This was a short paper I wrote in high school for psychology class. I'm pretty sure it landed somewhere under the topic of personality types. Regardless, I just re-read it and thought it was kind of silly. Enjoy my poor and adolescent writing skills.
Psychology H
05 May 2012
Starbucks Etiquette
Upon waking up today my friend and I drove to Starbucks to get ourselves some morning beverages. We ordered our venti soy chai lattes and sat down waiting anxiously for our names to be called. People watching in a constant hustle & bustle environment is always exciting. The line to order was out the door per-usual. My dear friend and I witnessed one of the biggest crimes one can possibly commit in a coffee shop: cutting the line. The culprit was a little girl, roughly 8 years old holding a small coin purse that carried a few 1 dollar bills. Eager for her 100 grams of sugar/30 grams of fat in a tall cup that the baristas call “frappuccinos”, she wedged her way under the rope and perched herself just in front of an elderly couple. The couple smiled at each other and let her order in their place, even though they had been waiting patiently for what must have been more than 10 minutes. Senior citizens can go either way: they can be generous and kind or the complete opposite: grouchy and unnerving. This couple could have been either kind of personality however they allowed the little girl to cut them probably because she was just a child, and children can get away with small mishaps such as passing the 20-person line in a coffee shop. Wouldn’t it be nice?
-Rml
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