The last place you would think to find something funny, and a little inappropriate, would be at a benefit auction. Well, leave it to Chad to find something amusing in the program. After donating towards car seats for expecting mother’s, Chad leans over and says “check out number 14.” I burst into suppressed laughter prompting our friend Nikki to ask what’s so funny. Chad then points to number 14 and Nikki, being a mother of 2 adorable children, exclaims “well I could give you plenty of that for free.”

I came across this photo in my “r a n d o m” pictures folder this afternoon while I was downloading a bunch of old photos off my camera. This picture was taken with my first 1.3 mp digital Olympus, which was a second-hand gift from one of my regulars at the ‘bucks. It was 2003 and I had been in Chicago for about a year working as a barista/camp counselor/freelance graphic designer.

While walking from another day of “Fun ‘n Sun” to my closing shift slinging easy-iced, venti™, half-decaf, sugar-free vanilla, 2% lattes, I passed this lovely impromptu car sign in the back employee parking lot. This sage advice gave me a good chuckle and after seeing that nobody was out huffing down a few Newports, I snapped the photo to show to my fellow baristas.

(Oh yeah, I blurred out the employee parking permit number)