Thursday, November 09, 2006
(1:01 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Freudian Slip?
Oftentimes I stop by the Medici coffee shop on my way to morning classes. It's usually moderately busy, and so they have one person who goes down the line asking people what they want, then calls it out to the person manning the various coffee dispensers, espresso machines, etc. Their customary way of designating coffee is "Joe" -- such that when I make my usual order, the clerk will call out, "Large Joe!"In line ahead of me was a curly-headed, gangly guy, apparently a U of C student, who ordered a small coffee. The clerk accordingly called out, "Small Jew!"
