Describe a disagreement you had with someone. Honestly speaking, I don’t really disagree with people that much, probably because I stay busy. And I usually believe that people do have reasons for having a different opinion. People come from different places, they have different backgrounds. And it’s usually pointless to just disagree with people and waste time debating with them. However, I am a human being and there are topics that are sensitive to me and topics where I believe there should be factual information and objective truth. And when it comes to coffee, whether it’s funny or not, I think some people don’t really know what they’re talking about. And even some of my friends recently, when we went to a restaurant, we were trying to have some meals together and we were ordering coffee. We started talking about coffee and two of my friends said that cappuccino and latte are better than regular Americano and espresso. It honestly made me feel really angry because if you want to enjoy coffee, I believe you should just enjoy the coffee itself without the additives such as milk. Yes, you can add some sugar, maybe some cinnamon, but milk doesn’t make coffee better at all in my personal view and in many people’s view as well. Any person who’s been in the coffee business for long enough will probably say that regular black coffee is the main choice and has always been. But still, we had a couple of disagreements. We started arguing pretty loudly over coffee. I think it was awkward. I think we didn’t need to do that. I didn’t feel good about it, but it was one of those topics where I cannot just accept people’s opinion and let them get away with saying something crazy. Like when they said milk coffee is better than regular black coffee. It just makes me mad every time I think about it.
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Describe a disagreement you had with someone. Honestly speaking, I don't really disagree with people that much, probably because I stay busy. I usually believe that people have reasons for having a different opinion. People come from different places; they have different backgrounds. It's usually pointless to disagree with people and waste time debating with them. However, I am a human being, and there are topics that are sensitive to me and topics where I believe there should be factual information and objective truth. When it comes to coffee, whether it's funny or not, I think some people don't really know what they're talking about. Recently, when we went to a restaurant, we were trying to have some meals together and ordering coffee. We started talking about coffee, and two of my friends said that cappuccino and latte are better than regular Americano and espresso. It honestly made me feel really angry because if you want to enjoy coffee, I believe you should enjoy the coffee itself without additives such as milk. Yes, you can add some sugar, maybe some cinnamon, but milk doesn't make coffee better at all, in my personal view and in many people's view as well. Any person who's been in the coffee business long enough will probably say that regular black coffee is the main choice and has always been. Still, we had a couple of disagreements. We started arguing pretty loudly over coffee. I think it was awkward. We didn't need to do that. I didn't feel good about it, but it was one of those topics where I cannot just accept people's opinions and let them get away with saying something crazy, like when they said milk coffee is better than regular black coffee. It just makes me mad every time I think about it.
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