How'dya take your coffee?

The guy sitting opposite from me on the tram today had a hot coffee. So hot he was doing the thing where you hold the top and bottom because the sides are burning your fingers. But then he wanted to listen to his iPod.

So he carefully placed the coffee BETWEEN HIS LEGS on the seat.

Because THAT'S where I'd put really hot coffee while riding public transport.

The tram had stopped at the lights, so it was a race against time to get the ear-buds unrolled. He fumbled, the tram began to move and I watched with fascinated horror as the coffee cup made a break for freedom - towards me, I should add.

Luckily my seatmate was quick thinking. Lightning fast, he jammed that cup backwards. Away from me sure, but closer to that sensitive area for him.

I've never seen someone get an iPod on so fast. And once he'd got his tunes in place, he balanced that really hot coffee on top of the iPod.

'Cause it was still too hot to hold, you know.

Comments

[Uli]

I'm glad that story didn't end with coffee all over you, which is where I thought it was going for a while there...