Wade Tatangelo, SoHo man on the street , reports this incident: I laughed out loud. Couldn't help it. Her boyfriend glared at me but what the hell? I'm standing in the long morning line at Starbucks in SoHo todayand a woman orders "a 140 degree latte." The woman wanted her latte served at exactly 140 degrees. I'm a new resident of the SoHo district and not yet a regular at its swanky Starbucks. Is it common behavior to request a precise temp for one's latte? Or was this person just a snooty prick?
This article appears in Mar 14-20, 2007.