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marag July 29 2011, 18:10:39 UTC
The coffee reminds me of the number of times I've gotten meat in things. "I want the vegetarian [whatever]. No meat, please. No meat. None. Nothing that has ever lived or walked or run or swam."

And then my vegetarian whatever gets bacon on top or something. WTF?

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musesfool July 29 2011, 18:20:30 UTC
Ugh. It's not that hard! But people can always screw it up!

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ladyofthelog July 29 2011, 19:25:18 UTC
If you're talking about ordering iced coffee from Starbucks, for whatever weird reason, our default iced coffee includes a sugar syrup. Which is what leads to the conclusion. At my store, we always ask whether or not you want it sweetened because, despite the fact that sweetened it is the default option, most people don't like their iced coffee that way. WTF, indeed.

Alas, I don't have a GOOD solution for you, but if you are indeed talking about Starbucks, just say "iced [size] UNSWEETENED *dramatic hand gestures of no* whole milk iced coffee with milk." Whoever is taking your order should be able to stick that straight on a cup without needing to mentally translate your order to our formatting or ask you any further questions.

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ladyofthelog July 29 2011, 19:26:05 UTC
Er, confusion. That was an odd typo.

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musesfool July 29 2011, 20:02:25 UTC
I actually do say, "Venti iced coffee, whole milk, no sugar" whenever I order, wherever I order, and then there are a couple of "Two sugars?" "NO SUGAR" exchanges. And quite frequently I am pleased because there is no sugar. But a surprising percentage of the time, there will be sugar anyway. I'm glad to know that there's a reason just beyond mere incompetence.

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maveness July 29 2011, 21:45:40 UTC
I seriously question logic at restaurants some days. I once ordered a double cheeseburger at McDonald's (it was desperation!) and said extra mustard. Because I love mustard. I didn't change anything else on the order. What did I get? Lots of mayo. The logic baffles.

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musesfool August 2 2011, 14:48:08 UTC
They probably thought they misheard you? I don't even know.

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chicklet_girl July 30 2011, 01:59:10 UTC
1. When the hell did I delete all of my O11 icons? WTF, self?

2. I got an email notice today that I had been gifted with a fic at the AO3, and I was all, 'bzuh?' until I realized you had just uploaded an older story. It was like getting gifted all over again! \o/

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musesfool August 2 2011, 14:49:07 UTC
Heh. I am never sure if I should do that, but then, I'm like, 'Eh, people like being reminded someone wrote fic for them once, right?'

(I only have one O11 icon uploaded anymore. Sigh.)

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chicklet_girl August 2 2011, 16:51:25 UTC
The good thing is, I'm pretty sure mousapelli's original batch is somewhere in the wayback of the takethehouse community, so perhaps I'll be able to work up the motivation to go there and redownload them. (Because, of course, my original downloads of them are on a hard drive I had two computers ago.)

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musesfool August 2 2011, 17:07:49 UTC
Yeah, I think they should still all be available there. Because I'm at least one laptop beyond then, too.

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