Tea Time

I'm kinda bummed.

I think I'm gonna have to find a new convenient store.

I'm picky about my tea.  Even more so now that I drink unsweet -  there isn't any sugar to make it taste better,  it has to be good tea. So there is one place that has tea that I like. One. And I go just about every morning.

One of the guys there has started giving me a small discount - charging me for a refill and not a new drink.  He doesn't do it every time but he does it a lot, even when I tell him not too. I'm like, stop doing that!  One, it just makes me feel bad.  Not that it's even that much difference - I think maybe ten cents. But it's the point - it's kinda like stealing. Not that I don't appreciate the gesture, but charge me the same price as you are everybody else in line.


Secondly,  I don't want him to get in trouble for doing it. Every time I say "No, this is a new drink." - I say it loud where anyone can hear me. I don't do that to get him in trouble but it's not like we're in cahoots together. I'm not trying to be part of this. But still, I would hate for him to get in trouble. I don't know, maybe he's the manager or something because he seems to be pretty fearless about it.  Or maybe he just knows they won't fire him over such a small thing...either way, I think I'm more worried about it than he is.

But most of all I just don't like that he's so nice to me. I know that doesn't make any sense. I'm sure they consider me a regular so he feels like he should be extra friendly - I know that's part of how they get people coming back in. But I just want to go in, get my tea and leave without being noticed.  I don't know, he's too interested in what I've got going on and he remembers things I say. Which typically would be a good thing - remembering what people tells you shows that you're genuinely interested and that what you say is important to them. Typically that would be major bonus points. But in this case, I don't like it.

I'm not sure I'm vain enough to think he likes me. Don't get me wrong, I am vain. Typically this behavior would warrant a phone call to the bestie declaring "Oh my gosh - he was SO hitting on me." which she gets quite frequently because I always assume interest equals interest. All these poor guys out there just being friendly have no idea how I'm spinning that into something different in my head.

But I'm not getting that vibe. This vibe is just super nice convenient store guy who is ruining my morning mojo with his friendliness...