The poor slobs filling the coffee orders at Starbucks don't control the names of the drinks. They are required by corporate policy to respond to your request for a "large" by confirming that you are getting a "grande" because that's what it says up on the menu next to the price. They are confirming what the actual business transaction is. They aren't doing it because they are pretentious or in order to be jerks to you. They are doing it so they don't get fired. How pathetic is it for them that not only do they have a crappy low paying job, but they have to deal with pedants who probably won't even tip them?

If you want a "large" coffee, go to Dunkin Donuts. If everyone does this, then Starbucks will go out of business, and the poor slobs will end up working at Dunkin Donuts serving "large" coffees.

If I ever HAVE to go to Starbucks, I tip them.

I tip the 'poor slobs' at the drive thru, too. Something I doubt any of you do.

That doesn't mean I'm horrible because I think it's stupid to call it a Grande Latte Fukee Duckee.

Sheesh. Pedants? Who are you channelling?

and Grande means 'medium' :rolleyes:

"Garcon means boy"

;)

Yeah maybe that's a bit much. It is a stupid naming system, but it's not their fault. They are just doing their jobs.

At the beginning, when Starbucks was new to us, they would indeed try to correct you in a snooty fashion. didn't someone post a link about a woman getting thrown out for having that argument with a Barrista? I have not been to Starbucks lately, but it seems like they've cooled off on that a bit.

edit: yup.

oh wait... that was over her Bagel.

But do you not get this: I'm a joker. I joke. I make jokes, I say jokes, I write jokes. Do you honestly think I'm at Starbucks being a total fucking bitch? Well, I'm not. I doubt that lamplighter is either. I'm probably friendlier than the average bear to the people who are helping me.

Really, call me whatever, but you can't say anything around here anymore without someone tsk-tsking you and making you feel like garbage for having the temerity to make jokes about how damn silly our society is sometimes.

:(

you must be joking again.

OH yeah, I'm always joking.

Is it OK?

seriously?

I'm Total Cereal, man. Just don't forget the prize at the bottom of the box (probably some stupid joke or something.)

Oh, ok.. for a minute there I thought you had taken a relatively banal comment glatt made rather personally. You got me. cad.

Nah, me? Nah.

It's GOOD to be checked. ;)

Well, if we're being honest here, I wasn't directing my post to you in the slightest. It was Lamplighter that spurred me to post. Lamplighter in another thread mentioned that he doesn't like tipping wait staff. And in this thread he posted about how he "refuses" to use their terms and how he gets them to "set eyes a-twirling" by his responses to them. I like Lamplighter, but I get the feeling he's not an easy customer to deal with.

ok... here's your piss back.

I was trying to take it out of you... hope you feel better now.

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