• Cops Eject Starbucks Customer Who Wouldn't Use Their Lingo
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[url]http://gothamist.com/2010/08/16/cops_eject_starbucks_customer_who_w.php[/url] [release]College English professor Lynne Rosenthal was threatened with arrest yesterday when she caused a nasty scene at a Starbucks on Columbus Avenue at 86th Street. Rosenthal's offense? Refusing to submit to Starbucks' corporate-speak, which requires customers to purchase "Tall" or "Venti" coffees. But Roshenthal is fed up with the chain's irritating idiom, and the Post reports that on Sunday she decided to make a stand. Over a bagel. Granted, Rosenthal's first mistake was going to a Starbucks for a bagel when she was on the Upper West Side. But after ordering her multigrain bagel, she was peppered with the irksome question, "Do you want butter or cheese?" And that's when she snapped. "I just wanted a multigrain bagel," Rosenthal tells The Post. "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. I yelled, 'I want my multigrain bagel!' The barista said, 'You're not going to get anything unless you say butter or cheese!' " But Rosenthal refused to submit, and would not leave. So the manager summoned the NYPD, who told her she could either exit the Starbucks or be arrested. "It was very humiliating to be thrown out, and all I did was ask for a bagel," says Rosenthal. "If you don't use their language, they refuse to serve you. They don't understand what a plain multigrain bagel is." An employee says Rosenthal called a barista an asshole, a word that should also be incorporated into the company's corporate vernacular. [/release] fight the man and their stupid words
Wow, what a bunch of dumbasses. Barista's a jerk for not just giving her the bagel, and prof's worse for what she did.
She's a fucking idiot the guy was just asking what topping or shit she wanted.
[b]Starbucks[/b] Losing integrity over stupid regulations.
[QUOTE]"I just wanted a multigrain bagel," Rosenthal tells The Post. "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.[/QUOTE] Well derp, this isn't Burger King. Don't like the shop, don't go there.
I just have one question for that lady, [I]butter or cheese?[/I]
She could of just said "No thank you.", instead of acting like an asshole.
Bet the cops got there in record time.
What the fuck
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;24122120]Wow, what a bunch of dumbasses. Barista's a jerk for not just giving her the bagel, and prof's worse for what she did.[/QUOTE] did they really need to call the cops though?
STARBUCKS HaS DETECTED DISSIDENT LANGUSTIC MALCOMPLIANCE YOU ARE ALL CHARGED WITH MALCOMPLIANCE WITH STARBUCKS HAIL THE MIGHTY POLYSTYRENE CUP KING.
He was yelling at the staff... what did he expect? This isn't Starbucks fault. Lucky you live in a capitalist country. Don't like Starbucks? Shut the fuck up and go to another place.
I would of just said "Can I have it plain, no butter or cheese please".
both sides were rather stupid.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;24122227]did they really need to call the cops though?[/QUOTE] Depends. The article just says that she refused to leave. But it doesn't specifically say how. She could of been yelling and screaming at them, for all we know. They could of felt threatened.
The prof could have said plain.
The last sentence made my day.
well there's your problem, you went to starbucks
[QUOTE=Lambeth;24122227]did they really need to call the cops though?[/QUOTE] Possibly, from the sound of it, she was being very belligerent and refused to calm down/be reasonable. They maybe didn't [I]need [/I]to, but I can't much fault them for doing so.
i don't get it this is like going to a restaurant and yelling at the waiter for asking if you'd like soup or a salad with your entree as an optional side [editline]06:53PM[/editline] this has nothing to do with the restaurant using "lingo" either, woman is fucking stupid
I'm not sure who acted stupider, the personnel or the woman. [QUOTE]When you go to Burger King, you don't have to list the six things you don't want.[/QUOTE] Burger King has mind reading now? Holy crap!
I always have this problem when I go to Starbucks. I'm like "Do I say medium or venti or what"
I'm with this person. I hate it when I have to go through a list of fifty thousand things I don't want.
People this stupid can be professors?
[QUOTE=GodKing;24123034]I always have this problem when I go to Starbucks. I'm like "Do I say medium or venti or what"[/QUOTE] All the Starbucks I've gone to accept both as the same choice.
Immediately thought of this: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkpDEn7mGVY[/URL]
No soup for you!
When I go to starbucks (I only get the normal coffee), I order a large drink. when they "Venti??"(or whatever large is) I say "No. Large" The confused minimum wage worker takes a few minutes to understand what I want. Starbucks is only doing the "lingo" to be "hip" and "edgy". Its retarded. However, I would never yell about it. Just accept the idiocy of the employee and say "yes, venti." In a sarcastic, condescending manner. But not yell.
[QUOTE=helpiminabox;24123232]All the Starbucks I've gone to accept both as the same choice.[/QUOTE] venti is a large
[quote=comrade general;24122232]starbucks has detected dissident langustic malcompliance you are all charged with malcompliance with starbucks hail the mighty polystyrene cup king.[/quote]"alert. Linguistic malcompliance reported. Civil protection teams have been dispatched to your block."
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