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Day: November 15, 2018

Cafe, Customer Service

Fruit Fly Walks Slowly Towards Drink, Goes in as Drink Gets Called

A person pours a cappuccino down the drain of a pitcher rinser.
RJ Joseph / November 15, 2018

  CLEVELAND, OH— This morning, during a popular cafe’s morning rush, barista Leila Tehrani watched a fruit fly hover around, then slowly crawl towards, a freshly-made cappuccino, only to enter the drink just as she called the customer’s name.   “I was steaming milk and pulling a shot for the drink, and this fruit fly was hovering around,” Tehrani, a…

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