Clean

A coffee and a croissant twice. That will be ten pounds sir.

Ah yes, but this is a trendy coffee shop that has just opened in town and the curious are still thronging the place before there is the inevitable exodus to the next new thing.



BTW: It is a good thing I cleaned my cutlery when I arrived. I hate to think how much our short break would have cost with a clean fork...

Harrumph.

Comments

  1. Jean6 April 2015 at 07:39

    It's possible that "polish the silverware" has been omitted from the training manual for the servers in these establishments, and if they've only ever eaten out in McDonald's they wouldn't know it matters.

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  2. Pete (The Snaarman)8 April 2015 at 11:49

    :-)

    I surprise myself with my own grumpiness sometimes...

    P

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