FAIL in the Lexicon
Ben and I stopped by the coffee shop up the street about an hour ago for a meeting. Since this wasn’t the coffee shop that I normally go to, I had never met the barrista. After Ben ordered his drink, I stepped to the counter to order mine:
Me: I’ll have a chocolate chip cookie and a regular drip.
Barrista: We’re out of regular drip, can you wait a few minutes?
Me: Well, it’s mainly for dipping the cookie, so I’ll just have a decaf.
Barrista: Um, we’re out of decaf, too.
Me: Oh, well, then how about a decaf Americano?
Barrista: Sure. [Pause while she writes down the order.] I guess that’s sort of a double fail.
My goodness, has the word “FAIL” made it that deeply into our culture that it’s now an acceptable part of normal speech? Ha! I’m not sure if that’s good or bad, but either way it’s awesome!