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Blog Entry 92 of 210 From the mountains to 6th Avenue

Many Evergreeners commute. It's been described as a commuter community. Accurate. So there is an etiquette to commuting. The first rule: Leave early. Even if you depart for a 9 to five job at 6:30 a.m., you will not be alone. If you like being alone on the highway, go to Montana. The second rule: Leave early If you don't get off til 5 p.m., take a book on tape, because you will be sitting in traffic near Federal and 6th, and entertainment of any kind is helpful. There are polite drivers, like me, who let others sneak in, especially in merge lanes. I try. You probably do too. The one thing I have decided that will not happen to me is that I will not be mangled in a car wreck on 6th Avenue or I-70 in either direction. What do you do to keep this promise to yourself?

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Article Contributed on: 10/11/2006 3:19:38 PM

Just kidding.

But why not? Sometimes it takes great physical skill to do more than one thing at a time, successfully that is.

Witness the barista at Starbucks.
Whoooosh goes the espresso maker, whirrrr the blender, phone rings.

"I got it!" she exclaims in a cheerful, hurried voice.
I thought I heard her say, "Look at me, I'm perfect," under her breath, but maybe I imagined it.

So she is answering the phone, making an espresso, and whipping up a frosty caffee delight.

I'm thinking, "Damn, I wish I could do all that and not skip a beat."

Then I hear a crash, and an explosion of liquid and a high-pitched squeal. Wait, I think I just got sprayed with a fine mist of caffee latte with two percent.

Yikes, the frosty exploded like Vesuvius while she was putting the lid on. She did get the espresso made, but I think I heard a "Man that's hot," whisper from the customer.

Her smile turned to a sour expression, this followed by, "Well ok, I don't work at this store every day," as if customers rushing to catch their bus, CARE where she works.

Sorry, I can't help it if I'm sarcastic, and I prefer this adjective to "angry."

Maybe, I'm just jealous, cause I know I can't (successfully) do lots of things at the same time and do them very well. One gets in the way of the other, then, I start tripping over the third event, even if I'm only contemplated doing it.

There must be part of the brain that decides which people are good at multi-tasking and then . . . the others.

I'm glad the scientists are study this phenomena too, because then, when they say,
multitasking leads to brain deficits, or something like that, I'll feel better.

I think Michelangelo probably didn't do tons of multi-tasking when he was painting the Sistine Chapel, unless maybe, it was time for his espresso.

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Karen Gilbert wrote on 10/18/2006 @ 4:20:16 PM

Maybe the barista had been sampling too much of her own product ...

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Charmaine Robledo wrote on 10/11/2006 @ 4:09:00 PM

Hilarious, Karen! Yeah, sometimes I wonder about those Starbucks kids -- trying to concoct four drinks at the same time. But mine usually turns out good and for about $4 a pop, that coffee better be divine.