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From NYT:

CITY ROOM

May 22, 2012, 10:02 AM

A Misunderstanding at the Starbucks Counter
By PAUL KLENK
Dear Diary:

METROPOLITAN DIARY

My ears did a double-take a couple of months ago when a customer at the Starbucks on Lexington and 40th ordered something called “a black guy.” The cashier repeated “black guy” to the barista, so I knew I had heard correctly. When I noticed others order this drink a day or two later, I became curious, and asked Frank, the cashier, “What’s a ‘black guy’?”

“It’s two shots,” he replied.

My jaw dropped. “You mean, like…?”

“Yeah,” Frank laughed, miming two blows to his head. “Two shots!”