Eat & Drink
Come on Goody Two-Shoes, Let's Be Bad Again
Union station, 4pm, and I'm standing in Second Cup ordering myself a tea. A medium, regular, tea. Pause of silence. "...Do you mean green tea?" the cashier asks. I correct him. No, reg-u-lar tea. At this moment a co-worker glides by him from behind and mutters softly "lemme guess, green tea?", to which my cashier replies "REGULAR tea" and they both make mock 'surprise surprise' faces.
This is the fourth time in the past few weeks I've had this happen at various Second Cup and Starbucks locations. I just couldn't let it go this time. I tilt my head curiously, squint suspiciously, then finally ask, "are you... judging me on my tea choice?!" He laughs and tells me people only order green tea lately so it's a running joke between employees. I nod, feeling a little insulted that I was just stereotyped and grouped with the trendies.
I admire those who still walk around with a Tim's coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other circa 2002, because they are either completely unaware of how absolutely 'uncool' they're being or they're just outright rebelling against the nauseating Guide to the New Toronto Lifestyle. Please people, let's get over it, 'cause green tea, soy product, yoga mats, charity bracelets and mod/hipster rock bands with an undecipherable message, are getting a little tired.
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People might be drinking green tea because it's the new trend.. or MAYBE it's because more people are trying it and are *gasp* actually liking how it tastes.
i'm not offended, just trying to help you understand...okay?
but i do appreciate the schooling, can we do this once a week for say an hour? i sure could stand to learn a lot about how to properly calculate trends in my surroundings
I work at a restaurant (where we don't serve green tea, soy, or even skim milk) and I can tell you as most servers can, people who order tea are, on average, more annoying than other customers that we deal with. I'm not alone on this either, see <a href="http://waiterrant.blogspot.com/2005/05/waiter-axioms-anyone-who-wants-table.html";>Waiter Blog</a>. Although he uses the term "pain in the ass".
"Can I please offer you more hot water for your tea?" Translation:"Go home"
With respect to Coffee shops creating their own lingo... it drives me insane. On the odd occasion that I go to Starbucks (I prefer Second Cup) I'll ask for a regular X. They'll ask me, in a manner that forces me to repeat their definition of regular; "Would that be a tall?". I want to order a fancy coffee - I don't want to learn a new definition for size.
It's the same thing with Rogers Wireless. When you call you have to talk to the machine. I HATE, talking to a machine. I push, 0, a million times. But in the end I must conform and talk to the machine, just like I have to define the size of my fancy coffee in Starbuckian.
re: Waiter Blog - Show me statistics!
Gripes.
to brandon: THANK you. orange pekoe is 'standard', yes green tea has existed for ages but only NOW does it get to carry the label of most-popular-drink-ever-if-you-want-to-be-considered-cool.
and i hate starbucks language too! the worst is the forced-upon accent you must use when asking for "grande" - makes me feel like i have to salsa dance towards the cashier and hablo espagnol to get a drink
And really now, if we were to drop all trends we'd have no reason to read blogto (or any other blog in this crazy web trend), now would we?
With 19, 19, 1985 Woo-hoo-hoo..." not only a bad position, but a bad song at that
So some poor slave barristas roll their eyes.
Feh.
A little thin skinned, no?
Don't start telling me about ordering colonic regiments, ok?
Thanks for the Solforina loc. Will definitely check it out as opposed to the Timmy's. I'll be the one with the smoke in the other hand, s'awright?
I HATE THOSE F'ING DONATION BRACELETS!!
It's like, Seriously, We GET it. You're wearing it for months so everyone will know you're a GOOD person who CARES about tsunami victims and hurricane victims and earthquake victims and flood victims. Congratulations! :S It's OUT of control.
I mean, do people fraternize about this sort of thing? "Heyyy, I can see YOU donated to Hurricane Katrina victims. Me too! Where did you donate?"
Or maybe it just "shows they care"... but I don't think buying a $2 bracelet can compete with the people who are out there providing medical supplies, rebuilding cities and saving lives.
I'm sure people would argue they think the bracelets "look cool" or something... but I think we all know the truth. Insecure.
Wow, a pent up rant! Don't even get me started about those "Support Our Troops" bumper stickers, hehehehe