Yeah, I call shens on that one. Amphetamines are expensive.
You mentioned it so here goes.
Yes, I dont know what was in that coffee but that was my only guess. But I dont know what else could have been in there. This was 1986 and I was 16, I had coffee before but never had half a cup (4 ounces?) made my head spin, heart pound and mind race like that. There was also a slight sense of elation.
Again, this was over 25 years ago and I 'worked' there less than five hours without pay. These people were criminals in a seedy part of town running a coupon book scam. They placed an attractive ad in the local newspaper, brought in dupes, felons and suckers (like me), made you fill out an ap, get a 30 min pep talk about how much money we would make than gave us a box full of phone lists to call.
We read from scripts and there was not much motivation until "coffee" was ready. The regulars were first in line and initially I was going to do without when one of the 'supervisors' brought me a cup. After that cup, I was quite motivated and made tons of calls and (possibly) a few sales. I say possibly because when I went to go check they said nobody answered the door at delivery to the sales I did make. All of them? Yeah right. Thats when I had no doubt in my mind it was a scam. Another guy who was with me in the office was told the same thing and he bit his tongue before starting to cuss out loud down the hall.
During our collective break time, the supervisors encouraged us to pick a card to gamble any current or future sales we might have made. So stupid.
I told them I was going to lunch and never came back.