I stopped in at Tully’s near Uwajimaya before doing some shopping (especially replenishing my Cacao Pretz supply), and the employees tried to sell me on the new Yerba Mate concoctions.

> **Employee 1:** You know you want the mate.

> **Employee 2:** Have you TRIED the mate?

> **Me:** No.

> **Employee 1:** It’s like a unicorn.

> **Employee 2:** It’s like a unicorn with wings. Which is like Pegasus, you know. But with a horn.

> **Employee 3:** Would you please order something so they’ll shut up?

> **Me:** I’ll have a cappuccino.

Employee 1 was a trainee, and as she fumbled with the cash register I noticed that there were two buttons on it labeled UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW. I don’t mean they had little arrows on them. They had the actual *words* UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW. I know making fun of cash register interfaces is about as clever as doing a bit about the airline safety spiel, but this really made me laugh.

Then I stopped laughing, because the wi-fi was broken.