My poor left hand got burned today at the gas station. We went in to get Ben his usual Diet Coke on steroids and I decided since today has been so unbearably cold that I would grab a cappuccino while we were there. You should have seen all the different flavors! After careful deliberation, I decided MAX CAFFEINE XXX sounded the most exciting and proceeded to place my cup underneath and press the button. Unfortunately, MAX CAFFEINE XXX did not come out of that machine.
What did come out was a blast of scalding hot water through the front and definitely not out of the nozzle I pressed directly onto my left hand that was holding my cup in place. I squealed and pulled my hand out as fast as I could, but not fast enough not to get burned. Ben ran over and was immediately sympathetic, but then the guy gene took over and he HAD to try it for himself. Everyone knows females are not capable of working cappuccino machines - it's a flaw of our kind. That and weak arms. I told him what happened and he said things along the lines of, "Now are you SURE you put the cup under THAT nozzle?" and "I'm really not sure you know how to do this." "Here, let me try." Of course! I must have put my cup under the nozzle way over THERE and burned myself out of pure stupidity. It couldn't possibly have been the machine!
Ben snatched the cup out of my hand and held it right up against the same nozzle I just tried only closer. Five seconds later, Ben had a matching burn and I was giggling maniacally. Turns out the other gas station attendant was cleaning the machine but did the first guy who watched the WHOLE thing go down tell us? Of course not. He sat and stared and let it happen.... twice.
At least he gave us a discount when we finally did get coffee out of that stupid machine. It was the least he could do.
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true stupidity is doing the same thing twice expecting different results - not my quote but appropriate in your case. ;-)
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