Posted on 08/16/2010 11:52:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono
NEW YORK, - A New York English professor said she was kicked out of a Starbucks by three police officers because she refused to follow the cafe's ordering rules.
Lynne Rosenthal, who gave her age as early 60s, said she got into an argument with a barista Sunday morning because she refused to specify whether she wanted butter or cheese on her multigrain bagel, the New York Post reported Monday.
"I just wanted a multigrain bagel," Rosenthal said. "I refused to say 'without butter or cheese.' When you go to Burger King, you don't have to list the six things you don't want."
"Linguistically, it's stupid, and I'm a stickler for correct English," she said.
Rosenthal said a manager called police during the incident and three officers who responded to the scene ordered her to leave the store.
"It was very humiliating to be thrown out, and all I did was ask for a bagel," Rosenthal said. "If you don't use their language, they refuse to serve you. They don't understand what a plain multigrain bagel is."
A Starbucks employee at the store during the incident said Rosenthal was being unreasonable.
Ha! If we had one here that’s probably what it would look like.
Dunkin’ Donuts seems to be on the wane but yeah, they do have some great coffee. These days my favorite place for a good, fast, “plain old coffee” is McDonalds. Most who haven’t tried it would be pleasantly surprised, I bet.
The only fast food places where I see the illegal amigos are in Mickey-Ds in the SW and Calipornia, and I don't like Mickey-Ds anyway.
Besides, if you really want crappy service in New York, go into any supermarket.
That would be me, but to be fair, I first heard it from my aunt.
We have Tim Horton’s in NY now, but it aint the same as in Canada, as the owners from Hyderabad seem to like sharing their ingredients/kitchen with their brother’s Dunkin’ Donuts down the block.
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