Whats I"m Up To

10.05.2004

Good Gravy...or Hot Chocolate..Whatever

Wow I never imagined getting a cup of Hot Chocolate could be so difficult. I just got out of my Calculus class, and went to the Student Center. I recalled the old Hot Chocolate machine they had, that made really good Hot Chocolate. But it was gone, in its place was some Starbucks-ish company's machine by the name of "Ratazza". I looked at the options on the machine, no Hot Chocolate. So I kept going to the actual "Ratazza" counter they have. On the menu it said Hot Chocolate, so I scrambled for my change to see if I had 2 singles...after a min I found I did. Then it came to deciphering their size policy of Tall, Grande, and Venti. My feelings on how stupid that is, are pretty much summed up here (Ha HA, that little squirrel slays me). And I get to the counter after dumb people in line couldn't figure out how to order and things broke. She tells me that she doesn't have it...despite it being on her menu..*sigh*, and informs me of the machine and that it had Hot Chocolate. So I befuddledly go back to the machine to see if I missed something. I didn't see anything under Hot Chocolate, but it had Cocoa, and I thought that might be it, I was willing to take a chance. I had no idea how much anything was it had no prices on it, so I fed my first dollar into it, all going well. I figured it had to be more than one dollar, so I tried to get the second dollar in, it wasn't happening. Some nice lady noticed and exchanged a much sturdier dollar to try in the machine, also didn't go in, this machine refused to accept a second dollar. So I just tried ordering on the machine, maybe all it needed was a dollar after all. But it kept denying me and spit out my other dollar. So then I went in to buffet area where they have some drinks...to which I found more "Ratazza" cups and coffee dispensers. **Shudder** But I finally found something, they had Nestle Hot Chocolate packets. Finally, so I dropped a packet into my "Ratazza" cup of the "tall" variety, then went to the "Ratazza" dispenser with hot water, which crapped out on me after like 3 seconds. I looked about and there was a coffee maker which no coffee in it, but it did have a hot water spout on it. So I had my hot chocolate and finally was satisfied...but to be honest the Hot Chocolate, I've had better. Wish they still had that old machine, it was the best!

Update: I had the link to the wrong Foamy Cartoon, fixed now. I forgot they had 2 about coffee houses.

3 comments:

Catherine T said...

I insist that you stop saying "good gravy" at once!

I DEMAND IT!

Matthew Newman said...

Good Gravy!

Catherine T said...

Insolence! I'll eat you gravy over my mashed potatoes!