I had enough punches on

I had enough punches on my card to get a free coffee from the cafeteria “Starbucks” today. I say “Starbucks” and not just Starbucks because it’s not really a Starbucks. They just have one of the “we proudly brew” signs up.
Anyway, I got a pumpkin nut spice latte. (Notice how they add an extra word in there so it’s not exactly like the real thing.) I didn’t expect it to taste like a real pumpkin spice latte. But I also didn’t expect it to taste totally gross. I threw half of it away.
Last night’s sim was pretty crazy. I’m very glad that I stayed to watch, because I saw cases that I’ve never had to work before, and got my brain situated to handle that type of thing. It’s funny — some of the hardest cases only appear on evaluations. You never get to practice them, and then BAM — you have to deal with it during your big test. I’m not convinced that this is the most effective training method, but it’s how they do it, intentionally or not.
The particular case last night was an engine out behind a data path in the throttle bucket. It is my most-feared case because 1) the procedure to deal with it is complicated and 2) I have never seen it in a sim. No one handled it correctly last night, but at least now I’ve seen it.