One nice thing about being back here is the minutae.
We were having a discussion today about cups of tea and biscuits. When you go into the store caf on a Tuesday, as you know, you have to get to the biscuits quickly when they bring them out at 11, otherwise the chocky ones will be gone by the time you get back from the tea queue.
Now, if you try to be clever and one of you gets the biscuits, where there is no queue and the other is in the tea queue, the one who gets the biscuits can then go and reserve a table by sitting at it.
But [and this is a big but], that’s assuming the other people who’ve rushed the caf have not also had the same idea, in which case you don’t get that nice spot in the corner you’d spied earlier and you have to make do with sitting up on those stool thingies, which detracts from the whole experience.
This can constitute a discussion of some 30 minutes later back home or even longer if the tea line person brought white coffee instead of black because he’d forgotten.
How do you organize these things yourself?
We were having a discussion today about cups of tea and biscuits. When you go into the store caf on a Tuesday, as you know, you have to get to the biscuits quickly when they bring them out at 11, otherwise the chocky ones will be gone by the time you get back from the tea queue.
Now, if you try to be clever and one of you gets the biscuits, where there is no queue and the other is in the tea queue, the one who gets the biscuits can then go and reserve a table by sitting at it.
But [and this is a big but], that’s assuming the other people who’ve rushed the caf have not also had the same idea, in which case you don’t get that nice spot in the corner you’d spied earlier and you have to make do with sitting up on those stool thingies, which detracts from the whole experience.
This can constitute a discussion of some 30 minutes later back home or even longer if the tea line person brought white coffee instead of black because he’d forgotten.
How do you organize these things yourself?
Well definitely save a table. We don't get biccies like that here, so that side of it isn't a problem ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes hate those stools too!
never been in a cafe where they give u biccies, you buy them at the counter with your drink
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of tea is most commonly drank over there, James?
ReplyDeleteDidn't we have a lovely time
ReplyDeleteThe day we went to Bangor
A beautiful day, we had lunch on the way
And all for under a pound, you know
That last line is really echt for its time and place, don't you think?
what if you drink coffee do the rules change
ReplyDeletewhat if you drink coffee do the rules change
ReplyDeleteWhy do they have two queues? We order our "bikkie" when we're ordering our drink. But I like your idea of going with someone to save the table - great idea. One gets the bikkies while the other holds the table, then you go get the drinks. But what if you have no one to go with?
ReplyDeleteThis one puzzled me, Leslie. But it seemed to be so. It was my friends parents who mentioned it yesterday - not actually me in RL. Just thought it made a good post.
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