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WCDT Strips 3641 to 3645 (25th - 30th December 2017)
Near Lurker:
Do it to July?
WhyNot:
--- Quote from: Timemaster on 25 Dec 2017, 09:52 ---When I was in NY a few days ago, I went to Starbucks and ordered a "tall caramell latte".
The woman at the cashier noticed I was from abroad and asked in reply: "So you want a small one?" :-D
Even the Starbuckians know that this tall/grande/venti-thing ist bullshit. Why don't they go for small/medium/large? Too uncool for hipsters?
Timemaster
EDIT: 25€ for twenty espressos? 1,25€ each? This must be the cheapest coffeeshop ever! :roll:
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There's another size as well which alters the small/medium/large thing so it doesn't quite line up. There's also the "short". Short/Tall/Grande/Venti. Since the "Short" is never featured on the board allowing the S/M/L thing to play out, does the "Short" then become and "Extra Small" since we can't go and rename them all to where the Tall becomes a Medium. The Grande a Large and the Venti an Extra Large.
And for those curious, a "short" for espresso drinks, contains the same amount of espresso shots as a "tall", but simply contains less milk.
Zebediah:
I was trying to interpret this strip symbolically rather than literally - that wasn’t what actually happened to Melon at work, it’s just what it felt like. (And I was guessing that she worked in a customer support call center or something equally horrific.)
Also, is her tie held on with cellophane tape?
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 27 Dec 2017, 04:40 ---Also, is her tie held on with cellophane tape?
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Yes, after all, she has nothing on to which to clip on a clip-on tie.
zmeiat_joro:
--- Quote from: Jakk Frost on 26 Dec 2017, 06:12 ---Everyone else is going on about the "Starbuckian" language, and me, I'm astounded at the price. At current exchange from euro to USD, that's about $1.49 per espresso. Dude should have shut his mouth and left with his loot.
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That seems like a normal price to me? Mind you, for here. I haven't been to France in ten years.
EDIT: my brother who was on a skiing vacation there last year tells me it's 2-3 euros. And also Jeph recently spent one summer in rural France, so he should know, and my brother was in a very touristy area.
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