Residentvagabond’s Weblog

What do you get if you cross a black and white pigeon with two wasps and a mega-large americano?  A cosmopolitan coffee experience in Portadown!

Whilst my trusty Rover 25 was getting a nice new pair of brakes I decided to do coffee and sermon prep in a pleasant non-threatening environment.  After a 5 minute dander with my laptop strapped to my back I decided on the new “O’Brien’s”, just beside the church.  After avoiding the unfortunately placed dog poo at the front door I wandered inside and over to the counter.  I ordered a large americano and fumbled in my pocket for a couple of pound coins.  Something moved, behind the big red sofa to my right.  I glanced at the girl behind the counter and she shot me a nervous, slightly flustered, glance back.  Eventually a black and white pigeon tottered out from behind the sofa.  “Do you know there’s a pigeon in here”  I said helpfully.  “Yeah” she said with a sigh “we’ve been trying to get him out all morning”.  I took my coffee to the other side of the cafe and opened my laptop.  Apparently it takes 2 O’brien’s workers, half a loaf of bread and 25 minutes to tease a pigeon out of a coffee shop.  It only takes one ministry student and a second-hand newspaper to kill two wasps.