yin and yang

now, for something completely quotidian: i drink only cold beverages; the woman is more normal in her variety. in any order of one hot and one cold drink, regardless of type or volume of beverage, swankiness or relative crowdedness of establishment, or age, experience, distractedness or sexual disposition of the waiter, the hot invariably is placed before me, the cold in front of her. even for the most astute of service personnel, who bother to ask 'who's having the coffee?', their hand actions by their serving tray already belie their inclination.

so far, this gender construction is batting a hundred.