Almond Milk
by Pendar Nabipour ︎︎︎[LLING LLING]
P) Hi!
B) Hi, what can I get you?
P) Eeeehh… A cappuccino please.
B) Sure, what size? Large, medium, small?
P) Medium, please.
B) A medium cappuccino coming up!
P) Thanks.
[TAP TAP TAP]
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P) Not so busy today, right?
B) Not so much. Everybody has left the city.
P) Yeah, I know. Much nicer. It feels less stressful when it’s not so busy.
B) Yeah, plus the sun is finally out. So, I can have more breaks standing outside in the sun. I like it
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B) My boss doesn’t like it though. Fewer costumers.
[BOTH LAUGH AWKWARDLY]
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[GIIZZZZHH, GIIZZZZZZZZHH]
B) What kind of milk will you take with your cappuccino?
P) Eeeehh… What kind there is?
B) We have regular milk, almond milk, oat milk, and soy milk.
P) There is soy milk?! I thought soy is only used to replace minced meat for vegetarian food.
B) Oh yeah, there is soy milk. They are milking everything!
[BOTH LAUGH]
P) Yeah, you’ve gotta stay environmentally conscious. I’m trying to do my part. A bit unfamiliar with what to use and what not to use. But I’m getting there!
B) Good job! This is also why we are providing the options in our café.
P) Right… OK, let’s see. I had oat milk in my coffee before, and I didn’t like it.
B) This one is specially made for coffee.
P) Is it?! Nice! … I’ll try something new though. Soy milk just sounds weird to me since I’ve had it as meat replacement. I already can imagine soy bits floating in my coffee.
B) Haha… I understand.
P) Let’s go with almond then.
B) Sure!
[GULP GUPL GULP]
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P) New tiles?
B) Excuse me?
P) Oh, I said are those new tiles on the wall?
B) No. I don’t think so. I have seen them since I started here.
P) When is that?
B) Since January.
P) Oh, that’s not too long ago. I haven’t been here for a while either.
B) I’m not sure if I have seen you. I see too many people… Still getting used to it.
P) I can imagine! I would not survive socializing with so many people.
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P) Like now. You having to socialize with me.
[BOTH LAUGH AWKWARDLY]
[FIIIISSS FIIIISSS FIIIISSS]
[GULP GULP GULP]
B) There you go. A medium cappuccino with almond milk.
p) Thank you ve…
[LLING LLING] S rushes into the café in a hurry.
P) Hi S! What’s going on?
S) Hi P. I need coffee. I’m Late for a meeting and my brain doesn’t work in the morning.
P) Oh, you have the morning briefing, right? Tomorrow I have one. … Come, order your coffee.
S) Thanks… Hi! Can I have a medium cappuccino, please?
B) Sure! What kind of milk will you take with it?
S) Eeeehh… Oat milk. No, wait, Soy… no… Make it almond milk, please!
B) A cappuccino with almond milk com…
P) Here! Just take mine. It's with almond milk. I’ll order another. I have time.
S) Oh thanks P. I’ll buy you one later. Cheers. See you!
P) See you. Bye!
[LLING LLING]
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B) She was in a lot of hurry!
P) Yeah, she was. She must brief the whole team in the morning… She is my boss.
B) Oh, is she? Nice! You should later ask for a raise for that coffee save.
[BOTH LAUGH]
B) Ok! Another cappuccino coming up for you.
P) Thanks.
B) Almond milk?
P) Yeah, please.
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P) Wait… screw it, just give me regular milk!