DIY Coffee
May 13, 2009
I am thinking of writing a play.
Customer enters coffee house.
[Customer] A cappucinno please.
[Staff] No.
[Customer] Why ?
[Staff] There is no milk.
[Customer] Umm, but there is a shop next door that sells milk.
[Staff] Yes there is.
[Customer] Umm, so couldn’t you go and buy some ?
[Staff] No.
Exit customer.
Today I asked the administrator ( Russian for the manager of a restaurant, normally female, who sits and does no administrating all day) why they have no milk. She says as the supplier has not arrived, and there is no method to buy milk from the money in the till. But today I had my revenge ! I went and bought my own milk and for the reward I received a free coffee! I wonder if I should start taking my own food to restaurants now ….
Addendum: I return in the evening on the way home. The wonderful Anastasia has preserved my milk in the fridge. It is my milk. Moloko Marka ! Hooray, cappucinnos for me. Oh. What’s this, they have run ot of coffee ??? A coffee shop with no milk and no coffee !! Sacre Bleur ! This is almost as bad as the pivo bar that ran out of beer last week…
My Life in Kharkov 
May 25, 2009 at 7:55 am
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August 29, 2009 at 12:33 am
Hey, I was there that day! Miss seeing you around man. Just stumbled on your blog and recognized pretty quickly whose blog this was. You never gave me a chance to buy any of your kitchen stuff before you left. How’s Albany? Well, you’ve got my email address now; feel free to write.
September 30, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Sooo…I just discover Mark’s blog and he’s sold out! Albany!!? Yikes. How can he possibly live in such a rational place? Still, his musings about Ukraine brought back memories for me from my sojourns to Poltava. Like stooping down to a tiny window to order from a kiosk. Like ordering something through a keyhole, indeed. Laughed out loud often from reading his stuff. So true! Hey, buddy, we hardly knew ye and you’re gone.
August 29, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Hey! I’m Rob’s wife, and I never met you while you were here, but he has told me about you. Interesting that you took milk to Coffee Life. I have often thought of taking my own decaf coffee, since they don’t have any more often than they have it. I might need to take my own grinder, too, in case for some reason, they can’t use their own!