A Steaming Cup of Coffee

A couple days ago, a man walks into a coffee shop and orders a triple espresso on ice. The barista (the equivalent of a wine's sommelier, but for coffee) politely informs the customer that they don't sell espresso on ice. The guy was somewhat taken aback by this. And then he decides to get clever about it. He orders a triple espresso and a glass of ice. The barista sells him the requested items. And then the guy, in front of the barista, is about to pour the triple espresso over the ice, when the barista says, "Hey man. What you’re about to do… that’s really, really Not Okay." But the guy proceeds to do it anyway.

Later, he blogs about it, further stating that the only way he'd return to the coffee shop is to burn it down. The owner of the coffee shop, responds to the blogger on their website threatening to punch him in his reproductive organ. The Washington Post gets wind of the story and writes about it, thus causing it to spread like wildfire. All this because of a little cup of coffee. Can we all say together, "perspective". But I guess if I have to weigh in on this matter, I would have to say that I'm on the side of the coffee shop.