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Don't have many other options. Coffee house blues getting to you?

More like coffee house people... you gonna tell me you ordered a latte instead of a frap, too?

Not even close. [snorts, looking up at him for the first time..] ...Ford?

Whatever holy java creation that is, if it isn't up on that board we don't have it. *points overhead* ... *stops and checks if he finds the name on the board*

..Oh. Um. Right.. I'll have a regular coffee, or whatever passes for one here. Actually, do you have tea?

Yeah. You still want that coffee with it?

[shakes his head] No... just a tea will do. You know, you look a remarkable lot like a guy I used to know. Ford.

Really? Well, that's not my name. Does he owe you money? Because I don't have any money. But I got capsicum spray in my bag and you don't know when my shift ends.

*looks for the tea* Fair warning, I got no clue how old that bunch of-...

*shifts into the BRIGHTEST SMILE EVAH when the boss walks by behind him* ... Roibos, Camomile, Vanilla, Black and Green, Peppermint, Jarhead got it all!

[blinks] Uh.. black. Is fine. With some honey in.

...preferably saliva-free.

*makes super-enthusiastic tea until the boss is gone, then hands it over with the initial boredom* There you go.

Thanks. [hands him a couple singles, then drops a few quarters in the tip jar] I'm John, by the way.

Barnaby. *glances at the tip jar* Hey, thanks for that!

No problem, keep the change.

... did you owe this Ford guy money? Because in that case...

Not even close.

Hey, just asking. I could be creeped out by you, you know.

[lifts an eyebrow] Are you?

No. You're drinking tea.

[snorts] It's pretty mediocre tea, actually. [takes a long sip]

Yeah, that's probably the honey.

[looks at it dubiously]

What's wrong with the honey?

It's lo-fat orange blossom honey from Spain.

.. Right. [takes another sip] Sorry I asked.

It's okay. *nods* You couldn't possibly know.

[just sighs] Canada is a strange place.

You're American, right?

The flag give it away?

I don't know. You could be a fan.

Yeah, let's just say I'm from there then. To make it interesting.

Okay, so that makes me the barman that's gonna listen to your story?

[sip] Who says I have a story to tell?

You were the one dying to appear interesting.

Yes, clearly dying. [sip] On a daily basis, even.

Uh huh. Tough guy, I get it. *strikes a pose*

really?

I did say please...

If I wanted to drink my coffee at home, then I'd make my own coffee wouldn't I?

Well, why don't you? Just curious, I mean, it would be a lot cheaper, wouldn't it?