The guy behind me online at Starbucks today ordered a latte in a British accent.
“What size?” asked the harried barista.
“What sizes do you have?” replied the polite Brit, whereupon the barista did a show-and-tell of tall/grande/venti.
“Excuse me?” the Brit asked, apparently confused by his first exposure to the wacky lingo.
Who knew? Even today there are people on this planet who are making their first trips to Starbucks. And for the record, as of January there were 256 Starbucks branches located within the M25 (London’s ring road) out of a UK total of 530 (and a worldwide total of 13,000 shops in 39 countries). The company plans to open a branch every two weeks in London for the next decade.
All I can say is at least this guy was behind me on line or I would have been more annoyed than amused.
That’s a funny story G. I keep hearing people say “wait on line”, is there a line drawn on the ground or do you have to have your laptop out? what happened to waiting “in line”? I’m confused by this as much as your British friend was by the starbucks jargon.