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El Juno ([info]eljuno) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-04-02 13:57:00


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If milk is rape, does that make this prostitution?
The question:

Is it fair/right for a customer to order what we, at my store, call a "ghetto-latte"?

The "ghetto-latte" is ordering any size Iced Americano, with no water and half ice (This lady's drink is an Iced Venti, no water, half ice, Americano). She then takes the drink and goes to the condiments bar and adds her own half and half.


Seems reasonably simple, right?

Not something you'd expect to cause, say, a three-month, several-hundred comment long flamewar which would eventually get heated enough that comments would be closed?

Apparently, none of us know Starbucks that well.


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iwanttobeasleep
2007-04-02 06:36 pm UTC (link)
The only real issue here is charging >$10 for two burnt drinks and thinking it's reasonable.

Spartacus, you speak the truth.

Also, did anyone else's head about explode reading those comments? I don't spend much time reading Starbucks' menu, but I am pretty sure half the drinks they talked about weren't on it.

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[info]caffeine_fairy
2007-04-02 06:56 pm UTC (link)
I'm convinced there's a Starbuck's Bingo Board out there and these people are one line away from the holiday in Vegas.

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[info]hristaesir
2007-04-02 06:56 pm UTC (link)
Most of what you can get at Starbucks isn't on the menu. You can actually get them to make you damn near whatever you want if you speak Starbucks-ese.

...I actually do think it's kinda douchey to go to Starbucks and basically make your own latte from their cream pitcher tho. I mean, if you think they overcharge (and they do, don't get me wrong, even if I have drunk the kool-aid and they have a shitload of my money) go someplace else. Then again, I do not like to rock the boat. Or stick it to the man. Or anything like that.

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[info]funwithrage
2007-04-02 07:27 pm UTC (link)
I heart the capitalist patriarchy myself, by and large, and I sort of agree. On the other hand, they do give you condiments free--and I remember being really annoyed at a Mc.D's cuntwaffle on customers_suck who complained about a homeless woman "stealing ketchup"--so...meh, if you're putting it out there, you're putting it out there.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2007-04-03 06:07 pm UTC (link)
...seriously? When I was working drive-thru cashier at BK, the most fun thing to do was to grab a fistful of condiments and give them to anyone who asked for extras. Lemon in your tea? Why sure, let me get you five packs in case you want some later. Napkins? Here's five! Have a nice day!

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