And now what?

A few days ago I had a business meeting with three ladies. We met at (where else?) Starbucks. Believe me, I'm not being sponsored by it! Unfortunately!

As the trained gentleman that I am, I offered to get the drinks for all of us. I'm not embarrassed to say that my knowledge of Starbuckisan language is very limited. I get all confused with the alto's, latte's, etc.

I any case, part of the order was a small hot chocolate. All the drinks were small (or alto) as they call it.

Everything was fine until the "barista" (i knew that one) asked me if I wanted whipped cream with the chocolate.

Now, I think that most women are very much aware of the calorie intake and such. I'm also aware than many people are very self conscious about hidden messages in someone else's attitude.

So here I am, suddenly, debating weather adding whipped cream to the chocolate and risking being considered insensitive to women's concerns or not adding the cream and having the lady think that I'm thinking that she has a weight issue and shouldn't add more calories. Total confusion and the barista is pressing for a decision

What to do?I finally decided not to add the whipped cream. I later explained to the lady that I made my decision based on general health concerns. A polite smile and many thanks put my conscience to rest (or did it?)