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[footnotefetish]

There should be a verb that means to make fun of customersLatest victim was a guy who wanted to order an espresso with steamed milk. We asked him if he wanted a latte, explaining that it was made with espresso and steamed milk--that it was the drink he had just described. He gave us a look as if we were stupid, then repeated that he wanted an

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[idontpussyfoot]

what do you think of it?

[footnotefetish]

I've really been enjoying it. It does a great job of weaving political history with fictional narrative, telling how the political changes in Afghanistan have affected the various characters in different ways.

I have about seventy pages left.

[viscioustart]

When I read "Kite Runner" I wanted to visit Afghanistan...

[footnotefetish]

I guess I'm not as adventurous. So far, it's only made me want to visit California.

[hil4prez2036]

Lately my cat has been licking the walls and floor of my bathroom

that's great news, so now you don't have to clean as often!

[footnotefetish]

I was thinking the exact same thing!

tick tick tick

[flw]

What you're going to get a lot, working in a non-Starbuck's coffee shop, is people who go to Starbuck's every day and expect every coffee shop to be like Starbuck's. Like I need to tell you! You should have a tally-board in the back and every time someone says, "That's not how they do it at Starbuck's" you put up another tick.

Though I don't think it was the case here.

But I bet you do get people coming in and half-glancing at you while they mumble, "Yeah, I want a Vente Frap-espresso with steamed light soy and a shot of almond..." or some such disaster that they get every day at Starbuck's and just assume that every place is the same. I mean I am sure that you can make anything that SB's makes... it just must be annoying to have to adopt their lingo.

[footnotefetish]

I can't even tell you how often people order in Starbucks cup sizes. It's ridiculously high. And since I've never been a Starbucks patron (except for a brief episode of my life when I was infatuated with a barista named Crystal), I'm never sure what size they're ordering. It's scary that Starbucks has had that much of an impact on the language of coffee consumers.

[locakitty]

tall = small
grande = medium
venti = large (20 oz. size)

As for that guy only being charged for an espresso and not being charged for a latte, well...I would have charged him for a latte. But, I'm a bitch like that.

[footnotefetish]

I can remember venti, since it sounds like the Spanish word veinte, but I always get tall and grande mixed up. I guess it's the fact that I refuse to consider a 12-ounce cup tall.

Since I lose my ability to give a shit almost every time I'm there, I don't care if we undercharge people. Last night I gave a free refill on an Americano, and there have been a few times that people ordered a coffee with steamed milk; they didn't want a café au lait--they wanted coffee plus steamed milk.

[footnotefetish]

I think there are plenty of people who are both cute and smart. I guess I would only take it as an insult if the implication was that your cuteness precluded intelligence--but that does happen a lot.

I think the cute and stupid combination occurs just as often, if not more often, in men. I personally don't find men very cute, but I think there are plenty of men who think of themselves as cute or attractive...and that's often all they have going for them.

[footnotefetish]

If men can't put punctuation marks in the right places, it makes you wonder if they can put hands, tongues, and erections in the right places.

I missed all of you as well. I'll see you all at brunch next Sunday--and hopefully some time before that, too.