Ask for what you want

ask and you shall receive

I’m at Starbucks, ready to start my day with my morning pages. I’m standing in line and suddenly it is my turn. As I was lost in thoughts, I didn’t check out the menu yet. ‘Do you have black tea with milk?’, I ask the employee. (I actually don’t know if they serve it.) She says yes, she could serve me black tea with milk on the side.

I’m craving cheese. I saw that the cheese croissant was sold out. But I don’t want anything else. ‘Do you have more cheese croissants?’, I ask her. She tells me to wait for a second and checks behind the counter. ‘We actually do! Do you want it warmed up?’

You don’t always need to come 100% prepared. Ask for what you want. Even though it’s not on the menu. You might be surprised by what’s available, even though you didn’t see it at first.