The coffee machine has basically had it. I
think it’s seen what a clusterfuck the Out Of Favour shop has become and has
decided to slowly shut itself down in order to escape.
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| Picture:kerttu, Pixaby |
The latest bit to go on strike is the steam/ milk frother spout.
For those of you happily uninitiated in the
ways of barista-ism, there are three, ‘stick your cup under,’ parts on even the
most basic commercial coffee machines, (which, of course, is what the Out Of
Favour shop has):
1) The circular bit that grabs onto the big
spoon thingy full of ground coffee, and filters hot water through it; 2) The
hot water spout – like a kettle, only posher; 3) The steam spout – for frothing
milk and generally burning your hands.
The steam spout is pretty much essential. Without
it there is no frothy milk – and no frothy milk means no cappuccinos and
lattes.
Obviously, not having a working frothy spout
thing is a fairly massive problem for a coffee shop, and in any normal shop,
with a normal boss, it would cause panic and an undignified scrabble to get it
fixed as soon as possible.
But I don’t work for a normal boss. I work for
The Boss Erratic (TBE), and clearly she doesn’t see this as the problem I do.
