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SoyDelBerrinche
so, you got an extra shot with your drink.
duktayp
If you went to a Waffle House and asked for a venti mocha latte medium foam 2 squirt soy oil .... I believe those two hillbillies from the Deliverance movie would like to have a word with you
cryborg
I don't think those words mean big or medium in Italian. I'm not participating. Except by giving them free marketing by talking about it on imgur.
The3rdwheel
the people at starbucks always look at me angerly when i ask for a larg black coffee.. its like i robbed them of making a stupidly complicated coffee that make zero sense
Greenlightsmith2814
I always ask for an Ariana Venti. No-one laughs
westPAguy
BBRed
Ah starbucks. Where tall means small, short means smaller, and coffee means nothing
duktayp
I told them I thought the way they named their drinks was silly, and they said they banged my mom
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Good for her :-) Everybody deserves to get laid at least once in a while :-)
TheVoidFrog
I do not order anything from Starbucks using their suggested size names. I've never once had a problem.
taez555
METROlD
I worked at starbucks, it was a great job. I never gave a fuck if someone said sm, med, or lg. I was in the location directly across from the Warner Bros studio in Burbank, CA. Saw lots of celebrities. I sold John Goodman a small coffee at 530AM a few times. He must have been doing something because he was there at 5AM almost daily for about 2 weeks. It was like putting a tiny cup in a baseball glove, good lord that man is big. He was discreet, didnt want to be noticed. And all the staff got it.
thatguyfromny
Yeah, like Starbucks is gonna allow any employee to be armed with so much as a Nerf gun.
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
Thank goodness you saved us from the obvious hyperbole.
thatguyfromny
Whoa! Thank goodness you threw yourself on that sarcasm grenade before it detonated!
NotADutchman
Stop buying things from overpriced asshole stores. Please.
Florida50
Went into a Starbucks and ordered a Medium black coffee and the said we don’t have medium. I said OK and then left and went to Dunkin next door. I now get better coffee and better donuts and it’s cheaper too.
kaijuuGold
those fucken unionized coffee mafia stores
Lampmonster
So don't buy overpriced, shitty coffee from a chain store. Giving money to these monopolies is why we have shit variety as consumers. I mean it's not the only reason, but it's a big one.
OozyRatInASanitaryZoo
Starbucks shut down an cool, independent coffee house where my two roommates worked. I don't mean they out-competed them--they wrote into their lease that the landlord would terminate the lease of the indie store. My roommates lost their job, and a long-standing business with local connections was erased. But here's the plot twist: The owner of the indie shop was a complete asshole. Every 2 weeks my roommates would wonder if they would get paid and how much abuse from the owner they could take.
OozyRatInASanitaryZoo
Meanwhile, Starbucks paid better, had an HR department, had a healthcare option even for part-timers, and offered scholarships.
frischcode
You're in their system now. That was your one warning. Do it again and they're less forgiving.
spiceass9000
You think they actually got his name right? I’d wager he’s safe
frischcode
Cark is safe for now!
spiceass9000
Carden?
frischcode
Mark with a c. Cark!
spiceass9000
Got it Clark
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Isn't it 'Vente'?
FiveShiftOne
No.
tinytyrant
starbucks!?! no.
tinytyrant
Lantis02
We give shit to Starbucks for size names but Snickers over here getting away with "fun" sized.
stronomer
I've never ever bought a "coffee" at Starbucks.
Raecracy123abc
Don't or at least never get Pikes that shit is disgusting
RummageSaleBubbler
@BotDrawA { Big, Giant, Godzilla sized } coffee, for a sikh man
BotDrawA
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BotDrawA
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BotDrawA
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BotDrawA
@RummageSaleBubbler Here's your drawing of a "Big coffee, for a sikh man"
BotDrawA
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BotDrawA
@RummageSaleBubbler Here's your (experimental extra) drawing of a "Godzilla sized coffee, for a sikh man, cute amigurumi"
GreaterDog
This reminds me of when I asked Dall-e 2 for a Richard Karn made of yarn
GizmosBabySitter
If you like Starbucks, super happy for you. You do you, but if you know what someone wants (in any situation), and they happen to say the wrong thing, just don't be a dick. Ffs...
morelikeconsham
it's less about attitude and more about making sure they are ringing you up for the right item. If you order a medium, they ring you up for a grande, and you take issue with that for some reason, you can (correctly) say they rang you up for an item you didn't ask for, and can go on and on about how you *obviously* meant *that one*. Getting you to verbally confirm an order for a drink actually on the menu is just a way of "handling" customers.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Agreed. I go to Star Bucks like twice every decade, tops, so I don't know what their shit is called. Their attitude makes me not come back.
GizmosBabySitter
It's just an exhibition I have no time for. The big one. BIG ONE. I don't care the logistics of your socio cult. Just listen to what you bullying someone over and do better.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Also, Star Bucks is just a terrible company, in general.
IndigoThursday
This
I went in there once, like 15 years ago, felt embarrassed, and didn't go back
TheUnnamedPoet
Usually it's the shitty coffee that makes people not come back. I dunno what Starbucks is like in the states or how it got so god damned big, but Tim Hortons makes better coffee. It's not even an argument. One makes real coffee the other makes fancy coffee flavored drinks (at least in my experiences.) I've truly never understood the draw. Their coffee is bad, the food is not great, and the service is often rude and condescending. Genuinely don't know why it's so popular.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
My expectation of their coffee is low from the start, so that doesn't shock me lol! Also it's too expensive overall.
TheUnnamedPoet
Agreed. I can get an extra large vanilla latte from Tim Horton's for a whole three canadian rubles. The only three dollar coffee I could get from any of the local starbucks would be a tiny little pittance of coffee with maybe a single sugar packet in it. If people like fancy coffee, cool.. .But it's not GOOD coffee, and that's why it confuses me.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
I mostly drink black coffee, filter drip style. Sometimes a cortado, since it gives me the bitter espresso taste wrapped in mild milk.
hgggggggggfd
I've gotten addicted to the local gas station $2 van houte machine latte. Tried a $6 latte from a local "proper coffee" place to see how it compares, and maybe I have shit taste, but I vastly preferred the gas station coffee. Especially comparing the price.
iamthemanwithnoname
I just ask for a medium and no-one's ever corrected me. I remember this joke in Role Models, is it an actual problem in some places?
duktayp
They might some roll their eyes
mikeatike
Srsly. Boomer humor should stay on twitter.
NateintheNorth
I always say medium or large and they just repeat back grande or whatever when putting it into their machine. It's all good. Only gotten it like five times since not working at a Target with a Starbucks inside. Used to get it once a week or more when I worked there, bad juju.
freakdiablo
It only happened to me once as far back as I can remember - I asked for a large, guy pointed to the largest cups - "Venti?" "Yeah." It's kinda weird when their sizes are 'tall', 'grande', and...Twenty.
BobHubert
Idk, I never go there enough to remember what the names mean, I just say “whatever the ___ size is” and they get it
Akintunde
I've never used their terms unless I'm ordering the items that use 4 sizes instead of 3 (that does conflate the meaning of large), and while sometimes they'll say "one venti x", I've never been corrected or prevented from ordering. Hell sometimes when I go with my wife, she uses their names, when they read the order back they use the terms we provided.
mynamespaul
Usually I say “medium” and they’ll grab one of the medium sized cups and say “this size ok?” And I say, “yep” and that’s the end of the interaction.
yepitspuck
Way way way back in the day they were trying to soft push it as a market differentiator. Everyone hated it and it stopped.
Raecracy123abc
As a former barista no. Sometimes we'll repeat back seemingly to you but it's really just the recalling it correctly so we're writing it down correctly on the cup (and of course imputing it, into the POS). The out loud commentary also gives instructions (like keep that milk out) to the person making it if they're paying attention
PileOfWalthers
Haven't had the issue recently here in Texas, but back when I lived in Denver, they were all douchey about it.
ReverseSyzygy
when forced to go to a starbucks, I've been asking for small/med/Lg for literally decades. I have been "informed" what name to refer to sizes, but this could be when it's SB-fanatic worker, a manager, or worker being watched by manager to push the corporate shtick, IDK.
tl;dr: I'll continue to ask for sm/med/lg
Blacktusk
I don't use their sizes and it either passes without trace or they just repeat it back using their terms (which is reasonable to ensure order accuracy). One time I asked for large and the barista made me clarify if I wanted their large size or some sort of extra large size I never knew existed, which was mostly weird because when I asked what it was she told me it was "extra large." Like, so you knew what I meant, then, and it isn't that?
Togame21
I mean, they weren't mean to me, but I do remember a starbucks employee correcting me. I said I wanted a small one, they said 'so a tall one?'. (or whatever is starbuckian for small, I don't remember) I kinda felt like going 'no, I said small', but I figured their boss made them say it and I didn't wanna bother them.
frischcode
The small is actually a "short", but they would prefer you get a "tall". Which costs more.
Blacktusk
They don't offer smalls, mediums, ect. It's not on the menu, they don't have prices for that. It's fine to ask for "small," they should know what you mean and their size names are dumb, but when they repeat it back as a "tall" they are making sure they ring up the correct item at the correct price as an actual menu item. So if you were to reply, "no, I said small" you would be the jerk at that point.
Togame21
Ah, that makes sense, thank you.
InfocalypseRising
It was a LONG time ago back when Starbucks wasn’t so ubiquitous and the coffee was actually decent. You’d ask for medium and they’d go “okay so that’s a grande latte.”
beaglesbeachesandboops
Yeah I know and it stuck with me so now when I go to a regular coffee joint sometimes I say grande and they correct me like,"ok so a medium". Like Jesus you know what I mean just give me my fucking coffee
40185
They still do that, but they read it back using their sizes because that’s how they ring it up and how it will show up on your receipt and the label on your cup so you know you got the right thing
PileOfWalthers
A medium, regular coffee please. "oh no, thAT's a GraNDe AMeriCaNO"
40185
Well an Americano would be wrong. But they read it back with their names for sizes because that’s how they ring it up, how it’ll show up in your receipt, and how it’ll be labeled on your cup. That way after someone orders a medium and they label says grande the customer doesn’t say “I aDkEd FoR a MeDiUm”
gablestout
I mean, if you order a regular coffee and they repeat back "Americano" then you need to correct them. Those are two completely different drinks.
cattlegrazer82
Depends on how big a POS the barista is. I actually had a talk with a coworker about this when he would correct people's pronunciation of the word jalapeño. The guy actually listened, some people are alright
n0gal
I'll tell you what. I speak Spanish but I LOVE saying "fajitas" with a strong American accent because it sounds hilarious.
cattlegrazer82
Fuh jai tuhz
bunnylizard
Gelapno chips, as Ricky would say
ChickenROAR
Jaw-la-pen-o.
Berendtable
Dja le penneauh
RedArchon
How-you-been-yo
mikeatike
Brawnjouro
Aesonique
It's got what plants crave
StillWittyMFs
No. jaw-LA-penno
KingXizor
I'll take yer jah-LAH-pen-ohh PAH-pers.
SLCtechie
Levi-OH-saw, not levi-osaw.
onecowboytoo
They have jalapeno coffee now?
n0gal
Pumpkin isn't the only spice
onecowboytoo
Is that a new Spice Girl?
n0gal
There are many citizens of the Spice World.