Two articles
Aug. 16th, 2010 01:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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One, a cheerful one about the kindness spy version of Improv Everywhere.
And one about a woman who got kicked out of Starbucks after throwing a hissy fit.
Now, it's one thing to talk about small, medium, or large coffees - although I suggest that if you don't like using their stupid terms you go somewhere else - but this is absurd.
She wanted a "plain multigrain bagel". That is to say, a multigrain bagel with nothing on it. And when the cashier asked if she wanted butter or cheese, she threw a tantrum like a baby. How hard would it have been to say "No, thank you!" rather than to repeat your statement? (Having read the posts at Not Always Right, and at Customerssuck, I think it's safe to say that plenty of people ask for a "bagel" and then get upset if you don't psychically know they mean one with butter. Or cream cheese. Or whatever damn thing they want.)
"If you don't use their language, they refuse to serve you. They don't understand what a plain multigrain bagel is."
Sweetie, I hate to break it to you, but *I* do not know what a "plain multigrain bagel" is. I mean, I do, but only because I know you're wrong.
It's either a plain bagel or a multigrain bagel (which is an abomination unto the world of bagels, though not as bad as cinnamon raisin ick). Plain has to do with what the bagel is made of - you can have plain, onion, poppyseed, everything, and I guess multigrain if you insist. And any of those bagels can come with cream cheese or butter or whatever else you like. But then they're a whatever bagel with nothing on them, or possibly you just say, like a civilized individual, "Oh, no thank you!" when asked if you want butter or cream cheese with them. It's really not that hard. (Actually, I guess you can say it if you want, but once you bring your bad manners into it I'll tell you how wrong you are. That's fair.)
(Don't read the comments, btw.)
And one about a woman who got kicked out of Starbucks after throwing a hissy fit.
Now, it's one thing to talk about small, medium, or large coffees - although I suggest that if you don't like using their stupid terms you go somewhere else - but this is absurd.
She wanted a "plain multigrain bagel". That is to say, a multigrain bagel with nothing on it. And when the cashier asked if she wanted butter or cheese, she threw a tantrum like a baby. How hard would it have been to say "No, thank you!" rather than to repeat your statement? (Having read the posts at Not Always Right, and at Customerssuck, I think it's safe to say that plenty of people ask for a "bagel" and then get upset if you don't psychically know they mean one with butter. Or cream cheese. Or whatever damn thing they want.)
"If you don't use their language, they refuse to serve you. They don't understand what a plain multigrain bagel is."
Sweetie, I hate to break it to you, but *I* do not know what a "plain multigrain bagel" is. I mean, I do, but only because I know you're wrong.
It's either a plain bagel or a multigrain bagel (which is an abomination unto the world of bagels, though not as bad as cinnamon raisin ick). Plain has to do with what the bagel is made of - you can have plain, onion, poppyseed, everything, and I guess multigrain if you insist. And any of those bagels can come with cream cheese or butter or whatever else you like. But then they're a whatever bagel with nothing on them, or possibly you just say, like a civilized individual, "Oh, no thank you!" when asked if you want butter or cream cheese with them. It's really not that hard. (Actually, I guess you can say it if you want, but once you bring your bad manners into it I'll tell you how wrong you are. That's fair.)
(Don't read the comments, btw.)
