Irish Cream not Ice Cream

My life. Well, it´s funny sometimes. Like yesterday for example. I was at McCafe, the one, the only cafe inside McDonalds. Yeah yeah, I know what you all are thinking, but for reals, this place is legit. There are a lot of places to get good coffee in Costa, but if you want a good latte, well, those are a little harder to come by. BUT, McCafe, has lattes that are quite tasty...AND there is free wifi (which is pronounced wee-fee!).

So yesterday I went up to McCafe to read and to enjoy a nice latte. When I ordered(in Spanish) I said I would like a latte with Irish cream. The girl taking my order looked at me confused and told me no, that they couldn't do that. The conversation was all in Spanish at this point mind you, and I was confused as to why she couldn't put Irish cream syrup in my latte A.) Because I´ve had it done there plenty of times, and B.) I saw it on the counter right behind the chick, so I knew they had it. Ive never had any trouble ordering this drink before, but homegirl just wasn't getting it for some reason. She looks at me again, confused, and says in English ¨No, we cant do a latte with ice cream.¨ Oh gosh, she thinks I want ice cream. I even said cream in Spanish...crema, but she was really hooked on ice cream for some reason. Dannnngit.

At this point I was real flustered, which didn't help the situation. She then said no hielo crema. Hielo is the word for ice, and crema the word for cream...WHILE the word for ice cream is helado, WHICH I clearly know. I mean come on, I may not know a lot of Spanish, but I definitely know the word for ice cream! With out pausing she then again says in English ¨No Ice Cream in latte.¨ This was quite the mess of an order going on right now.

I figured the Irish cream wasn't that worth it, so I tried to tell her just a normal latte...AND then, she goes ¨Ohhhh, I know what you want!¨ and then pulls out the bottle of whip cream, WHICH is right next to the bottle of Irish!!! I tried countless times to point to the Irish cream bottle of syrup, but she would just shake her head and say ¨No!¨ So, 343 minutes later I got a normal ol´latte...with no Irish cream, or ice cream, or whip cream for that matter. And then today I went to McCafe again, and just ordered an Americano to save me the trouble. Oh Costa Rica.