Some months ago Consumer Reports said that 7-11 coffee was better than Starbuck’s. I agree, and I intend to stop at the nearest 7-11 as soon as I leave the office.
While I agree that things have gotten a bit ridiculous when ordering a simple coffee with cream and sugar, remember that it isn’t the customer that actually names the product. Unless there is some actual standard at play and people aren’t simply reading what is on the menu when ordering.
haha… I’ve always wanted to do that to the people who come up with some ridiculous order and say it quickly AND quietly and lean back so you can’t hear them over the espresso machine…
You know, when I pay 3.75 – 4.50 for a cup of coffee at starbucks, you better believe I am gonna have it made exactly like I want. If you dont like serving coffee the way customers want it, get another job.
funny … I always wanted to slap those waiters/waitresses rattling off a long list of things to choose from with the result that I as a customer felt utterly stressed by having (with a queue of 15 people behind me) on-the-spot to decide on something so insignificant as to whether I want skimmed or semi-skimmed or whatever in my café au lait …
Topic’s kinda old but coffee’s a pet subject! Oh well, down here in India you have the good old ‘half’ coffee or cutting tea, which is basically half a teensy cup of plain old coffee/tea served piping hot! Variety ho!
Yah, Faye and Dora belong here.
If you want to drink coffee, order it. If you want to drink a real drink, you get coffee.
If you don’t, get out of my office.
I honestly don’t blame the average idiot who orders those drinks. I blame the big chains for intentionally burning the crap out of their beans so the coffee tastes awful, and requires chocolate syrup to taste any kind of decent. IMO, good coffee is good black (not that cream or sugar are bad, just saying).
As an Austrian I have to say that we already had crazy coffee variations when Starbucks was just a glint in its fathers eye (as it were). But when you order one of those you just say one, two words maximum, like “melange” or “grosser brauner”.
Having said that, I have to add that Starbucks had a good foothold in Vienna, for no good reason… until recently. They are closing shop and I cherish the day I got those news.
For all of you non-austrians out there, though, I guess Starbucks is a good thing. Now you know what coffe was meant to taste like.
But if you want real good coffee, visit Vienna.
August 5th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Ah, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to see this. And now I have!
August 31st, 2007 at 5:03 am
That is amazing! I think I got as much satisfaction out of that as I would have had I smacked the guy myself!
The world needs a coffee shop called “Just Coffee” where people are ridiculed for ordering anything beyond the generic.
And the world also needs more strips like this. Bravo!
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The Banjo Players Must Die
August 31st, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Some months ago Consumer Reports said that 7-11 coffee was better than Starbuck’s. I agree, and I intend to stop at the nearest 7-11 as soon as I leave the office.
September 2nd, 2007 at 5:49 am
Excellent! Here in the Netherlands you start to see the same non-sense. Luckily the default here is still plain old coffee.
September 4th, 2007 at 2:03 am
While I agree that things have gotten a bit ridiculous when ordering a simple coffee with cream and sugar, remember that it isn’t the customer that actually names the product. Unless there is some actual standard at play and people aren’t simply reading what is on the menu when ordering.
September 4th, 2007 at 11:47 am
When I used to go to Starbux, I refused to say anything but “small, medium, or large” coffee. There is no point in speaking Frentalian.
September 8th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
I always say “large” as I can never remember the venti and all those other sizes they have. Great cartoon.
September 13th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
haha… I’ve always wanted to do that to the people who come up with some ridiculous order and say it quickly AND quietly and lean back so you can’t hear them over the espresso machine…
Port City Java is better than Starbucks and 7-11!
September 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
You know, when I pay 3.75 – 4.50 for a cup of coffee at starbucks, you better believe I am gonna have it made exactly like I want. If you dont like serving coffee the way customers want it, get another job.
October 19th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
funny … I always wanted to slap those waiters/waitresses rattling off a long list of things to choose from with the result that I as a customer felt utterly stressed by having (with a queue of 15 people behind me) on-the-spot to decide on something so insignificant as to whether I want skimmed or semi-skimmed or whatever in my café au lait …
October 26th, 2007 at 6:15 am
whatever happened to the good old canadian basic “double-double”?
November 12th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
My main question for DasBling is: “Why are you paying 3.75 – 4.50 for A CUP OF COFFEE!!!!!!”
December 10th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Topic’s kinda old but coffee’s a pet subject!
Oh well, down here in India you have the good old ‘half’ coffee or cutting tea, which is basically half a teensy cup of plain old coffee/tea served piping hot! 
Variety ho!
February 10th, 2008 at 6:30 am
anyone read Questionable Content (questionablecontent.net)? Faye and Dora could totally own this place…
February 16th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Yah, Faye and Dora belong here.
If you want to drink coffee, order it. If you want to drink a real drink, you get coffee.
If you don’t, get out of my office.
March 27th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Too many choices.
Low fat. No whip. Soy chai. Bah!
“Grande drip with room.”
http://www.soundskinky.com/blog/1999/04/coffee-houses-haiku.html
March 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Too many choices.
Low fat. No whip. Soy chai. Bah!
“Grande drip with room.”
October 14th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I honestly don’t blame the average idiot who orders those drinks. I blame the big chains for intentionally burning the crap out of their beans so the coffee tastes awful, and requires chocolate syrup to taste any kind of decent. IMO, good coffee is good black (not that cream or sugar are bad, just saying).
October 14th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
taylor you are so right.
i always drink my coffee black. the worse it gets the more crap i add into it.
November 26th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Oh…oh god. I am so one of those assholes. Fuck.
(though at least when I’m not at starbucks I order off the menu instead of demanding a frapuccino.)
August 26th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
it’s funny how this strip got the most comments up to this point…
LOL
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:51 pm
As an Austrian I have to say that we already had crazy coffee variations when Starbucks was just a glint in its fathers eye (as it were). But when you order one of those you just say one, two words maximum, like “melange” or “grosser brauner”.
Having said that, I have to add that Starbucks had a good foothold in Vienna, for no good reason… until recently. They are closing shop and I cherish the day I got those news.
For all of you non-austrians out there, though, I guess Starbucks is a good thing. Now you know what coffe was meant to taste like.
But if you want real good coffee, visit Vienna.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
*tears up* Thank You.