1 finally leaves….and lady #2 can attend to business…..
lady #2 to crazy mike: i need two new tires
crazy mike to lady #2: okay this is what your options are…..
lady #2 to crazy mike: okay what all is involved in this?
crazy mike to lady #2: ugh…….we take your tires off and give you new ones???
ummmmmmmmmmmm really?????  who says “so are you still married?” and who asks what is involved in getting new tires put on a car? i just don’t understand. as annoyed as i was that they were distracting me from my book, i willl admit i was very entertained by their conversations and obliviousness to others.  it really makes you think about what you say that other people may hear. i know people hear conversations i have all the time and probably think the same about me.  that’s cool. sometimes it is fun to say stuff just so they think you are a complete loo-loo.

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