I get the impression that Mary Bennet is not fond of Starbucks. I don't blame her. I went off them fairly quickly after I got over the whole initial thrill when one opened in Canberra and it was like we could all be like Friends, only in Canberra.
I didn't like the way they'd yell out your name and hazelblackberry is a bit of a long and convoluted name so I'd be forever spelling it and then they'd never yell it out right, they'd always pause and sound confused, and I didn't like shortening it to Haze, even though my friends call me that and I like that, because it feels weird to have a stranger yelling out, "Grande chocachocachocacreamything for Haze" as though we were friends and I had specifically asked to be called that.
I decided the way to fix this was to use a pseudonym: Jane. But when I said, "Jane", the girl wrote it on the container as "Jayne" and when the yelly guy yelled it out he stumbled and I decided that I must look like a person who has a slightly long and convoluted name so that even Jane has to get fancied up and even a simple name like Jane, with a 'y' added, makes ignorant Starbucks yelly people get all confused.
Also, to my disappointed surprise, it was nothing like Friends at all.
5 comments:
Don't you just make up weird names?
My name is pretty confusing too so I just tell people the coffee's for "Peters". Another friend of mine says "Apple"... But I always wonder what if there's a real Peters or Apple and they try to get your order!
I used to make up a different name every time, like k suggests, but I kept forgetting what I said on each occasion. It started looking very freaky - staff kept thinking I was a stalker or crazy guy. Also, when you go back to the same place twice and give a different name to the girl behind the counter, they start to think about calling the cops.
I've only visited Starbucks counters. The turnover is so quick at a counter they don't need a yelly person to give you your order. As often as not, though (at least in the States), it's the person taking the order who is yelly, and usually in some strange regional accent that is difficult to understand.
Why do they need your name at all? Is it easier to yell "strangely spelt and convoluted name" out than "stupidly long name for ridiculously big and expensive beverage"?
Yes, I do hate Starbuck's. Mostly because they refuse to understand me when I ask for a long black and I refuse to ask for a miniature cafe americano.
I tried to order a coffe for Smeegle this morning but they didn't know how to spell it.
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