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Weekly Contest #271
[Content Warning: Depression and implied physical violence.] “Hi, yes could I get a medium caramel macchiato with two pumps of vanilla please?” “Name for the order,” asked the cashier. “John,” I replied. My usual café was closed this morning due to remodeling, so I ventured down the backstreets to a hole-in-the-wall called ‘Second Chances Café’. It's a fitting name, considering they got my order wrong the last time I was there, pre-COVID. Maybe the owner named the place so their employees could have some leeway. I walked to the pickup counte...
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