r/comics • u/DaveKellett SHELDON • 4d ago

OC Remember that drink I invented yesterday? (oc)

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COME for the acrid taste, but STAY for the lack of caffeine!

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u/Kitt3n_Mitt3nz 4d ago

It's a much lower dose. Not sure where you are, but in the US decaf has to be at least 97% caffeine-free. If that's true for you as well, either you're highly sensitive or it's a placebo effect haha. I used to be a barista and we had to learn about caffeine safety.

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u/DeadInternetTheorist 4d ago

I used to be a barista and we had to learn about caffeine safety.

can you cut someone off like a bartender? if they're coming up to the counter with bloodshot eyes for their 12th cup in 2 hours do you get to be like "you don't have to go home but you can't tweak the fuck out here"?

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u/Kitt3n_Mitt3nz 4d ago

There wasn't a hard rule about that, it was more of a "use good judgement" thing. There was a salesman for a nearby store that would get 8 shots of espresso each day he worked - one quad in the morning and another one in the afternoon.

However, if he started getting more than that, we probably would have said something. I personally felt weird about the two quads, but it was already a thing with him before I was hired.

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u/WyattHMB 1d ago

In college, a friend and I got really into contra dancing. We would stop at Starbucks, order eight shots of espresso, add cream and sugar, and drink it on the 45 min drive to the dance. We did this every week on Thursdays… It’s a miracle we didn’t die.