Today was pretty much about a holiday gathering for me.
My company had its Christmas lunch at Skates on the Bay. Before heading to the restaurant, we had a Secret Santa at the office. My Secret Santa gave me a $25 Peets gift card! My Secret Santa must know me very well. Whenever I go to the office, I always go to Peets to get my coffee. Also, I received a gift money from the President of the company. All employees got it.
Speaking of coffee, whenever I go to a coffee shop like Peets or Starbucks, 99.99% of the time the barista never gets my name right! When they ask for my name for my coffee order, they write down Susan, Suzanne, Suett or one time I saw ‘Size-It’ written on my cup!!! What’s even worst is that when I spell my name for them, they still spell it as Susan or Suzanne. Is the espresso machine that loud for them to hear me well or are they just deaf?
There was this barista guy at Peets who took my coffee order for like hundreds of times. Whenever I approach him for my coffee order, he always tells me he can’t remember my name! Funny thing was that one day he will shout ‘Hello Suzette’. Then next morning, he’ll ask me what my name is! This guy isn’t 100 years old. He is between 25 – 30 years old. Boy he has very bad memory. He reminds me of some of the characters in the movie 50 First Dates where one of the characters only remembers today and will have no memory of you tomorrow.
To all baristas at Peets and Starbucks… this is how my name is spelled!
This is the view from Skates on the Bay
Pictures of some of my coworkers
At Skates on the Bay, I had pasta. I wish I ordered something else because I forgot that I was going to Buca di Beppo for dinner. Along with pasta, I had red wine. One of our coworkers just felt like having red wine and bought a bottle to share it with everyone. After our lunch, we had a cake which was just Ok for me. I prefer not to eat cake that had just come out from a fridge. I don’t like eating cold cake.
For dinner, I met up with friends and colleagues for a holiday gathering at Buca di Beppo in San Francisco. We were seated in the exact same room where Nathan had his 2nd birthday dinner.
