swedishjazz:

the reason I don’t like coffee shop aus isn’t that they’re intrinsically boring, because a freaking bagel au could be amusing if approached well, but so many of them are so… peaceful… the characters love their job and have plenty of time to ponder that one attractive stranger that comes in a lot. Listen. This is retail. Person A and person B’s fated meeting is cut short when a pissed off middle-aged lady pushes herself between their eye contact and shrieks at A about how she wants to use a 2-years-old coupon. Someone shat on the bathroom ceiling. There’s a random sanitary inspection. B knows full well the bagel they just sold to the guy who is always rude fell on the floor three hours ago. A and B have their first real heart-to-heart at 11 pm while on their knees and scrubbing the floor. Where are my #realistic coffee shop au deconstructions, sanitized, idealistic portrayals of retail are soothing but setting revisionism cannot fight off the all-engulfing darkness when a customer hands you a 100$ bill at 8 am to pay for a 1.95$ item