Life is hard. Here is someone.

I went to my deli to get 20 dollars out and buy a coffee to get change to do laundry.
As I approached the ATM, Deli Man said, “Sorry Mami, the atm is down.” I said, “Where should I go?” He told me the laundromat or the other deli.
I went to the laundromat. How funny, I thought, I could have just gotten money here.
The atm was down there, too.
Are you kidding meeeee!! I said. What if they are all down in the area?
I went to the Other Deli. Success. 20 dollars. Shoulda gotten 40.
Went back to My Deli to buy the coffee. Why? I don’t know. I wanted to stay faithful to them.
They are out of large coffees. He asks if I want to buy two smalls, which sounds ridiculous but he only asked because I have done it before.
I cocked my head to the left ever so sweetly and said no, one small is fine. My deli game is not as nuanced before I have had my coffee.
He made my coffee and I pulled out my hard-won 20 dollar bill.
“Just pay me next time, mami. I don’t have any change.”