Which Rude is it? – Chris Coyier

What do you order from this one person working at this coffeeshop at 4:00 AM?

You can’t help but be aware there are 20 people behind you in line and how there is one person taking orders and making the coffee drinks. Right?!

You could order a latte, which will take like 3 minutes to make. Or you could order a drip coffee in which this person hands you a cup in 3 seconds.

My brain is built such that I cannot possibly order something that will take this person a while to make. Like the words would be unable to come out of my mouth. Even if a cortado sounds really good right now, actually, I can’t do it. I can make an active choice to get a perfectly fine drip coffee and get this line moving and get all these strangers-yet-neighbors their coffees too, or I can cause a big ol’ hitch in the giddyup.

I hope I’m not trying to grandstand how perfect I am. I’m showcasing one part of how my brain works. I really don’t like inconvinencing other people.

I notice, because it seems like plenty of other people don’t.

This is such a me-coded post.