Jethro Tully
I stopped in at Tully’s near Uwajimaya before doing some shopping (especially replenishing my Cacao Pretz supply), and the employees tried to sell me on the new Yerba Mate concoctions.
Employee 1: You know you want the mate.
Employee 2: Have you TRIED the mate?
Me: No.
Employee 1: It’s like a unicorn.
Employee 2: It’s like a unicorn with wings. Which is like Pegasus, you know. But with a horn.
Employee 3: Would you please order something so they’ll shut up?
Me: I’ll have a cappuccino.
Employee 1 was a trainee, and as she fumbled with the cash register I noticed that there were two buttons on it labeled UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW. I don’t mean they had little arrows on them. They had the actual words UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW. I know making fun of cash register interfaces is about as clever as doing a bit about the airline safety spiel, but this really made me laugh.
Then I stopped laughing, because the wi-fi was broken.
Comment by katre
See, if you’d just bought the mate, they wouldn’t have had to crash the wireless!
Posted on January 18, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Comment by mamster
You’re right, it’s not like they didn’t warn me. I think when they said “unicorn” they meant “802.11”.
Posted on January 18, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Comment by Dan Shiovitz
And when they said “802.11b” they meant “with a horn”. This is why everyone’s switching to 802.11n
Posted on January 18, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Comment by dave glasser
Why didn’t you try the mate?
Posted on January 19, 2007 at 10:53 am
Comment by mamster
DGlasser, when did you turn into one of Them?
Posted on January 19, 2007 at 12:34 pm