Moments

Time: Saturday morning ~ 10am
Location: Starbucks in the Mall of Cyprus

1. A little kid dances in the middle of Starbucks and with her maneuvers makes it to the cashier. She grabs a lollipop, looks around and makes sure that her parents are not watching. She opens it and starts eating (no transaction involved). She returns to her parents with a guilty look. They don’t even question.

2. A mum with her 5-6 year old daughter are enjoying their coffee for the last 25 minutes on the table in front of us. The mum talks on the phone continuously without paying attention to her kid.

3. The same little girl as in (1) above stares at a little boy. The little boy stares back. The girl falls over her chair and on the ground. Her lollipop has the same luck. She grabs it from the floor and starts eating again.

4. I return the Cafe Latte because they forgot to add the coffee in it and just gave us hot milk. The barista promises a new one. I stay there waiting only to hear the other barista say “What should I do with this? Throw it away?”

5. The guy next to us is enjoying his Saturday morning coffee while deeply concentrated reading the Saturday morning paper.

6. The two little kids are taking advantage of some free wireless internet surfing the web with their laptop.

7. A lot of people are sitting on the Starbucks seating area outside, so that they can smoke a cigarette.

I take my last sip of coffee, throw away all my trash and walk out. Another coffee, another Saturday.