LJ Idol,
Week One
Topic One: Saying Goodbye


“Thirteen twenty-five.”

“Thirteen twenty-five!”

“Yes. One triple-grande-decaf-no-fat-no-water-half-half-syrup-soy-white-coconut-cappucino and a fruit salad and an piece of the pumpkin loaf.”

“What, do you charge by the syllable now?”

“No, ma’am. If we charged fifty cents per syllable, it’d be twelve fifty for the drink and another three dollars for the food to bring you to fifteen fifty. Really, when you think about it, thirteen twenty-five is quite a steal!”

“Look at this wallet. Look at it. It’s long, slim, camel, elegant. It barely fits thirteen twenty-five. It barely fits quarters.”

“We take cash, card, and Starbucks card, ma’am.”

“But my card’s for emergencies.”

“If you’d just turn around and look at the line of customers behind you, ma’am, I think you’d see this is an emergency.”

“Just pay it already! It’s only thirteen twenty-five, for frick’s sake!”

“Yeah! Some of us would like to get our coffee this century.”

“But thirteen twenty-five…for coffee and a bit of breakfast…c'mon, one cup of coffee, then I'll go...”

“Ma’am, I’m going to have to ask you to pay now, or leave so I can serve the rest of these people. They’ve been waiting patiently for the past five minutes.”

“But I can’t go! I haven’t bought anything yet! And if I don’t buy anything, I can’t sit here and look cool for half an hour!”

“Ma’am, I thin k you said goodbye to cool the moment you said ‘look at this wallet’.”

“If you’d just hurry up and say goodbye to your damned money we could all say hello to happy-happy-coffee-coffee!”

“I suppose it’s kind of an emergency. Oh, no, I can’t. See last week, there was this sale down the road and they had these really cute boots that just screamed, you know, these boots are made for walking and—”

“Lady, these boots are going to kick your tiny little arse if you don’t—”

“Wait—you think my arse is tiny?”

“Ma’am, that’s not really an issue right now—”

“—It is to me! I was buying that no fat half syrup crap ‘cause my boyfriend said I was, you know, fat.”

“Lady, you’re not fat. You’re skinny. You’re a skinny little minny of a ninny of a thing. Now could you please just—”

“You know, um, do you think I could change my order? To a full fat with full syrup and whip?”

“With the pumpkin loaf and fruit salad, ma’am, that’s still twelve twenty-five.”

“Only twelve twenty-five for full whip and syrup! Now that’s a deal! Hmm, let me just find my Starbucks card—no, wait, I maxed it out too…”

"Have a nice day, ma'am."

"Yeah, um, you too. 'Bye. So much for one cup of coffee, then I'll go..."


Written for therealljidol , week one, "Saying Goodbye".
Lyric quote, "one cup of coffee, then I'll go", from Bob Marley, "One Cup of Coffee".

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