or, why i like my dunkin donuts cashier.

scene: 7:30am, monday morning, dunkin donuts kiosk inside of the davis el stop in evanston.

catherine: hi, can i have a large coffee with cream and sugar, please?
cashier: did you want cream and sugar or sugar and cream?
catherine: um. (pause) excuse me?
cashier: cream and sugar or sugar and cream?
catherine: um, oh. (believing in her early morning stupor that there is a difference) cream and sugar, i guess?
cashier: busts out laughing.
catherine: (lightbulb) dude. it is WAY too early for this kind of stuff.