is that spelled with one L, or 2? (pretension)

(sometimes when you go out into public, funny things happen. people want to be noticed.)(I experienced the following encounter this past weekend at the local mega-corporate-billion$$-coffee-shop-gathering-place.)(i love parenthesis's, they are mysterious.)


Hi! (loud, very loud) Welcome to _____________. (copyright purposes, sorry) What can I get started for you?

Uuhh ya,..thanks uh,...I'll have a Double, Venti, Nonfat, Skinny, Vanilla, Latte. Hold the whip.

Excellent! I'll get that going for ya. Hey Brian,....? Can you get a Double, Venti, Nonfat, Skinny, Vanilla, Latte started for,......Oh, Sir. What was your name?

Colin.

,....for Colin?

Colin. Is that with one L, or 2?

2. C-o-l-l-i-n.

(small talk ensues. Apparently these fellows know each other, or at one time were chummy, maybe this individual frequented this spot more than once.)
(insert loud steaming noise in background, and trendy world-beat music, also loud.)
(approx. 35 seconds later, drink is ready)

O.K., looks like I've got one Double, Venti, Nonfat, Skinny, Vanilla, Latte, Hold the Whip, for Collin!

Right here. Thanks. (Collin soon realizes that he's made a colossal mistake, he's told the friendly _____________ employee the wrong spelling of his name. Warm beverage in hand, he feels it necessary to explain in length his blunder)

Oh my gosh!

Is there a problem Sir?

No, it's just that I told you the wrong spelling of my name. (his voice gets slightly louder) You see, my name is actually spelled with one L. C-o-l-i-n.

Oh well,. no problem Sir, Enjoy your drink, and have a good rest of--------

---------(he's now broadcasting)ya, ya know it's just that I'm used to people asking me which program of Law school I'm in. Sorry. Ya, so I'm in the LL.M, Masters of Law program. I do this all the time, I'm so stupid. I'm always misspelling my name cause I get confused. See, people are always asking me about it, so I get used to saying "LL" a lot.

It's O.K. man, no problem.

(said law student exits___________, while I sit with grin on face, already reaching for my trusted composition notebook.)(Why,...? I think, Why did he go into that long explanation about his name and his education? Did he really forget how to spell his own name?)

So what have we learned here today? Guys, we're all great, and we all know it. Let's keep the gloating to a minimum.

jese

oh, I'm sorry: Jesse