Starbucks. Do you find them annoying?
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English professor 'thrown out of Starbucks after objecting to corporate language'
Personally I can't that get wound up about the corporate language malarkey. You just get attuned to the correct sequence in which to order things, speak clearly to the barista as the environment is almost always noisy, use the terms they are familiar with, and as those annoying meerkats say.....
Some of the employees can be a bit literal and I don't especially understand the reasoning for the argument linked above re: you aren't going to get your bagel unless you use the exact words butter and cheese. WTF??
The Mrs used to work as barista, though not Starbucks, and certainly they had customers who got confused with the terminology and thought they were ordering something else, e.g. old dears ordering an "Expresso" and getting an espresso instead of the milky coffee they used to get in coffee bars in the 50s etc.
Personally I can't that get wound up about the corporate language malarkey. You just get attuned to the correct sequence in which to order things, speak clearly to the barista as the environment is almost always noisy, use the terms they are familiar with, and as those annoying meerkats say.....
Some of the employees can be a bit literal and I don't especially understand the reasoning for the argument linked above re: you aren't going to get your bagel unless you use the exact words butter and cheese. WTF??
The Mrs used to work as barista, though not Starbucks, and certainly they had customers who got confused with the terminology and thought they were ordering something else, e.g. old dears ordering an "Expresso" and getting an espresso instead of the milky coffee they used to get in coffee bars in the 50s etc.
In the days when I did eat at Mc.D's, when they said with "Fries", I always said "No, chips please"......
I dropped my guard in the states when I placed an order which included "Chips", not realising until it turned up that "Chips" over the pond are "Crisps".
Basically not bothered with the termonology they use in these places, better things to be getting on with really.
At least they do not say "Ello mate, git you somefink?"
I dropped my guard in the states when I placed an order which included "Chips", not realising until it turned up that "Chips" over the pond are "Crisps".
Basically not bothered with the termonology they use in these places, better things to be getting on with really.
At least they do not say "Ello mate, git you somefink?"
k you"F i F said:
English professor 'thrown out of Starbucks after objecting to corporate language'
Personally I can't that get wound up about the corporate language malarkey. You just get attuned to the correct sequence in which to order things, speak clearly to the barista as the environment is almost always noisy, use the terms they are familiar with, and as those annoying meerkats say.....
Some of the employees can be a bit literal and I don't especially understand the reasoning for the argument linked above re: you aren't going to get your bagel unless you use the exact words butter and cheese. WTF??
The Mrs used to work as barista, though not Starbucks, and certainly they had customers who got confused with the terminology and thought they were ordering something else, e.g. old dears ordering an "Expresso" and getting an espresso instead of the milky coffee they used to get in coffee bars in the 50s etc.
So should the customers change to fit some corporation or should the corporation adapt to customer needs and the English language?Personally I can't that get wound up about the corporate language malarkey. You just get attuned to the correct sequence in which to order things, speak clearly to the barista as the environment is almost always noisy, use the terms they are familiar with, and as those annoying meerkats say.....
Some of the employees can be a bit literal and I don't especially understand the reasoning for the argument linked above re: you aren't going to get your bagel unless you use the exact words butter and cheese. WTF??
The Mrs used to work as barista, though not Starbucks, and certainly they had customers who got confused with the terminology and thought they were ordering something else, e.g. old dears ordering an "Expresso" and getting an espresso instead of the milky coffee they used to get in coffee bars in the 50s etc.
She was a waitress (or bartender) BTW, barista is an Italian word meaning bartender
The Telegraph said:
The academic, who is in her early 60s, particularly resented being to forced to state that she did not want butter or cheese on her bagel.
Not a Starbucks customer myself - well not for a long time - but is the question so unreasonable? Surely no worse than 'do you want chocolate sprinkles on that?' (Not on the bagel obviously
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.Starbucks, Costa, Nero etc etc. All pants IMO. Coffee tastes like, well, not coffee really. It's very expensive for what it is, and the organisations seem to be a little too far up their own arse for my liking. At the risk of causing some consternation amongst the PH coffee know-alls - I think a decent instant tastes better than the products of the above-named vendors.
Look for the 'illy' sign, if one really must grab a coffee when out and about.
Look for the 'illy' sign, if one really must grab a coffee when out and about.
TonyHetherington said:
Vipers said:
In the days when I did eat at Mc.D's, when they said with "Fries", I always said "No, chips please"......
Would they not have sent you to a fish and chip shop then?Chips are chopped up potatoes. Fries are mashed up potatoes shaped straight.
Dan_1981 said:
I've never actually been to Starbucks... i'm not sure if this is good or bad.....
But how does this process work?
Can i not just walk in and ask for a large white coffee please?
But how does this process work?
Can i not just walk in and ask for a large white coffee please?
And you thought you just wanted a large white coffee
Spiritual_Beggar said:
fatboy b said:
I avoid them 'cos their coffee is shiite.
This.I prefer Costas.
In London, though, you can often get a better coffee from an independent if you are prepared to leave the main tourist areas. Better food too.
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