*KO-KO-AH Desu*

Boy was I in a cranky mood today. I felt sorry for Sharona, who had to witness the crankiness on our ride into Tokyo. I was just annoyed with inconsiderate people... and I am also very sick with a horrible cold (yes... I know I should've stayed home... but I needed fresh air)
So we headed into Shibuya, and kinda did a detour at Kudanshita. I noticed that the Yasukuni Shrine was right outside the station and convinced Sharona to do a detour with me. It was a pleasant surprise and it was such a beautiful area... We're both a bit iffy about the whole Yasukuni thing, but it really is a beautiful temple and the Kitanomaru park next to the Shrine is gorgeous too... That detour perked me up... albeit temporarily...
We finally got to Shibuya after the detour and promptly headed to... Starbucks (duh). I ordered my usual (Grande Hot Chocolate)... but of course, it had to be ordered in Japanese... Guranday Ho-toh Ko-ko-ahhh. Lo and behold.. the don't have Grande... they only serve Tall sizes (what's up with that?) so fine... I settled with a Tall Hot Chocolate.
There was a girl that picked the order up for you, then handed you your order (as though we're incapable of getting our own coffee). I understand that she has a "high stress / high tension" job, but she didn't have to shove the very hot paper cup into my hands without a sleeve. I kindly asked for a sleeve, and she looked as though this was a huge inconvenience for her even though they were right by her elbow... All this time, I was thinking that I could've just picked up my order myself... It's STARBUCKS...
Anyways, we headed out of that particular outlet as quick as we could... when I took a sip of my "ko-ko-ah" and realised that it was a "lah-tay". I was a little annoyed already at this point because I had to retrace my steps and face that girl again.
I got to the counter and said to the girl that the order was filled wrong. The girl picks up my paper cup and reads "ko-ko-ah" that was pencilled-in on the cup. The next part played out this way:

• Girl (after reading the cup): "ko-ko-ah desu" (it's hot chocolate)
• Me (shaking head): "Chigau. Ko-ko-ah janai" (wrong, it's not hot chocolate)
• Girl (emphatically): "KO-KO-AH desu" (it's HOT CHOCOLATE)
• Girl turns to the 2 baristas (rolling her eyes)
• Baristas together (after reading pencilled cup): "KO-KO-AH desu"
• Me (*#$%ing annoyed): "Ko-ko-ah janai. TASTE IT"
• All 3 not believing that the "ko-ko-ah"-labelled cup could actually contain something other than "ko-ko-ah" just stare at me in disbelief.
• Me (screaming at this point): "JUST TASTE IT"

I finally got my hot chocolate... but I was more than just a little annoyed with the situation. So here's Ollie's apology of the day to the perfect people of the world...
To the baristas and order-pick-up-girl at the Shibuya Hachiko Starbucks: I'm sorry, it was all my fault that my hot chocolate tasted like a Latte today. I should've known better than to question the label that was pencilled-in on my Starbucks paper cup.~