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naem
May 29, 2011

Cyril Sneer posted:

I'm actually at a Starbucks RIGHT NOW and holy gently caress there's some honest-to-god hot blonde lesbians in the line.

Pics ples

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Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Girls love dating guys who leave their garbage around for someone else to pick up.

Seriously, murdering assholes who don't bus their own table should be justifiable homocide.

Cyril Sneer
Aug 8, 2004

Life would be simple in the forest except for Cyril Sneer. And his life would be simple except for The Raccoons.

naem posted:

Pics ples

They left already, probably to go scissor each other.

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

Cyril Sneer posted:

They left already, probably to go scissor each other.

dude they prefer the term frottage
get with the programme

Fetus Tree
Feb 2, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Girls love dating guys who leave their garbage around for someone else to pick up.

Seriously, murdering assholes who don't bus their own table should be justifiable homocide.

you sound very healthy and well adjusted

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ki-5_BD7Zw

Clochette
Aug 12, 2013


Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

kitty has, indeed, got claws

Dicky B
Mar 23, 2004

if my actual name was kitty i would use the phrase "kitty's got claws" at every opportunity

Shasta Orange Soda
Apr 25, 2007

Christopher Ryan
I notice you didn't actually say "no". Want to do a Game of Thrones marathon after your shift on Friday?

guppiehaus
Sep 13, 2010

:thurman:

Clochette
Aug 12, 2013

"We both like this one really popular television show! We're destined to be together!"

Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Fetus Tree posted:

you sound very healthy and well adjusted

BUS YOUR OWN TABLE, GOD-DAMMIT!

Modern Day Hercules
Apr 26, 2008
I'm the Christopher Ryan in the OP.

guppiehaus
Sep 13, 2010
i wanna read a transcript of that guy's thoughts when he smells kitty's repulsive beer shits after a night of drinking


my ramona flowers :smith: soiled!

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Well good thing for him it's not hard to find another starbucks

NoNotTheMindProbe
Aug 9, 2010
pony porn was here
Starbucks went broke in Australia because they sell poo poo American style coffee and Australians are huge coffee snobs.

Shirley Crabtree
Aug 8, 2012

BubbleGoose posted:

As strange as I found these encounters, they're barely worth mentioning if not for the disturbing trend I'm noticing in the retail industry--customer service workers as overly friendly and overly helpful sycophants. It seems like big companies are no longer satisfied with hiring reliable, hard working people. They want personalities that embody their brand, who can at least put on the performance of friendliness. I'm sure some people suck up that kind of rear end kissing, but I find it rather creepy. From now on I'll be sticking to my mom 'n pop coffee shop with its salty proprietor and its terrible Mumford 'n Sons on infinite loop.

I've worked in the retail sector for a long time in one company or another and yes I know FML. Basically the thing is the High Street is pretty hosed and as such companies are getting a lot harder on their staff to be ridiculously cheerful customer facing automatons as if this will be the magic pill that will suddenly steer people away from online ordering etc. Not only can any given customer be a 'mystery shopper' who basically has the power to get you fired based upon their feedback if you don't deliver an Oscar worthy sales pitch, but you will always have a super stressed manager looking over your shoulder making sure that you suck up to every single person the moment they walk through the door and if you don't you'll get pulled up on it. Hate the game not the player.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

NoNotTheMindProbe posted:

Starbucks went broke in Australia because they sell poo poo American style coffee and Australians are huge coffee snobs.

Australia did one thing right and it pretty much failed due to different cultural expectations:
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/32188.html

etalian fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Mar 30, 2014

SARDINE KALABA
Feb 25, 2014

by XyloJW

etalian posted:

Australia did one thing righ and it pretty much failed due to different cultural expectations:
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/32188.html

i like the word weird cause it reminds me of this girl i have a crush on (not the girl from the Pharrell Williams album (she's 4 by the way)

guppiehaus
Sep 13, 2010
agreed starbucks coffee is pretty terrible tasting

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

guppiehaus posted:

agreed starbucks coffee is pretty terrible tasting

it's basically the coffee equivalent of the mall cinnabon

Roki B
Jul 25, 2004


Medical Industrial Complex


Biscuit Hider
yeah they are pretty weird aren't they

servin weird coffee

wearing weird arpons

weird.

insaneway
Feb 10, 2014

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.
-Jurgen Klinsmann-
I feel like an interview question should be

"How many piercings and/or tattoos do you have?"

Applecross WC.
Sep 13, 2004
Reverence and Disregard
Lol, people drink coffee at Starbucks.

Most of them closed down here, surprisingly people realised it is poo poo.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

starbucks isnt real hth

Ignoarints
Nov 26, 2010

BubbleGoose posted:

First of all, let me say that I have nothing but respect for workers in the service industry, having done that line of work for a number of years. I know it's not an easy job working with the public, but the experience I had in Starbucks was just too cringe-worthy.

I'm waiting in line, looking over the pastry shelf at the breakfast sandwiches. One of the workers suddenly materializes in front of me, slings his arm over the top of the glass and gives me a huge grin. "See anything good?" He asks cheerfully.

I'm all for morning cheerfulness and all, but this guy's grin just doesn't seem right. I return the smile anyway. "Uh, yeah. May I have the slow roasted ham and Swiss?"

He widened his eyes and declared, "Those are delicious, aren't they?" As he hurried off to fill my order, I walked over to the cashier. She too gives me an excited greeting. "What can I get for you today?" She asks in this really perky, musical voice.

"The slow roasted ham and Swiss." I said.

"Fo-shizzle, my nizzle." NO. I'm not making this up. She actually says this, and with conviction, mind you. I know I must have made a face, because I could feel some internal muscles lock up as they were trying to keep me from busting out laughing in her face.

What I found most embarrassing was not the fact that 'fo-shizzle my nizzle' actually means 'for sure, my niggah,' and the person saying it was not black and I am; it's the fact that no one has actually said it in several years. And even when it was new only Snoop Dogg and possibly twelve other rappers could get away with saying it.

As strange as I found these encounters, they're barely worth mentioning if not for the disturbing trend I'm noticing in the retail industry--customer service workers as overly friendly and overly helpful sycophants. It seems like big companies are no longer satisfied with hiring reliable, hard working people. They want personalities that embody their brand, who can at least put on the performance of friendliness. I'm sure some people suck up that kind of rear end kissing, but I find it rather creepy. From now on I'll be sticking to my mom 'n pop coffee shop with its salty proprietor and its terrible Mumford 'n Sons on infinite loop.

Dude this sounds loving hilarious I'm pretty sure I'd go back especially if I were black

naem
May 29, 2011

All of them are hopped up on caffeine and half of them are loving in the back

Clochette
Aug 12, 2013

The other day I had to call my bank's customer service line and the lady on the phone was really really chipper.

:v: Hi, I've been locked out of my account.
:sparkles: Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that! Let me help you out.
:sparkles: *typing* So how's your day been?
:v: Oh, pretty good. I made spaghetti.
:sparkles: I love spaghetti! The other day I made some spaghetti with... *lists ingredients*

I dunno, it was kind of weird. I heard they do that because the company would rather they fill the silence with noise or something but I would be perfectly satisfied with a few minutes less of social interaction that day.

The Saurus
Dec 3, 2006

by Smythe
op you're black they were obviously trying to gauge whether you were about to rob the place without offending you

sorry but its true

Drunk & Ugly
Feb 10, 2003

GIMME GIMME GIMME, DON'T ASK WHAT FOR
i dont get why its ok for u all to be addicted to coffee and getting cranky without it but when i want my smack its like shut up baby you got yourself into this?its the same price

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The Saurus
Dec 3, 2006

by Smythe

Drunk & Ugly posted:

i dont get why its ok for u all to be addicted to coffee and getting cranky without it but when i want my smack its like shut up baby you got yourself into this?its the same price

at least smack gives you some positive effects and doesn't just make you sweaty and twitchy i'm on your side

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