Visiting a bakery and cafe in Shillong I chuckle that it's styled on a chain, but is given away as a small business by clues around the edges. It's simply the contrast which tickles me, now the trendy types have come full circle to value 'Independent' shops. But by far their greatest and most damning failure was their refusal to make me a cup of milk tea. Accepting that I have offended the 'no milk' purists, I was simply looking for a nice warm drink. The bakery clearly had milk available, having a wide range of milk coffees. But this small cafe is emulating a chain, and so must be staffed by powerless drones. Tea, damn it!
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