I'm somewhat addicted to reading the Starbucks Gossip blog. I don't know why, I've never worked there (though I've often thought about it). I think I just like behind the scenes stuff about anything and as a corporation I find Starbucks very interesting. Anyways! One of the posts I just read was asking baristas to write in with any celebrities they've met and what they ordered. I came across this gem and had to post it here:

"John McCain was stumping in our city, and his posse came into our store. When I told them that I admired him because my daddy is a Vietnam Vet, they asked if I would like to meet him. I said "YEAH!" only because he's famous.

I was surrounded by his people and escorted to a van in the parking lot to meet him. He was super nice, told me to tell my dad how much he appreciates his sacrifice to our country, and was introduced to his wife. She was botoxed and tv make-uped within an inch of her life and had a frozen smile on her face. She may have been really sad that day, but you'd never know.

A few weeks later, two men came to the register and asked if I was a coffee master. When I told them I was almost done with my certification (I thought they were from corporate so I pretty much forgot everything I'd learned), one of them started asking me a bunch of random questions about coffee, like where does the word "coffee" come from? Where were the original beans smuggled in from? When I didn't know the answers, he looked at his friend and said "Hm. Looks like SOMEONE needs to work a little harder during her training." He was the rudest customer I've ever had.

A minute later as I was making their drinks (and calling them names in my head) I asked them where they were from and one of them whispered "We're with the OBAMA campaign", like he woud be rushed for autographs and baby kisses if someone heard him. Without thinking, I said "WOW!! I got to meet JOHN MCCAIN the other day and he was SO NICE!! I so love that man!!"

The look on their faces were priceless; the beauty of it all was that I didn't even connect the fact that my comment would "offend"... I was just namedropping that I'd gotten to meet someone famous.

BTW, I met McCain the morning that a pit bull attacked one of our customers in the store parking lot.

It was the best. day. at work. ever."

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