Monday, May 05, 2008
Starbucks Spider Incident
So, I pull up in line at the Starbucks at Beach and San Pablo this morning to get my Monday morning courage and suddenly, this thing catches my attention--a huge spider is lurching down the building near the car in front of me. The driver looks over and is watching it with huge eyes, leaned away from his window. I stare at it, mouth agape. I see the people behind me pointing, incredulous.
The car pulls up, and I'm next to it now, and it is at least the size of my fist, if not more. At one point, it runs down to the sidewalk and towards my car, so I think it must be making a break for the bushes on the other side of the driveway. Hoping I don't run over it, I pull forward.
My window keeps getting stuck down lately, so I pull up to the window and open my door to hand the girl my card. Next thing I know, there the spider is, about a foot away from the window! So I say to her, "Um, you might wanna close your window a minute, because there is a HUGE spider out here." Of course, nobody really understands what you mean by huge until they look themselves, so she pokes her head out and screams, running into the center of her spot, away from the open window. Each barista takes a turn at the window, looking and squealing, and of course the whole line of cars is full of people pointing and covering their mouths.
At this point, we're all a little hysterical with laughter and creepiness, and as she finishes my order, the spider comes EVEN CLOSER, all the way to the edge of the window, with me going, "UM!!! UM!!! SOMEONE SHOULD CLOSE THE WINDOW!!!!"
The barista looks at me and says, "Are you ready?" So I say, "Yes!" and she tosses my drink and scone to me and I speed off. $10 bucks says the thing made it inside. I'm pretty sure it was a male wolf spider.
You know you want to see:
The car pulls up, and I'm next to it now, and it is at least the size of my fist, if not more. At one point, it runs down to the sidewalk and towards my car, so I think it must be making a break for the bushes on the other side of the driveway. Hoping I don't run over it, I pull forward.
My window keeps getting stuck down lately, so I pull up to the window and open my door to hand the girl my card. Next thing I know, there the spider is, about a foot away from the window! So I say to her, "Um, you might wanna close your window a minute, because there is a HUGE spider out here." Of course, nobody really understands what you mean by huge until they look themselves, so she pokes her head out and screams, running into the center of her spot, away from the open window. Each barista takes a turn at the window, looking and squealing, and of course the whole line of cars is full of people pointing and covering their mouths.
At this point, we're all a little hysterical with laughter and creepiness, and as she finishes my order, the spider comes EVEN CLOSER, all the way to the edge of the window, with me going, "UM!!! UM!!! SOMEONE SHOULD CLOSE THE WINDOW!!!!"
The barista looks at me and says, "Are you ready?" So I say, "Yes!" and she tosses my drink and scone to me and I speed off. $10 bucks says the thing made it inside. I'm pretty sure it was a male wolf spider.
You know you want to see:
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