Reached Your Tea-Total, Part 2
I was already in the shop for some time, sufficient to check the teas. I picked one flavour I was curious about and was rescanning the others, hoping I missed one, when an employee came up to me.
Employee: “Can I help you?”
Me: “I don’t think so. I was actually looking for something refreshing to make iced tea this summer, but I can’t have strawberry, peach, or mango.”
At this point, I already knew that all their summer teas contained one of those and they all let me break out in hives, so I like to avoid them.
Employee: “I have something, do you know hibiscus?”
I do; not my favourite. I’m willing to keep an open mind, but she continues without giving me time to answer.
Employee: “It is sour, that makes it refreshing, yeah, really sour.”
She kept on pressing the sour quality of hibiscus and took a box containing a tea with “berry” in the name. Surprised that I missed one, I take a container to check the ingredients as in my experience, “berry” does not necessarily mean strawberries, only in ninety percent of the cases or so.
Me: *Clearly angry, not shouting, but the emotion shows.* “I just told you that I can’t have strawberries.”
Employee: *Surprised Pikachu face.* “It has three percent strawberries…”
I was ready to just walk out in that moment, but my curiosity for the strawberry-free tea I selected earlier won out.
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