Starbucks "Customer Service" = Calling the Cops - Page 3

dmg1969 · 08-18-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dmg1969

Why the fuck didn't she just answer NEITHER when asked if she wanted butter or cream cheese. I'd say maybe she was having a bad day, but she's probably like that all the time. What a bitch.

Here, fixed that for myself.

Shawnee123 · 08-18-2010, 01:02 PM

Heheheee. I had to give you a jab. You're all right.

Sundae · 08-18-2010, 02:54 PM

Argh.
My great ally over the last six (can it be that long?) years is that whenever a male colleague has suggested I am suffering from PMS - and yes they have, albeit in jest, to my face - I've explained ad nauseum why I don't get PMS. I've talked them through the whole process of having a contraceptive implant, what it is, what it does and how it regulates the menstrual cycle. And then I've made them feel it in my arm.

To be fair, the men who've been close enough to me to "joke" about these things have taken it quite well. But I know they've thought twice about making those "jokes" to other women afterwards.

Sadly, in the process I found I can be quite scary to men.
Not now of course. Now I just never see them or talk to them.
But back when I had male colleagues and friends I realised after being an easy adolescent I was destined to a hard future as a crazy cat-woman. Getting the cats was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Flint · 08-18-2010, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Hahahahaha...you really didn't just say she must have been on the rag, did you?

Come, visit our century. You may find it welcoming and open.

What has science in "our century" shown? That a wild, roller-coaster fluctuation of hormones has NO EFFECT on a person's behavior? Or, that political correctness has trained us that certain things are "wrong" to say?

Sundae · 08-18-2010, 03:02 PM

Or that maybe it's not a catch-all response and therefore denigrates the reaction of the person in question.

What if the catch-all for men was, "Oops, couldn't get it up last night then?"
For some men it might be true.
But for many it would be a way of invalidating their anger and frustration in a given situation.

dmg1969 · 08-18-2010, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Argh.
My great ally over the last six (can it be that long?) years is that whenever a male colleague has suggested I am suffering from PMS - and yes they have, albeit in jest, to my face - I've explained ad nauseum why I don't get PMS. I've talked them through the whole process of having a contraceptive implant, what it is, what it does and how it regulates the menstrual cycle. And then I've made them feel it in my arm.

To be fair, the men who've been close enough to me to "joke" about these things have taken it quite well. But I know they've thought twice about making those "jokes" to other women afterwards.

Sadly, in the process I found I can be quite scary to men.
Not now of course. Now I just never see them or talk to them.
But back when I had male colleagues and friends I realised after being an easy adolescent I was destined to a hard future as a crazy cat-woman. Getting the cats was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

That's deep SG. For a while, I feared that I had inadvertently turned this from a thread about Starbucks into one about periods.

Sundae · 08-18-2010, 03:35 PM

I used to do it to show men that what they think is an off-the-cuff comment can actually be quite insulting (like calling people half-caste).

Most of them took it really well.
The others called me a fucking dyke, then impregnated me and chained me to the sink.

Okay, one of the above is untrue and completely unfair.

Flint · 08-18-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Or that maybe it's not a catch-all response and therefore denigrates the reaction of the person in question.

What if the catch-all for men was, "Oops, couldn't get it up last night then?"
For some men it might be true.
But for many it would be a way of invalidating their anger and frustration in a given situation.

REEEOWR! Somebody needs to get their bagel buttered!

lookout123 · 08-18-2010, 03:40 PM

Flint, you are cracking me up today.

Sundae · 08-18-2010, 03:46 PM

It's true!
Although it's not my hormones, it's the fact I am not sexually satisfied.

£300 would get me back to Amsterdam in October.
And a decent piece of American medicine, none of that foreign rubbish.

I'll ask UT for an additional tips jar.
"Will post for charnge!"

BigV · 08-18-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dmg1969

Here, fixed that for myself.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Heheheee. I had to give you a jab. You're all right.

It's how you know she likes you.

/voice of considerable experience/

squirell nutkin · 08-18-2010, 06:32 PM

What we need is a barrista like this guy to put miss smarty pants in her place.

Shawnee123 · 08-18-2010, 06:39 PM

Oh that's the best! I'd forgotten how good that scene is. I love Casey Affleck at the end, too.

Gravdigr · 08-19-2010, 03:24 AM

[Will]How ya like them apples?[/Will]

08-18-2010, 01:02 PM	#32
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Heheheee. I had to give you a jab. You're all right. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-18-2010, 03:40 PM	#39
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08-18-2010, 06:32 PM	#42
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08-18-2010, 06:39 PM	#43
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh that's the best! I'd forgotten how good that scene is. I love Casey Affleck at the end, too. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-19-2010, 03:24 AM	#44
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08-18-2010, 02:54 PM	#33
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Argh. My great ally over the last six (can it be that long?) years is that whenever a male colleague has suggested I am suffering from PMS - and yes they have, albeit in jest, to my face - I've explained ad nauseum why I don't get PMS. I've talked them through the whole process of having a contraceptive implant, what it is, what it does and how it regulates the menstrual cycle. And then I've made them feel it in my arm. To be fair, the men who've been close enough to me to "joke" about these things have taken it quite well. But I know they've thought twice about making those "jokes" to other women afterwards. Sadly, in the process I found I can be quite scary to men. Not now of course. Now I just never see them or talk to them. But back when I had male colleagues and friends I realised after being an easy adolescent I was destined to a hard future as a crazy cat-woman. Getting the cats was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

08-18-2010, 03:02 PM	#35
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Or that maybe it's not a catch-all response and therefore denigrates the reaction of the person in question. What if the catch-all for men was, "Oops, couldn't get it up last night then?" For some men it might be true. But for many it would be a way of invalidating their anger and frustration in a given situation.

08-18-2010, 03:35 PM	#37
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I used to do it to show men that what they think is an off-the-cuff comment can actually be quite insulting (like calling people half-caste). Most of them took it really well. The others called me a fucking dyke, then impregnated me and chained me to the sink. Okay, one of the above is untrue and completely unfair.

08-18-2010, 03:46 PM	#40
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It's true! Although it's not my hormones, it's the fact I am not sexually satisfied. £300 would get me back to Amsterdam in October. And a decent piece of American medicine, none of that foreign rubbish. I'll ask UT for an additional tips jar. "Will post for charnge!"

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