A man stops by a diner at noon, the busiest time of day,
sits down at the counter and asksfor a cup of coffee.
The waitress, who is very busy, gives him his coffee and
rushes off to help the numerous customers having lunch at
the diner. The man, who uses both cream and sugar in his
coffee, notices that both containers are empty. As the
waitress rushes by, he asks her to bring him cream and
sugar for his coffee. The waitress, busier than she can
ever remember being before, rushes to the back to pick up
more orders. As she passes the cabinet where the extra
sugar and cream are kept, she sets a plate down and puts
sugar cubes and creamer packets in her bra because both her
hands are full.After she has served the two plates she was
holding, she returns to the man and asks him, “How many sugar
cubes did you want in your coffee?”The man says, “Two would
be fine.”She reaches into her bra, pulls out two sugar cubes
and drops them into his cup. “And cream?” she asks.
The man looks at her, squarely in the eye and says,
“I don’t think so!”