14 February 2007
oh must you?
Posted by nate under: Uncategorized .
Many great things have been happening as of late. I’ve recorded a bunch, recieved great CDs, am now Nora Abenth’s godfather, played music with the official Nora’s Baptism Band, featuring Martin Marty, Bill Singsaas, and the Abenth brothers. Yes, life’s been good. And on top of all this merriment I had a bit of a revalation while washing my hands at Caribou coffee in Alexandria, MN. As I was reaching for the paper towels I noticed the sign “Employees must wash hands.” Oh crap. What if they caught me washing my own hands? Would they take my latte away? Why did I take the initiative? If only I’d seen the sign earlier I could’ve walked up to the counter and had one of the nice baristas wash my hands, but now here I had gone and taken the job on myself! I don’t know if I was infracting union code at this point or what, but needless to say I was a nervous wreck. I ran through the options. Make a run for it and hope they didn’t catch me, Admit that I had done their work for them, or Pee again and pretend I had never washed…
I remorsefully approached the barista and admitted my fault. She looked disgusted and turned away. I meekly recieved my latte and vowed that henceforth only employees would wash my hands. Forgive me Caribou. Forgive me.
4 Comments so far...
GW Says:
14 February 2007 at 9:11 pm.
Until reading your post, I’d never thought of the signs in that way. But you’re right. Oh, my God…I’ve never let them wash my hands, either. But WAIT! I work for a Caribou and I have washed my own hands, at least. But I never thought about how we were supposed to offer that as a service to our guests, too! LOL
Jim Says:
15 February 2007 at 12:58 pm.
Don’t beat yourself up. Why should you have to go looking for someone to wash your hands for you? If this is a service Caribou wants to offer, which it must be if they are going to advertise it, then they should be ready to perform the service. Clearly an example of poor customer service, if you ask me. Did the barista at least give you a free coffee?
Justin Rimbo Says:
15 February 2007 at 1:15 pm.
Oh, and by the way, I came up with a song title for you while blogging the other day. Go find it.