Ogden Nash mentioned that in a poem that ended, “… I believe a little incompatibility is good in marriage, especially if he has income and she is pattable.”
If “Coffee”, unadorned by adjectives, is not on the menu, then I order in the manner of Capt. Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation — “Tea. Earl Gray. Hot.”
Some of those facilities manage to keep their beverages undrinkably hot for 20 minutes or more. In such cases, I ask for a small cup of ice, and add ice cubes until I can drink what I ordered.
How did Stephan Pastis get in here?