A coffee counter with a keyboard. Not a sense of humor.
The counter / unit 294
One size. 12 oz.Menu price: 50¢No nicknames.
Approved vocabulary
01—03
Select a drink and take the receipt to the counter. Plain names. Standard drinks. No interpretation required.
Personal names are not ingredients. Someone once asked for a cup of Joe, the machine obliged, and we no longer discuss it. Neither is “surprise me.”
CUP294Counter copy Counter receipt
Your request
Qwerty input / counter unit
QWERTY input / preset> COFFEE
Item
Black coffee
Cup
12 oz
Quantity
1
Price$0.50
QWERTY input / preset> TEA
Item
Black tea
Cup
12 oz
Quantity
1
Price$0.50
QWERTY input / preset> WATER
Item
Drinking water
Cup
12 oz
Quantity
1
Price$0.50
QWERTY input / unavailable> DIAMOND OUT OF RANGE
Request unavailable. No beverage selected. Return to Coffee, Tea or Water.
Price—
Hand this receipt to the counter. One cup per request.
Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F G H J K L Z X C V B N M
A little clarity goes a long way.
Our machine takes you literally. We suggest you do the same.
Use the menu.Coffee, tea and water are the counter’s standard selection. Choose a preset rather than inventing a request.
Leave people out of it.No personal names, nicknames or requests on someone else’s behalf. A cup of Joe is not a coffee. It is a person, the machine does not make that distinction, so we make it for you.
Keep your cup expectations modest.One request, one 12-ounce cup, fifty cents. No bucket upgrades, no refills, no philosophical substitutions.