24 August 2009

Brains are funny

Basically every morning I go to the campus coffee shop and get a large black Americano (which I don't actually like that much, but there's no decent brewed coffee). Today I needed a second morning cup to fuel me, so I went back, but was confronted by the long 10:30 coffee break line. Since it was my second cup I was going to have a small one, but I started thinking about other things while waiting and by the time it was my turn to order, my mouth said (without any conscious input from me) "large black please".

I guess this is the epitome of boring stories but I was amazed by this moment of trying to say one thing, but having some trained response to standing at the counter make me say something else. It was incredibly bizarre.

4 comments:

Capt. Clarence Oveur said...

You take your coffee black?

MRhé said...

So you had *two* cups of coffee?

Foonyor said...

It's funny (actually it isn't): any time someone asks me how I take my coffee (when not in polite company) I respond, "I take it black. Like my men."

Also: MRhe leaving a snarky comment on this post? Most Predictable Thing Ever.

MRhé said...

You leave me no choice the way you play.