I’m not usually a Starbucks kind of guy. I prefer the local coffee joint Uncommon Grounds (two locations in Albany and Saratoga). They have real flavored coffees instead of syrup, and free wi-fi. Oh, and you can use normal English words to place an order (ie. “I’ll have a large vanilla coffee.”) and they don’t always assume you mean latte.
I tried to talk the Starbucks talk, it went something like this:
Brandon: “I’ll have a Grande vanilla coffee please.”
Girl: “A latte?”
Brandon: “No, just vanilla syrup in regular coffee.”
Girl (incredulously): “So just vanilla syrup in regular coffee?”
Brandon: “Yes please.”
Girl: “Room for cream?”
Brandon: “Sure.”
Girl (to other guy): “I need a double shot Grande vanilla syrup komodo dragon non-latte with room for cream.”
It’s seriously a whole different language.