"Ok, five minutes until we roll... places everyone." We take a seat behind the cameras up against the wall. The reporter practiced her smile a bit, the baristas are posed at the coffee makers. Three styles of drinks were laid on the counter. And action! Perma-smile from the reporter until she realizes that they are indeed rolling. She interviews the movembered barista to her right (who happens to be third best in Canada) and he explains the drinks. The reporter notes that people are lining up outside the door! That's because the film crew is keeping people out of the shop. Then she signs off and I finally get my coffee, which has a slight bite of blueberry, mild bitterness and finishes with a smoky smoothness.
Today as I was coming down the stairs at work, two guys were wrestling an oxygen tank at the top. I heard a noise and turned to see the 5 foot cylinder skidding down the narrow steep steel stairs towards me! With milliseconds to act I jumped into the air, the bottle narrowly missing my legs. It then was stopped by a copper pipe which was squished flat. Afterwards, it was evident that the bottle dented the steel grated floor at the bottom of the stairs as well. If that thing had hit me I surely would have been out of commission.
