{"id":4125,"date":"2013-01-25T16:05:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2013-02-01T17:02:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T17:02:53","slug":"no-no-and-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=4125","title":{"rendered":"No, no and no!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"coffee<\/a>

Why can’t I have a cup of coffee?<\/p><\/div>\n

Dogmatic inflexibility!<\/p>\n

It’s the only way I can describe it… A pervasive Caribbean phenomenon yachtsmen and tourists alike require some time adjusting to.<\/p>\n

Don’t take my word for it…. Ask any\u00a0expatriate or visitor if they have had a similar experience to mine and you will have a topic for discussion that is sure to take you into the wee hours of the night…<\/p>\n

What experience am I referring to?<\/p>\n

Desperate for my morning caffeine, I made the mistake of going to a “subway” fast food outlet for coffee. My assumption being that the machine would be working overtime in such an establishment and I’d likely find a fresh brew.<\/p>\n

With a big smile (anticipating my fix), I reach the counter… “Good morning!, I’ll have a small cup of black coffee please.”<\/p>\n

“No, you can’t have coffee!”, states a bored employee.<\/p>\n

“Err… Is there a problem with the machine?”<\/p>\n

“No, we don’t have any cups”.<\/p>\n

“Is there something wrong with those cups over there?”<\/p>\n

“No, those are for other drinks”<\/p>\n

Suddenly realizing that all sentences need start in the negative, I make my attempt to speak to the employee in her own language…<\/p>\n

“Noooo matter… I’ll just have my coffee in a paper cup, the Styrofoam one really isn’t necessary is it?”<\/p>\n

“No, I can’t do that..”<\/p>\n

“No? Why is that?”<\/p>\n

And then… the only response not starting with the word no…. said with what I can only describe as astounding conviction…..<\/p>\n

“Because it will explode!”<\/p>\n

Obviously I should have stopped insisting after the first no…<\/p>\n

I live and learn….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dogmatic inflexibility! It’s the only way I can describe it… A pervasive Caribbean phenomenon yachtsmen and tourists alike require some time adjusting to. Don’t take my word for it…. Ask any\u00a0expatriate or visitor if they have had a similar experience … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[278],"tags":[1268,1269],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4127,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions\/4127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}