i brought her a coffee after work and accidentally chose oat milk instead of almond. she looked at the cup, sighed, and said her ai companion would never forget something so basic
i apologized and offered to replace it. she said the mistake showed i didn't listen. i asked whether the assistant had ever stood in a long line after a ten-hour shift to bring her anything
we argued about the coffee for forty minutes, which is approximately thirty-nine minutes longer than any beverage deserves. eventually she said the relationship wasn't working and she felt more understood in her chat
i walked home carrying two coffees. i drank the incorrect one on a park bench and discovered i actually preferred oat milk. it was the only useful outcome of the evening