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There are days when it seems only idiots come to my Tricks or to The Restaurant.

But as I discovered last night, idiots go to Starbuck's, too.

So I am in Barnes & Noble. I picked up Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. And I gathered up a few more books to browse and I met up with The Husband in the Starbuck's Cafe.

The Husband settled in with his science something or other and I got in line to get myself a nice steamy cappucino and biscotti.

There was a large man in front of me who's shirt was covered in some sort of pet hair. My guess was cat.

Which I find totally disgusting.

I am all about loving animals and if I was home more, I would add a nice puppy to the family. But I am not fond of animal hair on anything other than the animal.

5 minutes with a lint brush before you leave the house can do wonders for you, people.

Anyway.

So I am standing behind Cat Hair Man while he orders one of those blended frappucino macchiato something or others. The nice Starbuck's Girl filled his glass and put the lid on and turned to give him the drink when he barked at her.

"Can I have an extra cup for what's left in the blender?"

"There's a small amount of drink left in the blender. I paid for it and I want it."

Sweet Starbuck's Girl got red in the face and I think was a bit taken aback. As is understandable.

Cat Hair Man was relentless.

"You are ripping me off! I want what remains in the blender!"

He was such an ass. And Sweet Starbuck's Girl was so gracious. I felt so bad for her. She turned to get an extra cup when the man behind me said, "My God. You don't pay for the extra. You only pay for what fits in the glass."

Oh, shit.

Here I am standing between Cat Hair Man and Fed-Up Customer and I was afraid it was going to get ugly and I would wind up getting some of that nasty cat hair on me. All over a damn blended machiatto coffee thingy.

Cat Hair Man turned to look at Fed-Up Customer, "Seriously, buddy. Don't be so mean. No one is ripping you off. Your cup is full. You got what you paid for."

I shot a look to Sweet Starbuck's Girl and then over to Cat Hair Man and then over to The Husband who was laughing behind his Nerdy Science magazine. (Yeah, thanks for the help, honey.)

"Oh just fuck it. I am outta here."

Cat Hair Man stormed off and Fed-Up Customer just shook his head. "Can you believe some people? What an ass. And my God, did you see all the cat hair?"

Indeed I did.

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