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Professor booted from Starbucks
upi. ^ | Aug. 16, 2010

Posted on 08/16/2010 11:52:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono

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To: scott7278
I can’t even imagine the horror of dating someone like that!

Well, unless you have an Oedipus complex I can't imagine you would want to date someone who is in her sixties!  Besides, she probably wouldn't understand what you mean, and interpret your invitation as an offer to marry her or somethin' LOL.

161 posted on 08/17/2010 8:39:26 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: JoeProBono

Judge Ginsburg? Is that you?


162 posted on 08/17/2010 10:34:52 PM PDT by YankeeinOkieville (Obamanation [oh-bom-uh-nay-shuhn] n. -- ignorance and arrogance in the highest offices)
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To: scott7278

I went back and reread the article and I see you are right—it didn’t say she ordered a plain bagel.

I don’t know that she acted immaturely. More likely, she couldn’t handle the pressure and cracked up. Happens to a lot of us old folks. Usually people don’t call the police, they just remember some crazy aunt they have in the family and move on.


163 posted on 08/17/2010 11:42:52 PM PDT by freethinker_for_freedom
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To: JoeProBono

The customer sounds like a real jerk.


164 posted on 08/17/2010 11:49:04 PM PDT by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Which is why the “like that” is so important. LOL. I’ve about given up hope on marriage, anyway - 60 year old divas certainly don’t interest me. ;)


165 posted on 08/18/2010 1:47:07 AM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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To: albie
I don't use the special language either at the Starbucks, especially the pretentious words they use to describe the cup sizes. I basically order a large regular just like I was at the Dunkin Donuts and never get any grief. I'm thinking there's more to this story as well, like maybe this woman was just being a general pain in the neck.

Speaking of Starbucks, their coffee prices aren't as high as they used to be. I'm thinking that McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts must be eating into their coffee market share.

166 posted on 08/18/2010 3:01:24 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 9 days away from outliving Francis Gary Powers)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Charbucks is a snooty fad business. I’ll never go there a second time.

Why the hell would you waste your time standing in line and then pay three or four times for a cup of burnt coffee?

You could get a truly large and better grade of coffee at McDonalds for a buck.

Lol.

My son and I just returned home after a road trip. We stopped at McDonald's and got coffee one morning, and he complained how awful it was. When we found a Starbuck's a few miles down the road, he dropped his almost-full cup of McD's coffee in the trash on the way into the Starbuck's.

I'm not a big fan of underroasted American coffee. I prefer the European style of dark roast, strong coffee. My son was raised on coffee the way I make it.

167 posted on 08/18/2010 2:35:52 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: exDemMom

I’m not a McDonalds fan either, but at least in Maine, they upgraded their coffee to a pretty good blend.

I like strong coffee too, but if I wanted Espresso, I’d order it.

By the way, how do you and your son drink your coffee?


168 posted on 08/18/2010 3:46:52 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate: Republicans freed the slaves Month.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
By the way, how do you and your son drink your coffee?

He'll either drink it black, or loaded up with sweet syrups. I like latte.

169 posted on 08/18/2010 4:20:31 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: scott7278

Great response, hahahaha.


170 posted on 08/18/2010 8:18:51 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Thank you, thank you. If I were to travel to New York State, I’d much prefer it to be for someone like you than a diva. ;)


171 posted on 08/18/2010 11:33:28 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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To: scott7278

Thanks Scott, but between you and me, I’m not in NY anymore. But hey, we can still go out if you care to visit me.  I will email you the info, hehehe.


172 posted on 08/19/2010 8:43:59 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Sounds really nice, Victoria...yes, please send me the information! I would love to visit you sometime when I can get away. :)


173 posted on 08/19/2010 9:46:24 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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To: scott7278
Do you always list the ingredients you do not desire with every order you place at a restaurant? My bet is you specify those ingredients that are included in the order unless you ask for them to be omitted. Starbucks bagels do not automatically come with butter or cheese. Perhaps it is more a point of logic than a point of English.

Why do you assume she raised her voice?

174 posted on 08/21/2010 8:49:18 PM PDT by skookum55 ("Why is the market going down? Because communism isn't bullish." Unknown trader, CNBC, July 2010.)
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To: ThunderSleeps

Small is tall and medium is Grrrrrande!@


175 posted on 08/21/2010 8:55:37 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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To: skookum55
I assumed she raised her voice because the police were called, and this was later verified by her own testimony.

Perhaps it is more a point of logic than a point of English.

This is nothing more than a lady on a high horse. I don't see why you feel the need to defend her, really. I don't think I'm being illogical pointing out her boorish, elitist behavior.

176 posted on 08/21/2010 9:02:37 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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To: firebrand

Actually, speaking of elitists, look at the way these down-to-earthers can’t STAND that someone might enjoy Starbucks coffee or pastries once in a while.


177 posted on 08/21/2010 9:04:54 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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To: scott7278

I assume you speak Starbuckese very well, which is your right. I believe extremism in the defense of the English language or logic is no vice, which is my right.


178 posted on 08/21/2010 9:07:52 PM PDT by skookum55 ("Why is the market going down? Because communism isn't bullish." Unknown trader, CNBC, July 2010.)
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To: skookum55

Absolutely not - I can’t stand Starbucks. The two times I’ve been there, if that, I’ve never had an issue with them understanding my language. I don’t live in a fantasy world - small, medium or large is all that I’ll say. Everything else is faux intellectualism.

However, if I order a multigrain bagel and they ask me if I want butter or cheese with it, I’m not going to flip out. That’s my right. :)

Have a good night!


179 posted on 08/21/2010 9:20:00 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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To: kromike; DCBurgess58
Starbucks is one of those leftist companies...

...Starbucks does respect/allow Concealed Carry.

I don't know how "leftist" Starbucks is. Certainly they cater to that crowd and if you go in to one of their joints the place is crawling with them - low wage help and big spending customers. Starbucks, the enterprise, is making bank off that combination, turning cheap commodities into big money.

180 posted on 08/22/2010 8:01:00 AM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (We need to limit political office holders to two terms. One in office, and one in prison.)
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