History Main / YouGetMeCoffee

* Jamal in ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' is an assistant at a call center, and is called a "chai wallah" (it means tea maker, although Jamal is not a tea maker in the traditional sense, people who were chai wallahs were often of a low social status and it is used as a jab at Jamal.)

* ''Film/War2007''. [[DaddysLittleVillain Kira Yonagawa]] arrives in the United States to find the local Yakuza chapter gearing up for war with the Triads. She makes it clear that no-one is going to war without her father's approval, and when they start waffling, she holds a knife to the boss's throat and tells his minion to get her a salad. Chef, blue cheese. With dressing on the side.

* Used by Sarge in ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', but for every member of his squad (since they're [[ArmedFarces pretty much equally useless]]), ordering [[ProfessionalButtKisser Simmons to kiss his ass]], Donut to [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl run around and scream like a girl]], and for [[LazyBum Grif]] to step in front of any bullets coming towards any commanding officer (Sarge being the only officer). Though Grif is the only one displeased with his order.

* ''Film/{{War}}''. [[DaddysLittleVillain Kira Yonagawa]] arrives in the United States to find the local Yakuza chapter gearing up for war with the Triads. She makes it clear that no-one is going to war without her father's approval, and when they start waffling, she holds a knife to the boss's throat and tells his minion to get her a salad. Chef, blue cheese. With dressing on the side.

* In ''Literature/HeirToTheJedi'', the character Fayet Kelen, owner of Kelen Biolabs, would often do this with his minions (he actually called his employees "minions") but then would soften it by doing something like giving them a compliment or asking about their family.

-->'''Lucien''': Ms. Roark, I have all the respect in the world for you. I believe in your right to equal pay for equal work and I believe in your right to bear a child or to abort one. But, since you are a law clerk, genderless in my eyes, I think you should be the one to go buy the beer.
-->'''Harry Rex''': "She" woman, I think that would be an excellent activity for you.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, the third witch with Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg (eg, Magrat or Agnes) seems to get this quite a bit. Usually it's "make the tea," but sometimes it's "run a simple errand even you couldn't possibly mess up." Of course, half the time this is because Granny is plotting something, but according to Nanny in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', this is part of the definition of the [[TheHecateSisters Maiden]]: she makes the tea, the Mother pours it (a play on the British phrase "I'll be mother") and the ... Other One ... drinks it.

* In the first ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' book, ''Literature/StormFront'', Harry Dresden wants to talk to Lt. Murphy in her office, without a cynical coworker listening. Murphy sends the other cop downstairs to get her some coffee. The other cop, who is smarter than he looks, knows exactly what Murphy is pulling and protests that talking to Harry is a total waste of time. But at her insistence, he goes anyway.

* A senior officer attempts to pull this on Monica Figuerola in ''Literature/TheGirlWhoKickedTheHornetsNest''. When asking a group of men if they want coffee, he turns to her. She coolly replies, "Yes, I'd like some coffee too", thus letting him know in no uncertain terms that she will ''not'' tolerate being treated like an underling.

--->''Then S.Q. was removing their blindfolds and pressing the intercom button. "Reynard Muldoon and Stic . . . er, George Washington here for their sessions, Mr. Curtain!" Mr. Curtain’s voice came through a speaker: "They must wait. Meanwhile, bring me more juice."''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation: F.L.U.S.H.", [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain the Toilenation]] ''really'' wanted to help Mr. Boss and the other villains, despite the fact that they ''really'' didn't want him to. Mr. Boss finally tells him he can "help" by getting them coffee, although he really does it just to get rid of him, hoping to finish their plan before he gets back. (Unfortunately, it only inspires him to try harder, which makes him mess up their plan ''even worse''.)

%%* ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada'': YouGetMeCoffee from [[BadBoss hell]].

* Occurs in ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', during "The Crimson Permanent Assurance" short: "You haul anchor, you prepare the mainsail, and YOU... put the kettle on." [[SeriousBusiness Then again]], for Britons, there is ''no'' more important task than [[SpotOfTea putting the kettle on]]. The captain even pronounces the last order [[MundaneMadeAwesome as if it's a matter of great importance]].

** Lisa's dreams of playing in a professional jazz band are dashed when Bart upstages her. "We were wondering if you... Lisa Simpson... would do us the honor ... of sitting in... ''that chair'' in the audience. We wanna jam with your brother!"
** This also happened to Bart in "Bart Gets Famous", when he ended up working for Krusty the Clown.

** When they were imprisoned in Florida and put in charge of a party, Marge devised a plan to escape and delegated chores to the other Simpsons. Lisa's chore was about the drinks.

* In the 1988 TV miniseries ''Jack the Ripper'', the Detective Sergeant played by Creator/LewisCollins turns up at the East End police station. The uniformed officers sneer when he introduces himself and say, "Around here sergeants make the tea!" Then Chief Inspector Abberline (Creator/MichaelCaine) [[WalkInChimeIn enters and says]] to the station sergeant: "Good, make us some tea then." Becomes a BrickJoke later on when Abberline congratulates another sergeant on making a good cuppa.

* In the 1988 TV miniseries ''Jack the Ripper'', the Detective Sergeant played by Lewis Collins turns up at the East End police station. The uniformed officers sneer when he introduces himself and say, "Around here sergeants make the tea!" Then Chief Inspector Abberline (Michael Caine) [[WalkInChimeIn enters and says]] to the station sergeant: "Good, make us some tea then." Becomes a BrickJoke later on when Abberline congratulates another sergeant on making a good cuppa.
* In the 1990's Australian legal mini-series ''Janus'', one of the regular characters is dumbfounded when he's working with an eccentric barrister who sends him to buy a packet of Rollos in the middle of a trial. Stunts like this make the audience think he doesn't take his job seriously, [[BunnyEarsLawyer but the barrister turns out to be quite skilled]] and wins the trial by picking up a detail that everyone else missed.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Played with as Molly Hooper is the one to offer Sherlock coffee, but Sherlock interprets this is as her fetching coffee for him rather then the two of them having coffee together.

-->'''Gordon''': Right, Bill, I want you to help Ian and Ronnie get those injured people down the fire escape and into the ambulances, alright? Phil, organise breathing masks and check the rest of the building. Laura, set up a first aid station outside the emergency exit.

-->'''Gordon''': Put the kettle on.

-->'''Gordon''': Bill, I want you to Ian and Ronnie get those injured people down the fire escape and into the ambulances, alright? Phil, organise breathing masks and check the rest of the building. Laura, set up a first aid station outside the emergency exit. Linda, get me a full list of names and addresses of people leaving. Don’t forget compensation forms and damage claims, alright? Patrick, make sure the carpark’s clear for the fire brigade. Debbie, get onto the hospital. Get me a full list of casualties, alright? Colin?

* In the 1921 silent comedy ''Film/TheWildcat'', female bandit Rischka says this to her father (the nominal leader of the bandits) as the army assault on the bandits begins. And he does it, grinding up beans and bringing her a cup of coffee while she is couched in a sniper's nest, firing at the soldiers.

* Rischka from ''Film/TheWildcat'' is the real leader of her clan of bandits, even though her father is the nominal leader. When soldiers from the nearby fort attack them, she tells her father to bring her coffee. He does, grinding beans and brewing a cup while the bandits are under attack, and bringing the cup to Rischka while she is in a sniper's nest taking potshots at the attacking soldiers.

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* Played for a surprising amount of heartwarming in ''VideoGame/{{Hakuouki}}'' between Hijikata and Chizuru, who knows that she doesn't have any skills that would be really useful to UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi but desperately wants to do ''something'' to stop being TheLoad. After an inspiring speech in which he tells her that if her motives are genuine she shouldn't [[PoseOfSupplication bow]] but should act on her convictions with her head held high, he sends her off to make him some tea.
-->'''Hijikata:''' The fate of the Shinsengumi rests on this tea. Don't screw it up!
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2: University'', the final class for business majors is "Internship: Coffeemaking at Landgraab Enterprises."
* From ''VideoGame/Persona5'', upon learning that your homeroom teacher moonlights as a [[spoiler: FanserviceWithASmile {{Meido}}]] and levelling her Confidant enough, you can call her to wash strange dirty clothes found in a MentalWorld to get equipment, build infiltration tools, or, in a literal example, make coffee (said coffee being a ''very'' effective ManaPotion, but it's still coffee).
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Comm Specialist Samantha Traynor has most of her primary duties done by the ship-board AI EDI. While she does have other duties, her main gameplay role is as your overpaid and overqualified secretary.
* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'': During the final boss of the "Octo Expansion" DLC, everyone has a role to play; Marina will launch her experimental hyper-ink bombs, [[PlayerCharacter Agent 8]] will have to detonate them to coat the boss in ink and disable it, while Pearl will warm up her vocal chords to land the finishing blow with a Killer Wail. When [[CoolOldGuy Cap'n Cuttlefish]] asks if they need him to do anything, Marina sheepishly tells him "You can... uh... be the hype man." He seems to be happy with the role, at least.

* Used by Sarge in ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', but for every member of his squad (since they're [[ArmedFarces pretty much equally useless]]), ordering [[ProfessionalButtKisser Simmons to kiss his ass]], Donut to [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl run around and scream like a girl]], and for [[LazyBum Grif]] to step in front of any bullets coming towards any commanding officer (Sarge being the only officer). Though Grif is the only one displeased with his order.

* ''WebAnimation/BadDays'': The police chief at a bank robbery tasks Franchise/WonderWoman with bringing coffee to his men rather than dealing with the bad guys. She's not pleased.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Lisa's dreams of playing in a professional jazz band are dashed when Bart upstages her. "We were wondering if you... Lisa Simpson... would do us the honor ... of sitting in... ''that chair'' in the audience. We wanna jam with your brother!"
** This also happened to Bart in "Bart Gets Famous", when he ended up working for Krusty the Clown.
-->'''Krusty:''' This is a dream factory, the birthplace of magic -- an enchantment! Now I need you to go clean out my toilet.
** When they were imprisoned in Florida and put in charge of a party, Marge devised a plan to escape and delegated chores to the other Simpsons. Lisa's chore was about the drinks.

* When the Trouble Alert blared its klaxon on the ''{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}}'', the adult heroes charged out to save the world, while Zan and Jayna got told to stay in the Hall of Justice and call 'em if there were any new Trouble Alerts. Of course, the action would inevitably come to ''them'' soon after....

* In "Cub Bouts" on ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'', when Wonderheart Bear agrees to help Hugs & Tugs because their friend came down with bearcitis, they ask her to get them food, feeling that she can't do anything else for them because she doesn't have her belly badge powers yet. This becomes the catalyst for the rest of the episode, because Wonderheart is determined to do more than this.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': This was Killer Moth's main job on [[EgocentricTeamNaming Team Penguin]] ("Mm, robust.") At least until he got some upgrades...
* On ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool'', when Timothy decides to work with Claude for a team project on the television series involving making a model space shuttle, Claude asks him to do the sweeping up and doesn't let him do any of the work on the project. The space shuttle turns out great and wins a star for the best class project, but Timothy doesn't take any joy from it, finding comfort instead in talking with his friend Yoko.
** In ''Timothy Takes the Cake'', a story from the book ''Timothy's Tales from Hilltop School'', based on characters from the TV series, Claude pulls the same thing on Timothy, this time having him clean up muffin tins during a baking project. This time, however, Claude's attempt at baking alone fails and he wonders what he did wrong; what thing he left out of the recipe. Timothy tells him "''Me!''" and together they manage to do some good baking.
* In "Rockstar Ruby" on ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'', Ruby the rock star toy has quit singing because her microphone is broken and asks Doc to give her another job. She makes Ruby her office assistant and gives her a large stack of papers to file while everyone else sings and plays music until she can't take it anymore.
* This was a plot point in the unproduced episode "Supertool" of ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'', which revolved around Andy's frustration with his career as a commercial artist for Jims advertising firm. When he thinks he's about to have a chance to prove himself to the higher-ups after the boss asks him to assist with the meeting for the new Chef-A-Roni ad campaign, it turns out he just wants him to run the slide show and make sure everyone has water in their cups.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation: F.L.U.S.H.", [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain the Toilenation]] ''really'' wanted to help Mr. Boss and the other villains, despite the fact that they ''really'' didn't want him to. Mr. Boss finally tells him he can "help" by getting them coffee, although he really does it just to get rid of him, hoping to finish their plan before he gets back. (Unfortunately, it only inspires him to try harder, which makes him mess up their plan ''even worse''.)
* In ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'', of the four members of the Action League, The Flesh has SuperStrength, Thundergirl has the ability to fly, and Stinky Diver has the abilty to shoot with his spear gun. Meltman, however, has [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the utterly useless ability to melt]], and thus the League often assigns him to get them snacks, including sodas, pizza, and donuts.
* The Creator/PBSKids version of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' has an unusually positive example in "The Big Race." Kenny, a bearcub that's probably about the same age as Brother Bear's little Sister Bear, wants to help Brother Bear, Freddy and Too Tall in making a racecar for the big race. They, however, already have things pretty much covered, but agree to let him help out, doing things that are pretty much "you get me coffee" type-of tasks. However, at no time are they ever mean to him and, in fact, treat him as a valuable member of the group. In the end, he is able to help them out when they realize that they're lacking a wheel by providing one from his prized wagon. They decide to let him be the one to drive the racecar at the race, though they pretend to draw straws for it, secretly snapping their own straws behind their backs so that Kenny was guaranteed the longest straw.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' pulled one in the very first episode, ''Legendary Sandwich'', where Raven describes where the ingredients of the titular sandwich are hidden: near the Lava Lakes, deep underground and hidden among the stars, retrieved by Cyborg, Beast Boy and Starfire.[[note]]Raven is trying to get them out of her hair using a made-up legend, so technically they are ''all'' fetching coffee.[[/note]] Then we get to the last ingredient:
-->'''Robin:''' Okay, let's do this! I assume you saved the most ''dangerous'' ingredient for the leader of the Titans?\\
'''Raven:''' Oh yes! The last ingredient is pretzel bread. It can be found...\\
''[Robin bursts with excitement]''\\
'''Raven:''' ...at the supermarket! Here's a coupon.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode "Lights! Camera! Danger!", Jimmy's father Hugh begs director Quentin Smithee for a part in his movie. Quentin reluctantly says he can be "Donut Boy", and Hugh, being TheDitz, thinks the movie is titled "The Adventures of Donut Boy", an undercover cop who plays by his own rules. It was meant to be this trope instead, but Hugh never realizes this, interpretting Quentin's orders to leave the set as preparation for another scene or to increase suspense. Turns into [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]] when Jimmy has Hugh feed donuts to the giant killer robot snake to short-circuit it [[spoiler:(Quentin, being Prof. Finnbar Calamitous in disguise, was trying to kill Jimmy and his friends all along)]].
* In "Secret Frog" from ''WesternAnimation/MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends'', Dragon, Bounce and Pansy join Spiderus's Sunny Patch Anti-Frog Squad as junior members. They ask what the first thing they can do for him is.
-->'''Spiderus''': Fetch me a berry, I had a light breakfast.

* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' does this to Honey in the first episode after Tamaki dispatches the other members to gather supplies for Haruhi's "makeover", instructing him to "go have some cake". We then see a shot of him from behind looking dejected as he eats the cake.

* In episode 6 of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', when the other characters are making dinner, Keroro and Tamama are told to go play video games, then to make sandcastles.

* In the ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' [=OVA=]s, Joker issues a series of commands to various departments, ending with sending Wendy to get some tea. In the next episode, all the various departments report that they are ready for their respective duties in the operation, but Joker does not declare them to be ready to begin operations until ''after'' Wendy has served the tea.

* In the 2001 anime of ''Manga/{{Cyborg009}}'', 007 asks 003 to get him an espresso to stimulate his creative juices as he writes a novel. 003, who just read [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue an excerpt from the novel]] and thus does not feel too impressed by 007, coolly tells him to get his own.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} doesn't drink alcohol, but darn it does he drink gallons of coffee. Here is a fancomic of [[http://lazy-lazy-ninja101.deviantart.com/art/Robins-Internship-251918960 the real purpose for ten years of Robins.]]
* In ''Franchise/GIJoe Declassified'', a mini-series about the team's origin, Hawk doesn't want to ask Scarlett, the team's only woman [[spoiler:until Shooter is revealed at the end of the series]] to get him coffee. So instead, he asks Snake-Eyes. At this point, Snake-Eyes was more of a MadBomber than a ninja, so he makes the coffee using C4. (This is pretty much the extent of what Scarlett and Snake-Eyes do in the mini; they were the focus of the ''Snake-Eyes: Declassified'' mini which came out around the same time.)

* Subverted in [[http://www.eyrie-productions.com/UF/FI/SOS/requiem.txt this]] ''Fanfic/UndocumentedFeatures'' story, as "get me a danish" turns out to be slang for [[spoiler: "hack into this computer for me"]].
* In the closing credits of ''WebVideo/UltimateUtopiaXXIII'', a parody of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, there is a take on ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Emperor Paplatine tells Vader that now that he has completed Order 66 to execute Order 67: "Get me a latte. Do not hesitate. Show no mercy."
* In ''[[FanFic/MonsterADeathNoteAU Monster]]'' after [[EasyAmnesia losing his memories]] "[[Manga/DeathNote Ryuuzaki]]" becomes the office boy who gets coffee and doughnuts for Aizawa and Matsuda. LaserGuidedKarma?

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', upon Tim discovering that his baby brother can talk and is some sort of corporate executive, the first thing the baby does is to tell him "Get me a double espresso, and see if there's some place around here with decent sushi. I would ''kill'' for a spicy tuna roll right about now," followed by throwing some money at him and suggesting he get a little something for himself as well.
* At the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'', the villain gives out orders to his henchmen and ends up telling the one named Keith to think of a more scary name.

* Occurs in ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', during "The Crimson Permanent Assurance" short: "You haul anchor, you prepare the mainsail, and YOU... put the kettle on." [[SeriousBusiness Then again]], for Britons, there is ''no'' more important task than [[SpotOfTea putting the kettle on]]. The captain even pronounces the last order [[MundaneMadeAwesome as if it's a matter of great importance]].
* ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' actually has a waitress on site to parody the frequency of this happening in [[CrimeAndPunishmentSeries Crime And Punishment shows]].

* Mocked in ''Film/MissCongeniality'' when Creator/SandraBullock's character is called up on her radio, told that it's "the usual", and uses her police siren and FBI badge to move through a line under the pretext of "Important business". However, all she's doing is going to Starbucks to get coffee for the office.
* Agent Smecker of ''Film/TheBoondockSaints'' does this to Detective Greenly whenever he says or does something stupid. Greenly, of course, can't catch a break, as Smecker does this to him even when he ''correctly'' guesses that the Saints were not fighting several armed men, but ''one man'' carrying ''six guns'', an idea that Smecker immediately dismisses as ridiculous.

* In the movie version of ''Film/{{Annie|1982}}'' starring Aileen Quinn, Mr. Warbucks gives out a long list of orders to a bunch of his staff when he begins the search for Annie's parents. His last order is, "And Sanders -- get me a drink!"
* ''Film/AceVenturaPetDetective'': After Dan Marino is kidnapped, Einhorn walks into the office and orders things like an autopsy report, for no one to talk to the press... "And somebody get me some coffee!"
--> '''Ace''': "Tonight on Miami Vice, Crockett gets the boss some coffee."

* Vikki Hiller is the only female editor on the staff of Bannerhouse Books in ''Film/DownWithLove''. To demonstrate their contempt, her fellow editors ask her to make their coffee, as the percolator is out. She does so, irritated, while explaining the gist of the eponymous book "Down With Love", concluding with, (paraphrased), "Until women are equal to men in the workplace."
* [[SoldiersAtTheRear Grimes]] from ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' is a DeskJockey with the ability to type and make coffee. He eventually gets drafted to the mission [[GoneHorriblyWrong that devolves into a battle]]... and still makes coffee in the battlefield.
* In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Emma is annoyed when Shaw sends her up on deck to get ice for his drink from a handy iceberg.

* In the prologue for ''Film/AlienCovenant'', Peter Weyland is shown interacting with David, an artificial human that is his finest creation, meant to be an immortal 'son' who will carry on his work. When David says something to annoy Weyland however, he orders David to pour him tea, despite the fact that David is across the room and the teapot is right next to him. The scene establishes how Weyland really views their relationship better than any dialogue.
* ''Film/{{Liliom}}'': Part of how Liliom takes advantage of Julie is shown when lazy, jobless Liliom barks "Go make some coffee" and she willingly submits.
* In ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'', Kip introduces his crew to his older brother, listing all the great things they can do to help with the car boosting. When he gets to Freb, he says "Freb can order pizzas like nobody's business."
* ''Film/JudasKiss'': The first thing Detective Friedman does on arriving at the crime scene is to order a uniformed officer to get him a tape recorder and a refill, handing him his empty coffee cup.
* Perry White does this to Jimmy Olsen in the 1978 ''[[Film/SupermanTheMovie Superman]]'', complete with specification of "black and no sugar".
* ''Film/TheLastSummer:'' Erin works as a PA who fetches coffee orders at an office and doesn't seem to like it. She says it's only for her college resume.

** In the short story ''Day Off'', Harry refuses to let [[spoiler:Molly]] into his lab until she bribes him with coffee.

%%* ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada'': YouGetMeCoffee from [[BadBoss hell]].
* The ''Bloodlines'' series by Richelle Mead has Sydney constantly doing this for one of her teachers.
* A senior officer attempts to pull this on Monica Figuerola in ''The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest''. When asking a group of men if they want coffee, he turns to her. She coolly replies, "Yes, I'd like some coffee too", thus letting him know in no uncertain terms that she will ''not'' tolerate being treated like an underling.

* In ''Literature/HeirToTheJedi'', the character Fayet Kelen, owner of Kelen Biolabs, would often do this with his minions (he actually called his employees "minions") but then would soften it by doing something like giving them a compliment or asking about their family.
* In the fourth ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' novel, this sums up Mr. Sir's treatment of Charles in a nutshell.
* ''The Bronze Horseman'' by Paullina Simons. Alexander Belov gets annoyed over how everyone is taking advantage of Tatiana to have her fetch and carry for them. When a potential rival for her affections asks her to get him some tea, Belov points out that the samavor is right next to him.
* ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety'':
** When not having them do actual work, Mr. Curtain likes to have his various minions, including his Messengers, Executives, Recruiters and Ten Men do this sort of thing.
--->''Then S.Q. was removing their blindfolds and pressing the intercom button. "Reynard Muldoon and Stic . . . er, George Washington here for their sessions, Mr. Curtain!" Mr. Curtain’s voice came through a speaker: "They must wait. Meanwhile, bring me more juice."''
** Reynie himself [[ExploitedTrope exploits]] this trope by bringing Mr. Curtain ribbons to use as bookmarks for his journal. Mr. Curtain is flattered, considering it to be "a proper attention that had been lacking."

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}: Played with as Molly Hooper is the one to offer Sherlock coffee, but Sherlock interprets this is as her fetching coffee for him rather then the two of them having coffee together.

* ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada'': YouGetMeCoffee from [[BadBoss hell]].

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017''. In the first episode, Alexandra is shown meeting in Central Park with Madame Gao to discuss their plans. Alexandra is [PetTheDog feeding the pigeons]], and casually hands the bag to Gao and tells her to finish feeding them. Given that Gao has previously been portrayed as a mysterious and powerful supervillain in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and ''Series/IronFist2017'', this shows just how powerful Alexandra is that Gao would act so deferential to her.

* Series/TheDefenders2017''. In the first episode, Alexandra is shown meeting in Central Park with Madame Gao to discuss their plans. Alexandra is [PetTheDog feeding the pigeons]], and casually hands the bag to Gao and tells her to finish feeding them. Given that Gao has previously been portrayed as a mysterious and powerful supervillain in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' and ''Series/IronFist2017'', this shows just how powerful Alexandra is that Gao would act so deferential to her.