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hangingfire ([info]hangingfire) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-07-15 14:54:00


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Current mood:Caffeinated
Entry tags:baristas: not sga-related, if only he ordered decaffeinated, no questions will be answered, punching customers in the dick

Coffeewank!
This is an example of the wailing and gnashing of teeth that can ensue when you take coffee too seriously. Or, depending on which side you take, what happens when you don't take it seriously enough.

Jeff Simmermon of the And I Am Not Lying blog wanted an iced triple espresso from Murky Coffee in DC. He's informed that it's against Murky's policy to serve iced espresso, and when he orders the espresso and a cup of ice, he's told that "What you’re about to do … that’s really, really Not Okay." Simmermon takes exception to the barista's attitude, posts about it on his blog, and also shows the tip he left at Murky. The comments explode, some taking sides with Simmermon, others with the barista; the blog post ends up  linked on BoingBoing; and the owner of Murky responds with a highly unambiguous "Fuck you, Jeff Simmermon".

Insert joke here about everyone needing to lay off the caffeine.

ETA—Dear Mod What Added Tags To This Entry: I luff you. ♥!



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[info]eljuno
2008-07-15 09:54 pm UTC (link)
And here we have one of the few advantages of getting your caffeine fix via soda. I have never had anyone tell me that I'm making or drinking my Diet Coke wrong, and I don't think anyone's a cola snob.

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[info]wolfsamurai
2008-07-15 10:02 pm UTC (link)
You might be surprised. They might not tell you that you're drinking your Diet Coke wrong, but I've run into more than a few people who would instead tell you that you're merely wrong for drinking Coke at all instead of Pepsi or something like that.

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[info]danceswithelvis
2008-07-15 10:06 pm UTC (link)
You have no idea. Being from Texas -all- sodas are basically called 'coke' as a generic thing. You order one and they ask what kind, that sorta thing. I get married and move to Kansas City and people go freaking apeshit here when I get asked a beverage question.

Or, I get lectured how Pepsi is far superior to Coke (or the other way around). Weird stuff like that. I'm begining to think that waiters around here have to mentally unbalanced before they are allowed to work with the public.

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[info]wolfsamurai
2008-07-15 10:14 pm UTC (link)
The Coke as generic soda is here in New Mexico as well. And I had the same problem when I (briefly) lived in Missouri too. Confused all those poor bastards.

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(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2008-07-15 10:17 pm UTC

[info]iris
2008-07-16 12:08 am UTC (link)
When my family moved from Georgia to Colorado it was a bit of a shock to me that I'd order a coke and suddenly not be asked what kind.

Before we moved, my mom had once gotten some very strange looks for bringing Pepsi to a soccer game. Pepsi might as well not exist in Atlanta, really.

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(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2008-07-16 12:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]waitwut, 2008-07-16 02:37 am UTC

[info]harrylovesron
2008-07-15 10:08 pm UTC (link)
COKE ZERO IS BETST, H0R!

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I haz srs question
[info]dreamer_marie
2008-07-15 10:14 pm UTC (link)
What is the difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke?

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Re: I haz srs question - [info]harrylovesron, 2008-07-15 10:15 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-07-15 10:16 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]ruuger, 2008-07-15 10:24 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-07-15 10:38 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]nonnyeve, 2008-07-16 10:43 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2008-07-16 11:12 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]nonnyeve, 2008-07-16 11:37 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]ruuger, 2008-07-17 08:05 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]xturtle, 2008-07-15 10:24 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-07-15 10:39 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]silrana, 2008-07-16 03:30 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]sgaana, 2008-07-15 10:30 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-07-15 10:39 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]miss_eponine, 2008-07-16 03:08 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]taktuk, 2008-07-18 10:27 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]kookaburra, 2008-07-16 05:59 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-07-16 02:35 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]judyhazeleyes, 2008-07-19 11:53 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]kookaburra, 2008-07-20 04:21 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2008-07-16 10:01 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2008-07-16 10:03 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]sharps, 2008-07-16 10:32 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2008-07-16 04:51 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]sharps, 2008-07-17 09:12 am UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]chibikaijuu, 2008-07-16 04:40 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2008-07-16 04:52 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]chibikaijuu, 2008-07-16 08:02 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]lirazel, 2008-07-18 05:57 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]drhenryjekyll, 2008-07-27 04:26 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-07-16 02:38 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]maegwin_of_hern, 2008-07-16 04:53 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]telcontar, 2008-07-16 12:44 pm UTC
Re: I haz srs question - [info]dreamer_marie, 2008-07-16 02:39 pm UTC

[info]sharps
2008-07-16 10:30 am UTC (link)
COKE ZERO TASTES LIKE TOOTHPASTE! YUCK!!!!!!

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[info]ruby_falls
2008-07-15 10:16 pm UTC (link)
There's always the cola vs. pop vs. soda vs coke wank.

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(no subject) - [info]stromatolite, 2008-07-15 11:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2008-07-16 12:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2008-07-16 06:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]stromatolite, 2008-07-16 10:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2008-07-16 03:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dez_chan, 2008-07-16 04:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sevendeadlyfun, 2008-07-16 04:29 am UTC

[info]tehrin
2008-07-15 10:58 pm UTC (link)
Depends. If you are drinking from a can and using a straw, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG, PLEB.

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(no subject) - [info]chikane, 2008-07-15 11:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - tree, 2008-07-16 01:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2008-07-16 03:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]doomsday, 2008-07-16 08:31 am UTC

[info]witty
2008-07-16 12:23 am UTC (link)
So is now the moment to confess that I don't like Coke out of a bottle, only out of a can? ...Hey, at least I own my crazy!

Also, Diet Coke is evil and wrong and tastes like styrofoam.

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(no subject) - [info]keri, 2008-07-16 12:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2008-07-16 03:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]stromatolite, 2008-07-16 03:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]honorh, 2008-07-16 04:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]solesakuma, 2008-07-16 05:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-07-16 07:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]coyotegirl, 2008-07-16 08:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]insanityprelude, 2008-07-19 05:25 am UTC

[info]trisandrockets
2008-07-16 01:50 am UTC (link)
Oh, there are cola snobs. And that's just about Coke.

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(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2008-07-16 07:02 am UTC

[info]polygamouse
2008-07-16 02:02 am UTC (link)
The Coca Cola snobs are too busy arguing over whether regular American Coke, Kosher Coke or Mexican Coke is the superior product to worry about the diet soda people.

Although someone somewhere is still bitching that Diet Coke tasted better when it was made with saccharin.

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(no subject) - [info]rekall, 2008-07-16 02:59 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]polygamouse, 2008-07-16 03:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2008-07-16 12:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]darkrose, 2008-07-16 06:31 am UTC

[info]cmdr_zoom
2008-07-16 03:10 am UTC (link)
Barq's. Root beer with caffeine. I love it.

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[info]vzg
2008-07-16 03:44 am UTC (link)
*high five*

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vomitymcpuke
2008-07-16 04:02 am UTC (link)
Like half an hour ago my friend was told she was drinking her Sprite Zero wrong. Because of the asperthame.

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[info]shoroko
2008-07-16 04:21 am UTC (link)
I've been told on more than one occasion that I might as well be drinking arsenic.

You know, before they dig in to a fast food meal.

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[info]exdee
2008-07-16 04:29 am UTC (link)
Oh, you can keep your colas, but diet Mountain Dew is right out. Trufax.

(my clan of bandos used to put Pixi Stix in our Mountain Dew. I'm surprised I still have teeth.)

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(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2008-07-16 07:00 am UTC

iwanttobeasleep
2008-07-16 06:04 am UTC (link)
Augh, do you have any idea what that shit does to your body?

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(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2008-07-16 06:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]komorebi, 2008-07-16 09:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2008-07-17 12:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2008-07-17 12:42 pm UTC
Also, I can't stand cola. Pepsi or Coke or generic, all nasty. - [info]insanityprelude, 2008-07-19 05:27 am UTC

[info]papervolcano
2008-07-16 09:05 am UTC (link)
Not a fan of Coke of any stripe, but my caffine fix now comes mainly through either copious amounts of tea or Relentless. Bloody stupid name, but tastes nicer than Red Bull. Also, bigger can=moar caffine.

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[info]maegwin_of_hern
2008-07-16 09:57 am UTC (link)
You might run into an argument about why Diet Coke, Coke Zero, or "normal" (i.e. sugar-infested) Coke is the only one you should drink.

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[info]singe
2008-07-17 04:41 am UTC (link)
I'm now having flashbacks to the New Coke vs Classic Coke wars...*shudder*

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[info]rimrunner
2008-07-17 05:26 am UTC (link)
Well...I sort of am...I only drink Coke imported from Mexico or Canada because it has real sugar in it. I swear it tastes different.

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[info]lilpocketnin
2008-07-17 12:07 pm UTC (link)
Don't talk to my mother. She'll lecture you about cancer. For hours.

*sips own coke, procured while the mother was out of the house* Mmm, sweet obesity.

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[info]talec
2008-07-19 04:41 am UTC (link)
But then you get the conspiracy theorists who try to convince you that it's rotting your brains!

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