Drink Orders, and How!

Okay, so he looked a little like this:


Since I just wrote on drink orders and personal identity I couldn't help but notice the order following mine this morning. A man steps up wearing a door-to-door salesman suit with a cellphone pressed to his ear, but he wasn't talking or listening to anyone. He then orders a "large hot milk". Yes. He had to say it twice. "A large hot milk, please". Wow. He really seems to like holding business-person-like things, even if he uses them as mere props. The barista placed it on the bar and politely called it out as a venti steamer, but everyone within earshot already knew its birth name. So now I'm thinking that it's not just your drink order that reaveals something about you, but how you order it.


That 'portrait' was penned by me, but I am completely indebted to the creators of jacksonpollack.org Their site is amazing.