Starbucks

[Cecilie1200]

Dumbshits. 20 in Spanish is "veinte".

True. "Venti" is Italian, I believe.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Nah. That same cup at the convenience store is called a Large, the others being medium and small. Kind of makes it easy when you label things correctly.

I guess if you nme it something no one can understand, you can charge more.

What do you expect from a place that calls their employees "baristas"?

I make it a point to always buy my coffee from a place that calls its counter help "counter help".

 

[Jon]

I think Gunny just got through watching Role Models. He practically recited the Venti/Grande/Tall speech.

Starbucks does suck. I'd rather pay $3 for a frozen coffee from Sonic. And McDonald's McCafe is even better than Starbucks.

 

[Luissa]

I think Gunny just got through watching Role Models. He practically recited the Venti/Grande/Tall speech.

Starbucks does suck. I'd rather pay $3 for a frozen coffee from Sonic. And McDonald's McCafe is even better than Starbucks.

Yeah I like McCafe but I am more of a Dutch Brothers or the radam stand, you know the hut in the parking lot.

 

[DiveCon]

Venti - Italian to English Translation

tall is means alto in italian which is lowest and grande I have no clue! But espresso is italian well at least the starbucks form. Remember Paulie always got mad.

why the hell do i have to learn 2 other languages just to order a damn coffee

 

[DiveCon]

I'm just saying that if the place can't even hold a command of language, then its a pretty good shot that they cannot make coffee either. I'll stick to my Folger's Columbian brew in 2 and half minutes through my BUNN. Their s no other coffee maker like a BUNN.

i like my Keurig

plus i get a fresh cup of coffee every time

 

[Cecilie1200]

I refuse to play the "ooh, aren't we sooo pluralistic?" game that goes so far as to not even let me use the word "large" when ordering coffee at Starbucks.

Starbucks is an American company started in Seattle. Why does it pretend it's Italian? When you try to order a simple cup of coffee, the fun begins. Medium is a grande. Grande means "large" in Spanish, by the way. Which only confuses the matter. Because at Starbucks, grande is not large (it's medium), and they aren't trying to be Spanish, but Italian.

The liberal mind, in its warped state, has convinced much of America that if you speak two words of Italian (even if they are gran-day lah-tay), you're multicultural, and that's certainly better than just being American. Why should I feel guilty if I want to speak English at an American establishment of business?

Thanks to the liberal mindset, which insists that grande means medium, the poor Mexicans (who only aspire to a better life) feel they have a shot at swimming across the Rio Grande since it's only a medium river, not a large one . . .

So, medium is grande and large is . . . I don't remember. Venti? Venti, derived from the Latin word "vent", which is meant to be used in sentences like "I went to Starbucks to order a large coffee and had to VENT my anger at the fact that the medium was grande, and when I ordered it I only then realized it was not as grande as the venti, which I couldn't have known because for some strange reason I never thought it necessary to speak Italian in America IN ORDER TO ORDER A STINKIN' CUP OF COFFEE!"

But let me also remind you that they call a small a TALL! See, folks, I'm so backward and out of touch that I can actually remember a time when "tall" meant something was . . . (give me a second to recall those archaic bygone days) . . . NOT SMALL! And even if I protest this exotic name game, I can't win. The baristas (as they call their counter help) have been taught to speak only in the original Starbucks language, and by gosh they aren't going to budge. When you order in English, they will actually translate your order into their terminology as though if they accepted "medium" as a legitimate order without correcting your ignorance, somehow you beat them. Or maybe the guy who is actually making the drink wouldn't follow? To me, it also demonstrates the loss of common courtesy prevalent in the new America that states, "I'll help you up to the point that it inconveniences me, then you can just stick it in your ear."

It's the same kind of strange phenomenon that takes place in movie theaters when you order a beverage they don't stock, and instead of simply telling you that, they repeat your order back to you with the product they DO carry in its place. So, you go to the concession counter and the dialogue goes something like this:

Beverage Boy: "Can I help you?"
Me: "Yeah, I'd like a Coke."
BB: "Pepsi?"
Me: "No, a Coke."
BB: "Pepsi OK?"
Me: "Um, no, actually, I'll take a 7-Up instead."
BB: "How's Sprite?"
Me: "I'll just have Dr. Pepper."
BB: "We have Mr. Pibb."

Mr. Pibb. Who has Mr. Pibb but not Coke?

I want a language where you can interpret the words to mean anything you want so as to get your way. In my version, it would be something like this:

BB: "That'll be five bucks."
Me: "Uhh, here's thirty-five cents, thanks. And by the way, I'm leaving you a two-cent tip . . . Pretty 'grande' of me, don't you think?"

(From Brad Stine's "Live From Middle America")

 

[Gunny]

I thought there was a rule against porn on this site?

 

[Gunny]

what's that red shit all over it ?

Yeah, I'd LOVE for some of my friends to see ME sashaying down the sidewalk with one of THOSE.

 

[Gunny]

I share the G's embarrassment. I felt like a right dill trying to order a big coffee in Starbucks. I needed a bloody interpreter and that made me feel very uncomfortable. And I don't like poncey drinks but I have to admit in the Canadian ones they do this thing with maple syrup in a sort of lattice on the top, that's pretty good. But you still have to use those poncey words to order it.

I should've grabbed a big, big mug, brought it in and compared it to the ventage or whatever it's called and done the "that's not a mug, THAT's a mug!' thing.

Anyway even though I like the maple syrup lattice one I have to say that I found the coffee a bit too sweet (even without the maple syrup) in North America. Here we're used to a more European (Gunny don't lose it yet, I haven't finished) style of coffee which is much more bitter. At home I like to drink a German blend. I don't have a BUNN but I would definitely like one, they really do make a damn good coffee and keep it HOT and not bloody lukewarm.

European coffee is bitter? Try instant packaged sometime between the Korean War and 1980 boiled in a steel helmet. Now THAT's coffee.

 

[Gunny]

I think Gunny just got through watching Role Models. He practically recited the Venti/Grande/Tall speech.

Starbucks does suck. I'd rather pay $3 for a frozen coffee from Sonic. And McDonald's McCafe is even better than Starbucks.

I think I just recounted yesterday morning's nightmare and have no idea what it is you're talking about watching. If I'm on here, when am I watching TV?

 

[CSM]

european Coffee Is Bitter? Try Instant Packaged Sometime Between The Korean War And 1980 Boiled In A Steel Helmet. Now That's Coffee.

Amen!

 

[editec]

Life in America​

Went to some fast food joint to buy a soda

Ordered a medium soda

"We don't have a medium size"

You don't?

"No"

"Well what sizes do you have?"

"Large, extra large and Super"

"Okay give me whichever of those is 16 ounces."

"We don't have a 16 oz. size, just large, extra large and supersize"

"Show me the cups"

The person pulls out a 12 oz, 16oz ands 20oz, sized cups.

"I'll take the middle one. That's 16 oz, by the way"

"No, that's the extra large."

"Oh, okay."

 

[YWN666]

I always order a small medium or large. They will understand that if they want my money.

 

[GigiBowman]

So there I was, some knucklehead had spilled my coffee. Being the calm, cool and collected person that I am, I did not slay the moron. I walked across the street and entered the Starbucks.



What a bunch of wannabe-elite, preppy schmutzes! I was looking in the corner for Rod Serling to announce I had just entered the Twilight Zone! Alleged men in dress pants and sweaters buying coffee with FOAM on top of a rather phallic looking cup.

I had to read the whole menu to find what I thought was coffee, and ask if it was in fact coffee to which some geek affirmed. I then asked for a large and he says," You mean a venti?" I'm like WTF? Gimmee a coffee in the largest cup you got. For which, I paid $2-freakin-dollars for.

Moral of the story: Next time someone spills your $1.09 extra large coffee from the convenience store, slay 'em.

But Gunny, they have cushy chairs and mock fireplaces in some of these Starbucks and you're supposed to buy a cup of coffee, sit in a chair and wait for a hot chick to sit down in the chair across from you. It's a bar with coffee.

 

[GigiBowman]

If you've ever tasted a Peppermint Mocha Twist, methinks you'd understand. Unless you don't like espresso, milk, peppermint, chocolate, or whipped cream.

Bingo. I dream about Peppermint Mocha Twist

 

[GigiBowman]

oh, just the look of that sets my toes a tingle*

 

[del]

So there I was, some knucklehead had spilled my coffee. Being the calm, cool and collected person that I am, I did not slay the moron. I walked across the street and entered the Starbucks.



What a bunch of wannabe-elite, preppy schmutzes! I was looking in the corner for Rod Serling to announce I had just entered the Twilight Zone! Alleged men in dress pants and sweaters buying coffee with FOAM on top of a rather phallic looking cup.

I had to read the whole menu to find what I thought was coffee, and ask if it was in fact coffee to which some geek affirmed. I then asked for a large and he says," You mean a venti?" I'm like WTF? Gimmee a coffee in the largest cup you got. For which, I paid $2-freakin-dollars for.

Moral of the story: Next time someone spills your $1.09 extra large coffee from the convenience store, slay 'em.

my son works at the starbuck's up the street from us. i've dropped him off and picked him up a couple of hundred times, but i've managed to avoid setting foot in the place. he does get free coffee, so i bought a $12 black and decker bean grinder and stopped drinking chock full o nuts instant.

i gotta say, it's pretty tasty coffee, but not worth actually going into a starbuck's for.

 

[GigiBowman]

my son works at the starbuck's up the street from us. i've dropped him off and picked him up a couple of hundred times, but i've managed to avoid setting foot in the place. he does get free coffee, so i bought a $12 black and decker bean grinder and stopped drinking chock full o nuts instant.

i gotta say, it's pretty tasty coffee, but not worth actually going into a starbuck's for.

Does our son talk Italian now and has he started wearing plaid?

 

[Silence]

This is a whole lot of drama over some spilled coffee

Coffee tastes like crap, I don't care if it comes with foam and sprinkles on it. I hate that stuff.