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Topic: Starbucks vs. Regional Tendencies
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Jimbo
1 dr3w j00 4 p1ggy!
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posted 03-24-2001 19:14
   
One of the relatively few advantages of living in the Deep South is the fact that, should one go into the local Barnes & Noble, one may wander up to the Starbucks bar and order a "large coffee" with complete confidence of having one's order fulfilled without hassle.Going to a Wendy's, on the other hand, is another story entirely. "I'd like a large coke, please."
:: server pushes a paper cup the size of a thimble across the counter ::
"Hey, that's a small coke. I wanted a large."
"I'm sorry sir, the smallest size we have is 'large.' So if you order a 'large', you get the smallest size."
"Well then, dammit, give me a Biggie™ size coke!"
:: server pushes a medium-size cup across the counter ::
"That's a medium!"
"Um, yes sir, 'Biggie™' is actually the middle size. Maybe you meant 'Great Biggie™'...?" At this point, I snarled something incredibly vile (greatly amusing a 12-year-old girl, while simultaneously angering her mother) and reached across the counter and got the damn cup myself. This Is A True Story. IP: Logged |
Bitchgoddess
battin' .500
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posted 03-25-2001 00:55
I feel your pain, try 'Going Large' at Burger King, or 'Supersizing' at Mickey D's anymore. There are now two different extra sizes you can choose for their meal thingies. It's gotten too confusing to order at fast food joints. What I wouldn't do for a Sonic burger....IP: Logged |
Clme
cake fiend
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posted 03-25-2001 01:53
Thats another disadvantage of working in customer service: I know how they should act and be doing things, so when they dont I become the absolute worst customer.I've also been thrown out of a McDonalds for ordering a "medium". I asked, I beleive for a "medium" french fry. Woman: "We dont have a medium"
Me: "Then give me the size in the middle"
Woman: "Sir, what size do you want"
Me: "What ever is your medium size"
Woman: "We dont have a medium"
Me: "What is your middle size?"
Woman: "We dont have a middle size. You have to order a size we have."
Me: "Well, you have three sizes, right?"
Woman: "Sir, you aint much too bright, are ya?"
Me: "I'm sorry?"
Woman: "Yeah, your mother was sorry when you were born, wasnt she!"
Me:Obviously McDonalds hired you for your eloquent speaking skills and customer service experience. I left soon after that. I fed the food to the dog, since I'm fairly certain that she spit in it. I went to the McDonalds down the street and ordered a medium there. The woman merely said "I think you mean a 'Large'" and typed it in. "Barbara"(if that is your real name), where ever you are, fuck you. -Chris
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Jimbo
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posted 03-25-2001 11:32
Again, one of the few advantages to inhabiting the deep south.I only have problems when some overeagerly psuedo-psychological-marketing company decides to actually name a "small" size "Large" or something similar... as long as there's nothing actually named "Medium" that really isn't, whatever redneck is behind the counter at the establishment of your choice will promptly and with no comment whatsoever dish up a medium-grade container of whatever-it-is at you. This is possibly due to the fact that, around here, if somebody behind the counter of a McDonald's gets that uppity with customers, one day a customer will go right the fuck over the counter at them. Some violence in society can be a good thing. Me personally, I think duels should be regulated, but perfectly legal. Keeps folks polite. IP: Logged |
fenomas
argument nazi
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posted 03-25-2001 18:33
Hear hear and well-spoken, sir.but:
Where the fuck do you live? IP: Logged |
Jimbo
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posted 03-25-2001 20:44
Out of deference to my employers, I try not to narrow it down any further than "in the Deep South" on a public forum. (If you really want to know, email or AIM me.)I do speak in generic terms about work every now and then, and if somebody cared enough, a geographic location would pretty much pinpoint who I work for. They probably wouldn't really appreciate having their name tied in any fashion to the author of "Jimbo's World", so I try to exercise some discretion.  IP: Logged | |
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