Guy at a coffee shop in Portland tried to explain diversification to me using his tea collection

He had like 47 different loose leaf teas and told me it was 'hedging against caffeine boredom' - I just wanted to know if their pour-over was any good. Has anyone else had a stranger launch into financial advice when you were just trying to order a drink?

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gavinb9728d ago

Does he also explain blockchain to people using his spice rack... because I had a guy at a farmers market in Austin try to tell me how cryptocurrency works by sorting his hot sauces by volatility. I just wanted to know if the ghost pepper salsa was any good and he went on a 20 minute tangent about pepper futures and market caps. It ended with him trying to trade me a bottle of his 'portfolio' for my car keys.

tylerj2228d ago

Ghost pepper futures for your car keys? That's a whole new level of crazy. Dude was ready to pivot from market analysis to grand theft auto right there in the produce aisle.

price.gavin28d ago

Pepper futures and market caps" - that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. Next he'll be explaining NFTs using his collection of expired hot sauce bottles. Portland barista probably has a whole PowerPoint about tea leaf yield curves and how his chamomile is a 'flight to safety' when the coffee market gets shaky. I'm half convinced these people just memorize investment buzzwords and wait for someone to ask about a drink so they can deploy them.