Aug 18, 2021 10:37 AM
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Yayy
this joke is so fucking stupid, just take the venti you idiot
MrGravity
Ah, this is posted again by someone who hasn't seen the movie so they don't know what happens immediately after this clip.
CureForHomoSapiens
Noughmad
But "venti" is not the only one in Italian, "grande" is too.
3dartwork
Every time this is reposted. A Venti is called that because of the ounces in the cup
rufio42
It pisses me off that his character is clearly depressed and struggling in this film and everyone gives him shit for it
BlueSheep
Being rude? I mean yes this is a stupid size system but in this story she is a simple Starbuck employee, she can't do shit about those names
toptac
Love the scene and the coffee shop. Use to stop by every morning for years.
dghughes
The sizes used to be just be called tall and short when Starbucks first opened. The grande and venti were added many years later.
dragonfliet
Yup. Look, cutesy naming is dumb, but it makes sense in context and it isn't a big deal either way.
Beleethisnow
I feel like I just saw Animaniacs acted out live right now
confanity
Is it really very Paul Rudd of someone to verbally abuse a worker because of decisions made by some corporate overlord?
pip1
Starbucks is stupid in 3 languages, not the wageslave making your overprized coffee
ridesurf
he's got a point.
UncleRat
I would remind the counter person that they are under no obligation to serve him.
cheddarhat
"Grande" is "large" in Italian, too.
Deadpool854
TheGhostofCarrieFisher
This was a hilarious line in the movie and so true and perfect for Paul Rudd.
BORGALOOGIE
delaney731
"You're"... jerks being jerks to people just working their jobs. Could have said "Starbucks"
thosBeanss
Isnt it twenty ounces of coffee? Like 590 millilitres? Cant they both be right? Who's going to stick up for those poor corporations?
Don't stick up for the corporation; stick up for this poor worker who isn't the one going around naming any of the drink sizes.
*Neocons assemble*!
NoNameFred
*568 millilitres
aethryll
from another user. 1 US Oz = ~29.6 ml
Half. A liter. Of coffee. What.
MVMVMVMVMV
2.5 8oz. servings. Less than 2 standard mugs. It's American style drip coffee, half a liter isn't that crazy.
Evi1Gav
Well, mostly half a litre of sugar, syrup, and any other flavour - plus a shot of espresso.
applesforjuice
He said black coffee...
cmdrrogers
I believe a Starbucks venti is 24oz
Baelnorn
I think it was 20oz hot and 24oz for cold drinks to account for the ice. Been a while since I've been.
LordOfThePenguin
Iced Venti is 26, hot venti is 20
neatguy122
I had this exact conversation the first time I went to a starsuks.
UnhelpfulAnswers
I can't get used to their size names so I just say "large". No one makes a big deal about it
LifeWithoutPassionIsNotLife
Literally every time I've ordered a Large coffee at a coffee shop, the answer is, "Ok". Then they proceed to get my coffee.
MissterE
I remember the time I asked for medium fries and the clerk was like "you mean regular?" and I just walked the hell out without anonther word
CandidGamera
How dare that pleb confirm something to get your order correctly. You go, Karen!
krysumwhere3lse
Exactly no one tries to teach you anything large just means the biggest one if you asked for small you'd get the smallest one
RecurringNightmare
ahaha nope...sizes for coke at cinemas here are like 'kids-small-medium-large-extralarge-superlarge'...so as an adult you are tempted to >
> at least order a medium to not be pathetic, but the fact that medium is 5l and costs 20€ teaches you to shamelessly order a kids coke <<<
eronth
That's because they decided to stop pushing them and accept regular sizes like 5-10 years ago, but nobody really heard about it.
iayork
I've been ordering "Large" from Starbucks since 1995, and never had any pushback.
And if they do it's because shop management is breathing down their necks about corporate identity because franchise management is ->
Tifandi
yeah the corporate bs was the issue, not the customers being confused and not the employees forced to dance their little dance.
<- breathing down their necks about corporate identity, not because they are stupid or paid enough to deal with your Karen bullshit.
MantisTobogganPilotMD
all 3 actors were in Wet Hot American Summer years earlier, also directed by David Waine, who is also a creator of Stella, which PR appears
Whitemannatee
Hey everyone, check out 6 Degrees of Michael Ian Black over here! But seriously I loved Stella.
Would have loved to see a live show. It’s amazing to see all the big names in comedy today who were a part of that.
IDemandYourNudesInMyInbox
I think only stupid people would glorify this part, he's such an ass.
sulsulnooboo
Glad no one tries to force me to say Venti at my Starbucks. The company also does right by its people, gives them a free online degree etc.
Kats8652
Only ordered coffee at Starbucks once, asked a large or venti or whatever black coffee. She asked if I needed anything else in it. 1/2
2/2 nope just black, thanks. She smiled and gave me my black coffee, it was pretty good and a lot of coffee.
shavedmonkey74
The older I get the more I identify with this scene. It just shifts to whom I identify with. At this point it's Rudd.
ExoCyberBit
If a venti is a large, what's the issue with asking for a large?
insegrevious
There isn't one. You can call it a large and they know what you mean. This is just a comedian writing a joke, delivered well.
Yeah, frames it such that you can relate to Paul Rudd's character
Kunitsu
thankfully thats been my experience! stopped by a starbucks once out of curiosity and noone gave me any shit for ordering whatever a med is
They're like anyone else. You can just go in and say you want a coffee, they don't ask "you mean a soy venti latte spiced matcha?"
They'll give you one of the signature things that Starbucks started with, roasted medium bean coffee. They got popular for a reason.
i went and asked for a medium cookie mocha chocha thing, thats what my boss called it so i had no fuckin idea what he meant! the barista
Kennleth
I believe you left out the part when she responds. “It’s called venti because it’s 20 oz.”
Zetor
As in wizard of oz? Still makes no sense
NightmareRangerMask
She actually responds with "Listen dick venti is large" and he says "says who Felini?" Idk how to spell the name he says
VindictiveBathToaster
It’s still completely unnecessary to over complicate something as simple as the size of a coffee cup. I’m with Paul Rudd on this one.
oaberbyamd
She just works there, no need to call her stupid.
Daishudo
If they going to use Italian for 20oz, the other sizes should be similar. Except it's not because it's a dumb naming convention.
Real fluid ounces (28.4 ml each), or silly fake ones (29.6 ml each)?
The silly fake 29.6ml ones according to the above commentors chart
MrE158
Doesn't matter, neither are used in Italy.
itisanimgurnaccount
Trick question. All imperial is stupid and silly. Get with the program idiots
Ltjohnmcclane
itrynottocommentbutyoumakemecringe
What did you just say about Imperials…?
You heard me
snoozer
Today I learned there is a US fl oz and regular fl oz. TELL ME WHY
The US version is based on the weight of wine, rather than the weight of water. But, different wines have different weights… *facepalm*
US fluid ounce is based on the US gal, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in UK prior to 1824. Wow
BUT WHY. Hahahaha I’ve learned a 2nd thing. But why wine over water?
Zeterai
Hope she chokes on a biscotti. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi9BRgjvOlk
JaccoW
Bloody old-school here. This was originally flash animation right?
wookietiddy
I'm not even clicking on the link first but I'm guessing this is Foamy the Squirrel.
Nailed it
ShenanigansForHireExperiencedBeerTasterAndCraicFacilitator
Which also doesn't make complete sense, since it's not 20 ounces, it's 20 fluid ounces. I'll have the one pint sirloin, medium rare.
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Let me just call up the blender chef, sir.
poppadum
Damn, can we do that? I'll have a pint too, none of this 8oz business
Burntpubes
Bernaise sauce also?
kaboomdeactivated
It comes in PINTS??
TooCuteToDie
So.. a bottle of 20 ounces of alcohol is smaller in volume than 20 ounces of water? Can I buy gas by weight instead of volume?
Just realized that ounce of water doesn't weigh one ounce. What is the history of that. Is on an ounce of some old king's piss one ounce or?
1 British Imperial Fluid Ounce of water weighs 1 Ounce. 1 United States customary Fluid Ounce does not — it's about 4% larger.
This is because the US fl.oz is based on wine (which is far more variable) rather than water (which varies less, so makes a better measure)
RealFuckinNeeto
When in conversation when previously talking about liquid cups do you have to specify fluid ounces instead of ounces? Is it not implied?
It is implied, yes.
UnashamedTalimancer
It's usually implied, but one is weight and one is volume, with water as the standard for both.
I've only seen it used this way in North America, which doesn't help as their fluid ounces are a different volume to my fluid ounces.
PetricusGaming
Still a stupid naming scheme, that was the point.
Agreed, but when it's your company, you can call it wtf you want. I watch the food network a lot of restaurants call their food fun names.
aaronTieMagnet
Just wait until you hear about sizes of astronauts' weenie tube for pee collection. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spacesuit-envy/
And the counter staff is stupid because of that why exactly?
bellehiver
Because she lives in the USA and should not be confused by the term 'large' as a size option.
OberynNymeros
the point of the whole bit was that his character DIDN’T realize that it was 20oz
FelixTheCAT5e
Right, but he wasted a large. Not a 20.
MrBobSaget
It was a marketing tool. Stupid or not, it worked.
strangelyaddicting
Not for me it didn't. I'd like a large please.
if you go to starbucks... then it worked. It's part of their identity and it helped solidify them as a "unique" brand
Great. I'd like a large please.
imapencil
Still a dick, what can that girl do about it? Just ruined someone's day, congrats, you both lose. It's fiction, but people look up to him.
PorneliusHubertII
In the fiction he is instantly corrected and is called out as being an asshole
hawkesnightmare
If your head is so far up your ass that you can't parse between tall/grande/venti and small/medium/large, you deserve this conversation.
I ordered the Acai berry refresher once and pronounced it wrong. Barista scoffed and said "you mean the açaí berry refresher?" Like I was
An idiot for not pronouncing it right. I'm too socially anxious to reply to that with anything but "uhh yeah" but it was still inappropriate
You learned how to pronounce a foreign word? Let that be your takeaway, not the guy being a dick about it.
CometLaHal
You act like he wrote the lines
Yeah. Total douche. But what she could have done is gave him the biggest coffee they have and be done. Avoiding the whole conversation.
He could have just replied, "yeah, I meant venti, thx" and not be a Karen about it.
MagicMerlin
I always ask for a large at Starbucks, and that's what they always do
LicensedAdHominem
If he refers to this, saying "large" would refer to grande. "Largest you've got" would be trenta:
qwwqqq
Honestly what is the reason for naming it like this? Isn't it just unnecessarily confusing?
AterAeterna8
Still stupid naming convention. I'll pay $6 for 20 ounces of coffee at Starbucks or 3$ at Tim Hortons. Tim Hortons even mixes it for you.
HandoB4Javert
olympede
Short or tall is enough for me!
lyralyon
The Trenta didn't exist yet when this movie came out
FunnyPlatypus
Extra-small, small, medium, large, extra-large.
usmcpi
I don’t think Starbucks had trenta when the movie came out
Hmm, then I guess he'd be ordering Grande, which is the only one to mean Large exactly, and the woman would be pushing him to get a Venti. ⤵
⤷ Personally, if I were to confirm, I wouldn't ask the exact name (already established by then he doesn't follow them), but tell the price.
TELunus
Why is the venti (and only the venti) different sizes depending on warm vs. cold?
norticat
Who is ordering a litre of coffee… ?
OneMeowsketeer
I had 2 one day during finals week cause all of my exams were crammed in the first 2 days and I needed to stay up and study.
TankTrain
I make myself a litre of coffee every morning.
...I may have a problem.
TheS4ndm4n
1 shot espresso, extra soy milk, double creme, 15 pumps of caramel and pumpkin spice.
This guy. I'll order coffee by the gallon.
Who even orders coffee? Personally, I'm a dehydrated caffeine with petal water kind of a person
SuperRockinMrMagic
I would have been all this time if I knew it was an option
trapdoorogre
Now I'm trying to figure out how to get as close to a litre with the given sizes.
plena
Americans
IHaveAForest
Me.
Magjee
...no one
Youre right i wouldn't drink it by the litre. I drink my coffee by the gallon.
I do. Well, I make it myself. Drip coffee. I wouldn't get a litre of espresso. That may kill me.
SuperSaiyanSasquatch
The hell do you think the internet is built on? It floats atop the Sea of Arabica.
SirBonSama
My old sarge would make a pot of coffee, then take the pot and use it as his cup until his doc told him to stop
ArkenX
My command shifted our schedule really shittily and everyone became aggressively addicted to shit sludge coffee. Good times.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
We had a fun game where you would guess the rank by the color of the inside of the mug. NCOs were always black.
samanthadlcruz
someone that is stuck on site all day and can't go refill a cup every 2 hours?
TheTechDweller
So you sip a cold cup all day?
dyxj
You can only order cold, non-espresso drinks in the Trent's size anyway, or so they told me, so you're starting with cold coffee (or tea).
you've never seen a thermos?
IsntTaken
I want a God damn litre of cola!
That's disgusting. Sure it's probably the watered down, ice nuked, machine shit but still. Why?
KarenFromTheHOA
Liter is french for give me some fucking cola!
Bet you can get one at Shenanigans.
zErrix
*Click click click* ... Enhance
CanadianOneDollarCoin
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TinyOctopus
If you go into a store and harass an employee over the company's naming choices, tiny octopus thinks you're an asshat.
Aldri2
It's because he's a miserable dick (according to the movie)
idontknowyoufromadam
if your company requires the use of obscure code names instead of the common ones then your entire company is an asshat.
Tiny Octopus thinks that in most cases, there is no qualifier needed. Large corporations are generally asshats.
aSuspiciousPanda
I rarely go to Starbucks, but they know what you want when asking for a large. Both were being insufferable in this clip. But its a movie.
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
I go to Starbucks so infrequently, I forget which is which. Once they stopped putting sizes in the menus, I gave up. Still just say large.
Instead of being an asshole, I just avoid going altogether and look for a Dunkin instead.
KramersCat
Not nice, but employee knows what he meant and could give him the largest cup they have available instead of forcing him to say "venti".
[deleted]
Please show me a time that Starbucks had a small medium and large. That were different sizes from what they have today
rhmrcScifiBandit
I don't go to places like this often but everytime i do and order a "large" or "medium" they give it to me with no problem
arikelrecords2000
Rudd even says 2 of the names mean large and he doesnt want them, then it's her fault for giving him the wrong one
TeaOverdose
Employees are required to make sure because customers who are rude at first will be ruder later if it's not what they meant.
Tiny Octopus still remembers this when a customer yelled at him because they "didn't want this floppy-ass crust, we wanted the original!"
sleepinggreenidea
You do realize this is fictional & the author is literally putting works in the employee's mouth so the audience can get mad at her, right?
Yup, it's the writer punching down and the producers paying two actors to feel good about it
(It's utterly sanctimonious and bad, lazy writing that's mean to appeal to the audience's worst nature.)
synavaavi
This is true, and later in the scene Elizabeth Banks tells Paul Rudd off for being shitty and miserable.
Tiny Octopus worked at a Pizza Hut and they offer three different crusts. Pan, Hand-Tossed, and Thin. Customers order and will ask for the
IAMAnnaconda
Tiny Octopus knows how to function as a kind and decent person in the real world instead of just being mad on the internet. Thanks, T.O.
See ill disagree Tiny Octopus is being ignorant to Remember being supers point. That's neither kind nor decent, that passive aggressive.
RememberBeingSuper
But I've never been to a pizzahut that when I said "I want a large pizza" the corrected me by saying "you mean 18" pizza? That's our large."
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
I work at a pizza restaurant. I correct "large/medium" and "small" to 11" and 6" respectively, otherwise CUSTOMERS YELL AT ME.
That's because a large is 14". :D. And also, the naming convention at Pizza Huts are medium and large. But Tiny Octopus has had plenty of
Ok maybe not Pizza Hut, then dominos, little Ceasa. No pizzeria asks its employees to treat customers like that. You're avoiding their point
I had the size off. But if I go in and ask for a 14", they still won't correct me over its name. I was just pointing out size vs style.
people ask for a small pizza, and had to ask if they meant a personal pan or a medium. Because there is no "small" on the menu.
"original" crust. Learned the hard way that everyone has a different idea of what "original" means. So, you go to a store, make it easy for
the csr behind the counter, and you order using the naming conventions that the store has established. And when they say, "You mean X?", you
penzick
The problem is when you don't know their code. It's the corps job to train employees to embrace new customers by helping them get what they
I agree when there's no clear definition of what means "original". But I think we can agree what small, medium and large means.
say, "yes." And then at the end, when they hand you your 20 ounce tepid overpriced bean water, you say, "Thank you."
petresun
Welp, I'm an asshat. They know what a large house coffee is. I won't harass them but I also think it's a bit silly to NEED to be different.
maydai110
If they want to be different you can think its dumb but let them be different. Don't force others to change, just go with the flow.
See, you are asking me to change because it might... hurt their feelings? It's trivial in the first place and they know what a large is 2/2
Equivalent too. They should probably go with a mutual flow of respect. Just because u wanna be different doesn't mean I need to change. 2/2.
Do you harass them? Do you go on a tirade every time they say, "Okay, one Venti."? If so, then yes, you're an asshat. If not, you're not.
I actually won't go to Starbucks any more because of this exact experience. The barista wouldn't let it go and neither would I. I don't 1/2
think it wise to start altercations with customers over minutiae, especially throwing me so much shade you lose a regular. But that's me.2/2
RageMonk
I mean it sounds like it was an overall positive for the cashier....
I wont harass them but if they go outta there way to correct me, that's a little much. I'd probably say "yes, you know what I mean, silly!"
From the CSR point of view. In some cases, we're listened to and failure to use "company terms" is bad and can affect future raises because
we aren't a "team player." Corporate wants you to use the company terms because then that term and coffee get linked in your head, so when
Yayy
this joke is so fucking stupid, just take the venti you idiot
MrGravity
Ah, this is posted again by someone who hasn't seen the movie so they don't know what happens immediately after this clip.
CureForHomoSapiens
Noughmad
But "venti" is not the only one in Italian, "grande" is too.
3dartwork
Every time this is reposted. A Venti is called that because of the ounces in the cup
rufio42
It pisses me off that his character is clearly depressed and struggling in this film and everyone gives him shit for it
BlueSheep
Being rude? I mean yes this is a stupid size system but in this story she is a simple Starbuck employee, she can't do shit about those names
toptac
Love the scene and the coffee shop. Use to stop by every morning for years.
dghughes
The sizes used to be just be called tall and short when Starbucks first opened. The grande and venti were added many years later.
dragonfliet
Yup. Look, cutesy naming is dumb, but it makes sense in context and it isn't a big deal either way.
Beleethisnow
I feel like I just saw Animaniacs acted out live right now
confanity
Is it really very Paul Rudd of someone to verbally abuse a worker because of decisions made by some corporate overlord?
pip1
Starbucks is stupid in 3 languages, not the wageslave making your overprized coffee
ridesurf
he's got a point.
UncleRat
I would remind the counter person that they are under no obligation to serve him.
cheddarhat
"Grande" is "large" in Italian, too.
Deadpool854
TheGhostofCarrieFisher
This was a hilarious line in the movie and so true and perfect for Paul Rudd.
BORGALOOGIE
delaney731
"You're"... jerks being jerks to people just working their jobs. Could have said "Starbucks"
thosBeanss
Isnt it twenty ounces of coffee? Like 590 millilitres? Cant they both be right? Who's going to stick up for those poor corporations?
confanity
Don't stick up for the corporation; stick up for this poor worker who isn't the one going around naming any of the drink sizes.
TheGhostofCarrieFisher
*Neocons assemble*!
NoNameFred
*568 millilitres
aethryll
Noughmad
Half. A liter. Of coffee. What.
MVMVMVMVMV
2.5 8oz. servings. Less than 2 standard mugs. It's American style drip coffee, half a liter isn't that crazy.
Evi1Gav
Well, mostly half a litre of sugar, syrup, and any other flavour - plus a shot of espresso.
applesforjuice
He said black coffee...
cmdrrogers
I believe a Starbucks venti is 24oz
Baelnorn
I think it was 20oz hot and 24oz for cold drinks to account for the ice. Been a while since I've been.
LordOfThePenguin
Iced Venti is 26, hot venti is 20
neatguy122
I had this exact conversation the first time I went to a starsuks.
UnhelpfulAnswers
I can't get used to their size names so I just say "large". No one makes a big deal about it
LifeWithoutPassionIsNotLife
Literally every time I've ordered a Large coffee at a coffee shop, the answer is, "Ok". Then they proceed to get my coffee.
MissterE
I remember the time I asked for medium fries and the clerk was like "you mean regular?" and I just walked the hell out without anonther word
CandidGamera
How dare that pleb confirm something to get your order correctly. You go, Karen!
krysumwhere3lse
Exactly no one tries to teach you anything large just means the biggest one if you asked for small you'd get the smallest one
RecurringNightmare
ahaha nope...sizes for coke at cinemas here are like 'kids-small-medium-large-extralarge-superlarge'...so as an adult you are tempted to >
RecurringNightmare
> at least order a medium to not be pathetic, but the fact that medium is 5l and costs 20€ teaches you to shamelessly order a kids coke <<<
eronth
That's because they decided to stop pushing them and accept regular sizes like 5-10 years ago, but nobody really heard about it.
iayork
I've been ordering "Large" from Starbucks since 1995, and never had any pushback.
CandidGamera
And if they do it's because shop management is breathing down their necks about corporate identity because franchise management is ->
Tifandi
yeah the corporate bs was the issue, not the customers being confused and not the employees forced to dance their little dance.
CandidGamera
<- breathing down their necks about corporate identity, not because they are stupid or paid enough to deal with your Karen bullshit.
MantisTobogganPilotMD
all 3 actors were in Wet Hot American Summer years earlier, also directed by David Waine, who is also a creator of Stella, which PR appears
Whitemannatee
Hey everyone, check out 6 Degrees of Michael Ian Black over here! But seriously I loved Stella.
MantisTobogganPilotMD
Would have loved to see a live show. It’s amazing to see all the big names in comedy today who were a part of that.
IDemandYourNudesInMyInbox
I think only stupid people would glorify this part, he's such an ass.
sulsulnooboo
Glad no one tries to force me to say Venti at my Starbucks. The company also does right by its people, gives them a free online degree etc.
Kats8652
Only ordered coffee at Starbucks once, asked a large or venti or whatever black coffee. She asked if I needed anything else in it. 1/2
Kats8652
2/2 nope just black, thanks. She smiled and gave me my black coffee, it was pretty good and a lot of coffee.
shavedmonkey74
The older I get the more I identify with this scene. It just shifts to whom I identify with. At this point it's Rudd.
ExoCyberBit
If a venti is a large, what's the issue with asking for a large?
insegrevious
There isn't one. You can call it a large and they know what you mean. This is just a comedian writing a joke, delivered well.
ExoCyberBit
Yeah, frames it such that you can relate to Paul Rudd's character
Kunitsu
thankfully thats been my experience! stopped by a starbucks once out of curiosity and noone gave me any shit for ordering whatever a med is
insegrevious
They're like anyone else. You can just go in and say you want a coffee, they don't ask "you mean a soy venti latte spiced matcha?"
insegrevious
They'll give you one of the signature things that Starbucks started with, roasted medium bean coffee. They got popular for a reason.
Kunitsu
i went and asked for a medium cookie mocha chocha thing, thats what my boss called it so i had no fuckin idea what he meant! the barista
Kennleth
I believe you left out the part when she responds. “It’s called venti because it’s 20 oz.”
Zetor
As in wizard of oz? Still makes no sense
NightmareRangerMask
She actually responds with "Listen dick venti is large" and he says "says who Felini?" Idk how to spell the name he says
VindictiveBathToaster
It’s still completely unnecessary to over complicate something as simple as the size of a coffee cup. I’m with Paul Rudd on this one.
oaberbyamd
She just works there, no need to call her stupid.
Daishudo
If they going to use Italian for 20oz, the other sizes should be similar. Except it's not because it's a dumb naming convention.
NoNameFred
Real fluid ounces (28.4 ml each), or silly fake ones (29.6 ml each)?
aethryll
The silly fake 29.6ml ones according to the above commentors chart
MrE158
Doesn't matter, neither are used in Italy.
itisanimgurnaccount
Trick question. All imperial is stupid and silly. Get with the program idiots
Ltjohnmcclane
itrynottocommentbutyoumakemecringe
What did you just say about Imperials…?
itisanimgurnaccount
You heard me
snoozer
Today I learned there is a US fl oz and regular fl oz. TELL ME WHY
NoNameFred
The US version is based on the weight of wine, rather than the weight of water. But, different wines have different weights… *facepalm*
snoozer
US fluid ounce is based on the US gal, which in turn is based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches that was used in UK prior to 1824. Wow
snoozer
BUT WHY. Hahahaha I’ve learned a 2nd thing. But why wine over water?
Zeterai
Hope she chokes on a biscotti. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi9BRgjvOlk
JaccoW
Bloody old-school here. This was originally flash animation right?
wookietiddy
I'm not even clicking on the link first but I'm guessing this is Foamy the Squirrel.
wookietiddy
Nailed it
ShenanigansForHireExperiencedBeerTasterAndCraicFacilitator
Which also doesn't make complete sense, since it's not 20 ounces, it's 20 fluid ounces. I'll have the one pint sirloin, medium rare.
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Let me just call up the blender chef, sir.
poppadum
Damn, can we do that? I'll have a pint too, none of this 8oz business
Burntpubes
Bernaise sauce also?
kaboomdeactivated
It comes in PINTS??
TooCuteToDie
So.. a bottle of 20 ounces of alcohol is smaller in volume than 20 ounces of water? Can I buy gas by weight instead of volume?
TooCuteToDie
Just realized that ounce of water doesn't weigh one ounce. What is the history of that. Is on an ounce of some old king's piss one ounce or?
NoNameFred
1 British Imperial Fluid Ounce of water weighs 1 Ounce. 1 United States customary Fluid Ounce does not — it's about 4% larger.
NoNameFred
This is because the US fl.oz is based on wine (which is far more variable) rather than water (which varies less, so makes a better measure)
RealFuckinNeeto
When in conversation when previously talking about liquid cups do you have to specify fluid ounces instead of ounces? Is it not implied?
eronth
It is implied, yes.
UnashamedTalimancer
It's usually implied, but one is weight and one is volume, with water as the standard for both.
ShenanigansForHireExperiencedBeerTasterAndCraicFacilitator
I've only seen it used this way in North America, which doesn't help as their fluid ounces are a different volume to my fluid ounces.
PetricusGaming
Still a stupid naming scheme, that was the point.
Kennleth
Agreed, but when it's your company, you can call it wtf you want. I watch the food network a lot of restaurants call their food fun names.
aaronTieMagnet
Just wait until you hear about sizes of astronauts' weenie tube for pee collection. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spacesuit-envy/
CandidGamera
And the counter staff is stupid because of that why exactly?
bellehiver
Because she lives in the USA and should not be confused by the term 'large' as a size option.
OberynNymeros
the point of the whole bit was that his character DIDN’T realize that it was 20oz
FelixTheCAT5e
Right, but he wasted a large. Not a 20.
MrBobSaget
It was a marketing tool. Stupid or not, it worked.
strangelyaddicting
Not for me it didn't. I'd like a large please.
MrBobSaget
if you go to starbucks... then it worked. It's part of their identity and it helped solidify them as a "unique" brand
strangelyaddicting
Great. I'd like a large please.
imapencil
Still a dick, what can that girl do about it? Just ruined someone's day, congrats, you both lose. It's fiction, but people look up to him.
PorneliusHubertII
In the fiction he is instantly corrected and is called out as being an asshole
hawkesnightmare
If your head is so far up your ass that you can't parse between tall/grande/venti and small/medium/large, you deserve this conversation.
wookietiddy
I ordered the Acai berry refresher once and pronounced it wrong. Barista scoffed and said "you mean the açaí berry refresher?" Like I was
wookietiddy
An idiot for not pronouncing it right. I'm too socially anxious to reply to that with anything but "uhh yeah" but it was still inappropriate
Kennleth
You learned how to pronounce a foreign word? Let that be your takeaway, not the guy being a dick about it.
CometLaHal
You act like he wrote the lines
PetricusGaming
Yeah. Total douche. But what she could have done is gave him the biggest coffee they have and be done. Avoiding the whole conversation.
imapencil
He could have just replied, "yeah, I meant venti, thx" and not be a Karen about it.
MagicMerlin
I always ask for a large at Starbucks, and that's what they always do
LicensedAdHominem
If he refers to this, saying "large" would refer to grande. "Largest you've got" would be trenta:
qwwqqq
Honestly what is the reason for naming it like this? Isn't it just unnecessarily confusing?
AterAeterna8
Still stupid naming convention. I'll pay $6 for 20 ounces of coffee at Starbucks or 3$ at Tim Hortons. Tim Hortons even mixes it for you.
HandoB4Javert
olympede
Short or tall is enough for me!
lyralyon
The Trenta didn't exist yet when this movie came out
FunnyPlatypus
Extra-small, small, medium, large, extra-large.
usmcpi
I don’t think Starbucks had trenta when the movie came out
LicensedAdHominem
Hmm, then I guess he'd be ordering Grande, which is the only one to mean Large exactly, and the woman would be pushing him to get a Venti. ⤵
LicensedAdHominem
⤷ Personally, if I were to confirm, I wouldn't ask the exact name (already established by then he doesn't follow them), but tell the price.
TELunus
Why is the venti (and only the venti) different sizes depending on warm vs. cold?
norticat
Who is ordering a litre of coffee… ?
OneMeowsketeer
I had 2 one day during finals week cause all of my exams were crammed in the first 2 days and I needed to stay up and study.
TankTrain
I make myself a litre of coffee every morning.
TankTrain
...I may have a problem.
TheS4ndm4n
1 shot espresso, extra soy milk, double creme, 15 pumps of caramel and pumpkin spice.
AterAeterna8
This guy. I'll order coffee by the gallon.
LicensedAdHominem
Who even orders coffee? Personally, I'm a dehydrated caffeine with petal water kind of a person
SuperRockinMrMagic
I would have been all this time if I knew it was an option
trapdoorogre
Now I'm trying to figure out how to get as close to a litre with the given sizes.
plena
Americans
IHaveAForest
Me.
Magjee
...no one
AterAeterna8
Youre right i wouldn't drink it by the litre. I drink my coffee by the gallon.
TankTrain
I do. Well, I make it myself. Drip coffee. I wouldn't get a litre of espresso. That may kill me.
SuperSaiyanSasquatch
Zeterai
The hell do you think the internet is built on? It floats atop the Sea of Arabica.
SirBonSama
My old sarge would make a pot of coffee, then take the pot and use it as his cup until his doc told him to stop
HandoB4Javert
ArkenX
My command shifted our schedule really shittily and everyone became aggressively addicted to shit sludge coffee. Good times.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
We had a fun game where you would guess the rank by the color of the inside of the mug. NCOs were always black.
samanthadlcruz
someone that is stuck on site all day and can't go refill a cup every 2 hours?
TheTechDweller
So you sip a cold cup all day?
dyxj
You can only order cold, non-espresso drinks in the Trent's size anyway, or so they told me, so you're starting with cold coffee (or tea).
samanthadlcruz
you've never seen a thermos?
IsntTaken
I want a God damn litre of cola!
JaccoW
That's disgusting. Sure it's probably the watered down, ice nuked, machine shit but still. Why?
KarenFromTheHOA
Liter is french for give me some fucking cola!
Zeterai
Bet you can get one at Shenanigans.
zErrix
*Click click click* ... Enhance
CanadianOneDollarCoin
TinyOctopus
If you go into a store and harass an employee over the company's naming choices, tiny octopus thinks you're an asshat.
Aldri2
It's because he's a miserable dick (according to the movie)
idontknowyoufromadam
samanthadlcruz
if your company requires the use of obscure code names instead of the common ones then your entire company is an asshat.
TinyOctopus
Tiny Octopus thinks that in most cases, there is no qualifier needed. Large corporations are generally asshats.
aSuspiciousPanda
I rarely go to Starbucks, but they know what you want when asking for a large. Both were being insufferable in this clip. But its a movie.
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
I go to Starbucks so infrequently, I forget which is which. Once they stopped putting sizes in the menus, I gave up. Still just say large.
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
Instead of being an asshole, I just avoid going altogether and look for a Dunkin instead.
KramersCat
Not nice, but employee knows what he meant and could give him the largest cup they have available instead of forcing him to say "venti".
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AterAeterna8
Please show me a time that Starbucks had a small medium and large. That were different sizes from what they have today
rhmrcScifiBandit
I don't go to places like this often but everytime i do and order a "large" or "medium" they give it to me with no problem
arikelrecords2000
Rudd even says 2 of the names mean large and he doesnt want them, then it's her fault for giving him the wrong one
TeaOverdose
Employees are required to make sure because customers who are rude at first will be ruder later if it's not what they meant.
TinyOctopus
Tiny Octopus still remembers this when a customer yelled at him because they "didn't want this floppy-ass crust, we wanted the original!"
sleepinggreenidea
You do realize this is fictional & the author is literally putting works in the employee's mouth so the audience can get mad at her, right?
arikelrecords2000
Yup, it's the writer punching down and the producers paying two actors to feel good about it
sleepinggreenidea
(It's utterly sanctimonious and bad, lazy writing that's mean to appeal to the audience's worst nature.)
synavaavi
This is true, and later in the scene Elizabeth Banks tells Paul Rudd off for being shitty and miserable.
TinyOctopus
Tiny Octopus worked at a Pizza Hut and they offer three different crusts. Pan, Hand-Tossed, and Thin. Customers order and will ask for the
IAMAnnaconda
Tiny Octopus knows how to function as a kind and decent person in the real world instead of just being mad on the internet. Thanks, T.O.
AterAeterna8
See ill disagree Tiny Octopus is being ignorant to Remember being supers point. That's neither kind nor decent, that passive aggressive.
RememberBeingSuper
But I've never been to a pizzahut that when I said "I want a large pizza" the corrected me by saying "you mean 18" pizza? That's our large."
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
I work at a pizza restaurant. I correct "large/medium" and "small" to 11" and 6" respectively, otherwise CUSTOMERS YELL AT ME.
TinyOctopus
That's because a large is 14". :D. And also, the naming convention at Pizza Huts are medium and large. But Tiny Octopus has had plenty of
AterAeterna8
Ok maybe not Pizza Hut, then dominos, little Ceasa. No pizzeria asks its employees to treat customers like that. You're avoiding their point
RememberBeingSuper
I had the size off. But if I go in and ask for a 14", they still won't correct me over its name. I was just pointing out size vs style.
TinyOctopus
people ask for a small pizza, and had to ask if they meant a personal pan or a medium. Because there is no "small" on the menu.
TinyOctopus
"original" crust. Learned the hard way that everyone has a different idea of what "original" means. So, you go to a store, make it easy for
TinyOctopus
the csr behind the counter, and you order using the naming conventions that the store has established. And when they say, "You mean X?", you
penzick
The problem is when you don't know their code. It's the corps job to train employees to embrace new customers by helping them get what they
KramersCat
I agree when there's no clear definition of what means "original". But I think we can agree what small, medium and large means.
TinyOctopus
say, "yes." And then at the end, when they hand you your 20 ounce tepid overpriced bean water, you say, "Thank you."
petresun
Welp, I'm an asshat. They know what a large house coffee is. I won't harass them but I also think it's a bit silly to NEED to be different.
maydai110
If they want to be different you can think its dumb but let them be different. Don't force others to change, just go with the flow.
petresun
See, you are asking me to change because it might... hurt their feelings? It's trivial in the first place and they know what a large is 2/2
petresun
Equivalent too. They should probably go with a mutual flow of respect. Just because u wanna be different doesn't mean I need to change. 2/2.
TinyOctopus
Do you harass them? Do you go on a tirade every time they say, "Okay, one Venti."? If so, then yes, you're an asshat. If not, you're not.
petresun
I actually won't go to Starbucks any more because of this exact experience. The barista wouldn't let it go and neither would I. I don't 1/2
petresun
think it wise to start altercations with customers over minutiae, especially throwing me so much shade you lose a regular. But that's me.2/2
RageMonk
I mean it sounds like it was an overall positive for the cashier....
petresun
I wont harass them but if they go outta there way to correct me, that's a little much. I'd probably say "yes, you know what I mean, silly!"
TinyOctopus
From the CSR point of view. In some cases, we're listened to and failure to use "company terms" is bad and can affect future raises because
TinyOctopus
we aren't a "team player." Corporate wants you to use the company terms because then that term and coffee get linked in your head, so when