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Professor booted from Starbucks
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| Aug. 16, 2010
Posted on 08/16/2010 11:52:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
She clearly has had no contact with the Latte language.
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:11:40 AM PDT
by
Tax Government
(We ask nothing except that our elected representatives uphold the Constitution.)
To: Anvilhead
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:12:20 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
Ah, the problems that occur in the big city and the suburbs. No Starbucks in this small SE NM town. No Denny’s either. However we have an overabundance of Mexican breakfast burrito joints where English is the second language. Green or red hot sauce with those beans, Senor?
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:12:39 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
To: albie
I like Starbucks coffee but I refuse to use their language. I always say a medium half decaf and half regular, no cream. Never been thrown out. Theres more to the story.Me too. I wouldn't go out of my way to go to a Starbucks but if I'm in an airport or somewhere where that's all there is I order a "large coffee".
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:12:39 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: JoeProBono
Is that when you just HAVE to eat a Filipino?
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:13:54 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: JoeProBono
Apparently the police will enforce Starbucks terminology, but requiring English language skills in place of oh, say Spanish, is a no-no. Now, repeat after me: it is tall, grande, and venti...never mind enforcing the border, get the sizes right! ;-/
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:14:12 AM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:14:30 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union, then we became them." Lazamataz, 2005)
To: JoeProBono
I never use their words for things, and I notice they always repeat my order in their language. One of them tried to prompt me to use the right language, and I told him, “you work here, you have to call it that. I don’t. I get to call it anything I want.”
He laughed. He didn’t call the cops, which apparently was lucky for me.
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:15:47 AM PDT
by
marron
To: freedumb2003
And they are just waitpersons. Barista is just stupid
About as stupid as "waitpersons", with all due respect
(What happened to "waiters" and "waitresses"? "Barista" actually means "bartender".)
This story is great, though; elitist versus elitist.
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:15:52 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Maelstorm
f I am going to fall on my sword it wont be over some stupid bagel. Exactly - the phrase "pick your battles" comes to mind. People have lost all sense of perspective.
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:15:55 AM PDT
by
scott7278
("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
To: Olog-hai
>>About as stupid as “waitpersons”, with all due respect <<
That was economy of words. At least I didn’t use the term “Waitrons.” ;)
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:19:35 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Either we have principles or we are just liberals following the winds a bit starboard...)
To: CedarDave
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:20:16 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Still Thinking
Is that when you just HAVE to eat a Filipino? Sure, why not?
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:22:38 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Either we have principles or we are just liberals following the winds a bit starboard...)
To: scott7278
"If you don't use their language, they refuse to serve you. Was she speaking English?
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:23:46 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: JoeProBono
The real question here is...why would an honest to goodness New Yawkah buy a foo-foo bagel from Starbucks when the real deal can be found on just about every corner?
I bet she’s a visiting prof from Berzerkly or something! ;-)
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:23:50 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Serpentine, Shel! SERPENTINE!)
To: freedumb2003; Victoria Delsoul
That is fine, but attitude goes a long way. When one lives like a jerk/beeyatch, they shouldn’t be surprised when one treats them in the same manner.
“The customer is always right” has been abused. It used to be applicable when the customer sincerely believed themselves to be right; now people will intentionally lie to get what they want, and act boorish toward the “hired help” just because they feel they can.
It’s quite sickening, really.
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:24:55 AM PDT
by
scott7278
("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
To: albie
I rarely go to Starbucks. Despite living in the Seattle metro area, I've probably visited them and bought something fewer than a dozen times. I, too, refuse to use their lemming-like language. I just ask for a coffee, and its never been a problem. Being forced to use their patented phrases is akin to being forced to advertize for them by wearing their T-shirt.
The prof may well be a Democrat and not charming, but one has to respect an English professor for using and standing up for the use of proper English. That's more support for our culture than anything I've seen an admitted Democrat do.
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:25:32 AM PDT
by
skookum55
("Why is the market going down? Because communism isn't bullish." Unknown trader, CNBC, July 2010.)
To: marron
My first job in the art business was setting type at an AlphaGraphics copy shop. The old bastard who ran the joint used to come flying out of his office in a purple-faced rage if precise corporate-HQ terminology was deviated from. When the phone rang, for example, we had to pick it up and say "Hello, Sir/Ma'am, and thank you for calling AlphaGraphics Printshops of the Future, my name is _____, how may I help you?"
Eight out of ten times we'd hear the customer hang up around the word "future".
My conclusion at the time: business people are stupid.
My conclusion 25 years later: business people are stupider than I could have possibly imagined.
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:27:02 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: fatnotlazy
I dunno, I sort of sympathize...
I get so irritated when I go to places where they have two sizes, medium and large. What’s with that???
This one is smaller than that one. Call the former small and the latter large. There can only be a medium size if there are three sizes.
Why is that so hard for people to understand?
Arrrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!
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posted on
08/17/2010 12:27:43 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(If it werenÂ’t so gruesomely malevolent, Islam would just be silly.)
To: JoeProBono
Has Obama weighed in yet? Who acted stupidly to him this time?
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