Starf*cks

Yeah, i don’t normally go to Starbucks.  Figure i can get good coffee for half the price elsewhere.  However, due to a few gift cards that i received for Christmas, i wondered into a Starbucks yesterday.

Now, in the sales girl’s defense, it’s been a LONG time since I’ve been to a Starbucks (the menu has changed significantly), and i really wasn’t certain what i wanted (except that i knew i wanted a HOT coffee beverage and not a COLD, iced coffee).

WTF?  the menu didn’t say whether the selections were hot/cold.

I really wanted a skinny– or NONFAT–  mocha cappuccino.  But by mistake, i ordered a tall, “light” mocha frappuccino.  I used the term “light” instead of skinny, ’cause the menu read, “order it light for 1/2 the calories.”  

Now, in my defense, after i placed my order i said, “this is a hot beverage, right?”  Sales girl pulls an ipod ear bud from her ear and says, ”What, I’m sorry i didn’t hear you… ?”     *christ*

I repeat, “tall, light, mocha…” 

SHE INTERRUPTS, ”yeah, yeah i got that…”    *okey, dokey then*

She turns to my husband who orders a tall, skinny, mocha cappuccino.  Sales girl says, HOT right?  Hubby says, “yes.”  I say, “I want mine HOT too.”  She says, “the frappuccino is a cold beverage… so you want your original order but HOT?… a cappuccino… right? 

Thinking she now has my order correct i respond, “yes!”

I end up with:  TALL WHITE MOCHA CAPPUCCINO

When they called out the order, i turned to the guy behind me and said, ”Dude, that must be yours… “

Sales girl says, “Oh, isn’t that what YOU ordered?”  I say, “No, i wanted a LIGHT MOCHA CAPPUCCINO.”

Girl replies, “Oh, you should have ordered that as a ‘SKINNY’ or NONFAT mocha cappuccino…”

Whatev’… i take the WHITE, WHOLE-FAT, WHIPPED DEVIL COFFEE, knowing full well it probably has a bazillion calories. 

i so wanted out of there.

NOTE TO STARBUCKS:  Use proper wording on your signage.  Don’t tell customers to order a product “LIGHT” when what the barista understands is SKINNY or NONFAT.   Oh, and tell the barista taking the coffee order to turn off her ipod and remove the ear buds…