Elmlea wrote:

Starbucks famously now ask for your name, write it on your coffee cup, and yell "I've got a kodkjdeoiduir4 mocha for JOHN" when they put it out at the end of their bar. There appears to be a Twitter backlash going on to this right now, with a hashtag and everything.  People are saying things like "ugh, they're pretending they're my coffee best friend, it's so fake, I hate it." I quite like it.  It makes it seem a bit friendlier and fluffier.  And more importantly, when lots of people have identical/similar drinks, it makes it pretty simple to get yours; because it's got your fucking name on it. It's a cheaper, simpler, easier system than making you take a ticket or printing a number on your receipt.  You might forget you're order #26354-3939, but you don't forget your name. Why don't people, especially in the UK, like it?

I fucking hate it, and the staff fucking hate it too.

regards

g.man

They constantly spell Joe, Jo. I'm too polite to tell them what's fucking right from wrong.

I've never been in a Starbucks. Are they nice?

I like the frappothings with the ice in them but that's about all. Who needs a litre of coffee that's so hot you can't even start drinking it for half an hour. Actually Starbucks is great if you find one in an airport when your flight has been delayed - find a sofa, spend two hours drinking one coffee. And free wifi.

My name is Adam. A woman in Starbucks once heard it as Anton. Confusion reigned. Who in real life is called Anton? 

Pro tip: Unless you're into the vanilla bullshit things or whatever else, just get the filter coffee from behind the tills. No waiting around by the end of the counter, they just pour it straight out when you pay and you can get the fuck out of there. Tends to be stronger than the Americanos they do too.

You think the fresh coffee in Starbucks is nice?

I normally get the filter stuff. Change from a £2 coin is nice too.

There are a few cracking indy coffee shops in Bristol though, so I try and patronise them.

hahaha.

g.man wrote:

I fucking hate it, and the staff fucking hate it too. regards g.man

Why??  Would you rather take a ticket?  Or just wait until they call the thing you've ordered?  I guess I really can't understand why so many people get so, so incredibly worked up over having their name shouted out in a coffee shop when their drink's ready.  Why is that such a bad thing?

Elmlea wrote:

g.man wrote:

I fucking hate it, and the staff fucking hate it too. regards g.man

Why??  Would you rather take a ticket?  Or just wait until they call the thing you've ordered?  I guess I really can't understand why so many people get so, so incredibly worked up over having their name shouted out in a coffee shop when their drink's ready.  Why is that such a bad thing?

Because my name is nobodies fecking business in a random coffee shop.
My local Starbucks, the baristas know my name anyway, because I'm in there every day, but they hate the practise too because it presents them with an unrealistic expectation that they should remember the name of every semi-regular customer they have.
If someone asks me my name because they have a genuine interest then that's fine, but to be asked your name by someone who has been directed to do so by corporate buffoons really annoys people in this country (I'll bet the Yanks love it though).
It's fuckwittery of the highest order. I've been buying coffee in Starbucks for about the last ten years. Strangely they've always managed to get the right cup of coffee to me without having to write my name on the fecking cup. It's a simple concept. You join a queue and order/pay for your drink, then you go to the end of the counter and join a little queue where you wait for your drink to be served.
It's not rocket science.

really unpopular in this country

g.man

hahaha

Yeah, Boston Tea Party are awesome, Baristas Coffee Collective is my favourite though. Just round the corner from where they film Dirk Gently.

Surely they could just say "can I have your name so I know who to call when it's ready" instead of this faux chummy business that people seem bothered about.

Was remembering who ordered what a problem for the staff*? They seem to have managed just fine up till now. I managed to remember who had ordered what when I was a barman. And add their round up for them whilst I was doing it it. It's not hard.

*no, I'm not calling them fucking baristas.

To be fair, money is one of the dirtiest germ soaked things you'll touch on any given day. Think of that next time the barperson has their fingers all round the rim of your glass (which I never did btw).

You poor bastard, I hope some green kid was fired for that.