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Title: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on March 29, 2014, 11:14:53 am
Well?
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Got Haggis? on March 29, 2014, 01:35:22 pm
lol phish lol
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK on March 29, 2014, 01:39:18 pm
Passbook enabled tickets. I don't want to hear any whining from idiots about minute details like being unable to handle traffic when you can't do simple things like paperless tickets.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: atomic on March 29, 2014, 03:55:15 pm
If it were on Ticketmaster all the scalpers would have gotten tickets instead of you.  Mission Tix was all messed up for Neutral milk Hotel at 2640 space and thankfully for me they were or I probably wouldn't have gotten tickets.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on March 29, 2014, 08:49:17 pm
ticket tree
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 29, 2014, 09:09:48 pm
Kind of surprised about this over Phish tickets.  I thought pot mellowed you out and gave you the munchies not made you all pissy and bitter.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on March 30, 2014, 09:24:42 am
You are assuming this is about Phish tix, just like I assume you are a fucking asshole piece of shit.


Kind of surprised about this over Phish tickets.  I thought pot mellowed you out and gave you the munchies not made you all pissy and bitter.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Vas Deferens on March 30, 2014, 10:15:35 am
Tweedy?
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: James Ford on March 30, 2014, 10:26:23 am
Wow, lots of love there for a guy who to my knowledge has never personally attacked you, whoever you are.

You are assuming this is about Phish tix, just like I assume you are a fucking asshole piece of shit.


Kind of surprised about this over Phish tickets.  I thought pot mellowed you out and gave you the munchies not made you all pissy and bitter.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: grateful on March 30, 2014, 11:50:15 am
Yeah, this only seems like a problem for people who didn't get tickets.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on March 30, 2014, 02:10:28 pm
Wasn't an attack, just a false assumption analogy...that's all.


Wow, lots of love there for a guy who to my knowledge has never personally attacked you, whoever you are.

You are assuming this is about Phish tix, just like I assume you are a fucking asshole piece of shit.


Kind of surprised about this over Phish tickets.  I thought pot mellowed you out and gave you the munchies not made you all pissy and bitter.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 30, 2014, 03:37:32 pm
Wasn't an attack, just a false assumption analogy...that's all.


Wow, lots of love there for a guy who to my knowledge has never personally attacked you, whoever you are.

You are assuming this is about Phish tix, just like I assume you are a fucking asshole piece of shit.


Kind of surprised about this over Phish tickets.  I thought pot mellowed you out and gave you the munchies not made you all pissy and bitter.

There was no assumption, it was a logical deduction based on the 2nd post in the thread.  So if it was not about Phish I take it that it was about a band with real talent...
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 30, 2014, 04:02:31 pm
ratbastard... defender of all things undeserving of defense.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on March 30, 2014, 05:47:32 pm
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/55/5d/93/555d932ee8f5d80fb4749e9f43a9d888.jpg)
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 30, 2014, 06:49:50 pm
ratbastard... defender of all things undeserving of defense.

I didn't see anything that needed defending nor anything that was.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: grateful on March 30, 2014, 08:35:01 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 30, 2014, 09:05:36 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I just wonder why it is so hard these days to find just a plain old cup of coffee.  You know, one with no espresso, frappe, twist, sprinkles, flavoring, or whatnot.  Sad to think that one of the few places left where you can actually order and get coffee is waffle house! :)

Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: James Ford on March 30, 2014, 09:21:08 pm
I'm not a coffee drinker, but why wouldn't you just make it yourself?
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 30, 2014, 09:44:26 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I just wonder why it is so hard these days to find just a plain old cup of coffee.  You know, one with no espresso, frappe, twist, sprinkles, flavoring, or whatnot.  Sad to think that one of the few places left where you can actually order and get coffee is waffle house! :)

I don't drink coffee but I've thought that a fun experiment might be to go to a Starbucks or similar establish and simply (and obstinately) say "I'd like a cup of coffee, please." Politely respond to any of their questions about what kind and size with the same request, over and over again until served "a cup of coffee". See what you get.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Bombay Chutney on March 30, 2014, 09:58:55 pm
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 30, 2014, 10:05:03 pm
I'm not a coffee drinker, but why wouldn't you just make it yourself?

you're right. if you're looking to drink a solid cup of coffee, a solid burr grinder, an aeropress, and a decently fresh bag of beans will go a long way.  unless you're looking for espresso-based drinks, there is no need to pay the premium at a coffee shop. drip coffee is drip coffee, no matter who makes it.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on March 30, 2014, 10:05:41 pm
i was waiting in line at my local grocery store today and the woman with the three young children who looked disheveled and on edge was kind enough to apologize for the fact that she was using coupons and her kids were being crazy and she had to pay with half credit and part cash and it was taking her a long time and she thought i was getting upset and i smiled and helped her with her groceries and i told her that i was not a person who complains about having to wait and that i was jealous that she was saving so much money with her coupons and she was astonished that people could be so nice to each other and it made my day, that there interaction we had at that moment in time.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 30, 2014, 10:07:55 pm
ratbastard... defender of all things undeserving of defense.

I didn't see anything that needed defending nor anything that was.

my mistake, you were just being an asshole.  sometimes its hard to decipher distinguish the two ;)
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 30, 2014, 10:10:10 pm
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.

I guess they accommodate the old-schoolers. Of course, it used to be one size. How much for a medium "coffee"?
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 30, 2014, 10:26:36 pm
ratbastard... defender of all things undeserving of defense.

I didn't see anything that needed defending nor anything that was.

my mistake, you were just being an asshole.  sometimes its hard to decipher the two ;)

Whatever makes you happy, but i can promise you that when I am being an asshole you WILL know it! :)
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 30, 2014, 10:29:50 pm
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.

I guess they accommodate the old-schoolers. Of course, it used to be one size. How much for a medium "coffee"?

The sizes at StarSmucks is one of the things I laugh at the most, that and that silly name that they call their coffee pourers in an attempt to make them feel like they better than the counter help at any other place.

http://illwillpress.com/CHC.html
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 31, 2014, 01:13:38 am
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.

I guess they accommodate the old-schoolers. Of course, it used to be one size. How much for a medium "coffee"?

The sizes at StarSmucks is one of the things I laugh at the most, that and that silly name that they call their coffee pourers in an attempt to make them feel like they better than the counter help at any other place.

http://illwillpress.com/CHC.html

yeah, how dare them, trying to provide a name for their occupation.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 31, 2014, 01:15:46 am
ratbastard... defender of all things undeserving of defense.

I didn't see anything that needed defending nor anything that was.

my mistake, you were just being an asshole.  sometimes its hard to decipher the two ;)

Whatever makes you happy, but i can promise you that when I am being an asshole you WILL know it! :)

makes me happy? somewhere along reading this thread, i made a logical deduction that you were being an asshole.  nothing more than that. 
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: grateful on March 31, 2014, 08:41:08 am
my mistake, you were just being an asshole.  sometimes its hard to decipher the two ;)

I think you meant distinguish.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: azaghal1981 on March 31, 2014, 09:26:01 am
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I just wonder why it is so hard these days to find just a plain old cup of coffee.  You know, one with no espresso, frappe, twist, sprinkles, flavoring, or whatnot.  Sad to think that one of the few places left where you can actually order and get coffee is waffle house! :)

I don't drink coffee but I've thought that a fun experiment might be to go to a Starbucks or similar establish and simply (and obstinately) say "I'd like a cup of coffee, please." Politely respond to any of their questions about what kind and size with the same request, over and over again until served "a cup of coffee". See what you get.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_dxLiuXuw
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: sweetcell on March 31, 2014, 10:22:08 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_dxLiuXuw

@ 1:32... wow.  it's like a prophecy.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: azaghal1981 on March 31, 2014, 10:29:29 am
DC has plenty of coffee shops that don't make you go through the bullshit Starbucks makes you go through. The coffee there is better, too.

Same with Richmond I'm sure, Ratbastard.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on March 31, 2014, 10:45:34 am
dont you know that we live in a society where people believe the theory that the more you spend on an item and the more complicated said item is to understand and grasp, the better it is?
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK on March 31, 2014, 11:00:42 am
dont you know that we live in a society where people believe the theory that the more you spend on an item and the more complicated said item is to understand and grasp, the better it is?
Go on...!!
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on March 31, 2014, 11:25:23 am
name one no name brand item that is actually better than the big name brand version of it?  i can only think of one off the top of my head.  walmart brand cookies.  i go to walmart just for these things, and to stare at people.  walmart has mastered the art of ripping off company products and making their own versions of them for food stamp prices.  they basically have every girl scout cookie, now, for about a dollar twenty five.  they have those chocolate marshmallow pinwheel cookies, where nabiscos version cost four dollars and fifty cents, for about one dollar fifty cents.  walmart destroys others because of things like this.  cookies are my weakness.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: azaghal1981 on March 31, 2014, 11:32:35 am
Every generic OTC drug.

Well equal, not better.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on March 31, 2014, 11:42:06 am
or generic under the counter drugs as well.  i take a medication for a seizure disorder i have had for over fifteen years.  that medication is great, but costs four hundred dollars a month.  i switched to the generic version of it a few years ago, which i discovered is the exact same ingredients without the fancy name, and works exactly the same, for roughly fifty dollars a month.  i know people who down right refuse to take the generic version because they feel it is not the same.  hence, my original theory. 
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on March 31, 2014, 11:44:29 am
ahh . . . i have another example of no name brand better than full strength brand.  the brand name of julian, is not as good as the no name brand, that is brian.  brian works better and faster, than julian. 
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 31, 2014, 11:52:22 am
my mistake, you were just being an asshole.  sometimes its hard to decipher the two ;)

I think you meant distinguish.

/googles decipher

... oh.  fixed.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: atomic on March 31, 2014, 03:00:18 pm
Every generic OTC drug.

Well equal, not better.


Actually that isn't true.  In Baltimore they used have a testing center where they paid you to volunteer to test the generics against the name brands so the generics could get approved.  But they were actually testing the name brand against the name brand.  I don't take prescription medicine so I really don't care that much but don't think generic medicines are as good as the original.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: atomic on March 31, 2014, 03:02:57 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I never understood the love of Starbucks.  Awful Coffee at high prices.  And the worse thing is when I go to real coffee shop and order a Machiato they tell me they only make it the tradtiional way.  And of course that is what I want.  But it is annoying to have to hear it at every real coffee shop.

I never understood why people like chain restaurants and stores so much. 
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 31, 2014, 03:04:34 pm
name one no name brand item that is actually better than the big name brand version of it?  i can only think of one off the top of my head.  walmart brand cookies.  i go to walmart just for these things, and to stare at people.  walmart has mastered the art of ripping off company products and making their own versions of them for food stamp prices.  they basically have every girl scout cookie, now, for about a dollar twenty five.  they have those chocolate marshmallow pinwheel cookies, where nabiscos version cost four dollars and fifty cents, for about one dollar fifty cents.  walmart destroys others because of things like this.  cookies are my weakness.

peanut butter cups.  the trader joes and kirkland ones are delicious.  reese are also delicious, but i like trader joes version better.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 31, 2014, 03:05:53 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I never understood the love of Starbucks.  Awful Coffee at high prices.  And the worse thing is when I go to real coffee shop and order a Machiato they tell me they only make it the tradtiional way.  And of course that is what I want.  But it is annoying to have to hear it at every real coffee shop.

I never understood why people like chain restaurants and stores so much. 

i ordered a machiatto for the first time yesterday at starbucks just yesterday and couldn't figure out what the fuck it was when i received it.  it was clearly a sugared up latte and it was terrible.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 31, 2014, 04:13:20 pm
DC has plenty of coffee shops that don't make you go through the bullshit Starbucks makes you go through. The coffee there is better, too.

Same with Richmond I'm sure, Ratbastard.


Actually I am not that much of a coffee drinker.  Only at breakfast on the few occasions I eat breakfast away form home.  Go figure, its usually at a waffle house!
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: vansmack on March 31, 2014, 04:27:43 pm
I don't drink coffee, but when I pick up a cup for my roommate, I use an app to order ahead and it's waiting for for when I get there.  If I have the dog with me, they even bring it out to me.

You guys are doing it wrong.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK on March 31, 2014, 04:33:10 pm
I don't drink coffee, but when I pick up a cup for my roommate, I use an app to order ahead and it's waiting for for when I get there.  If I have the dog with me, they even bring it out to me.

You guys are doing it wrong.
This is apparently the closest we're going to get in this thread to discussing my urgent plea that 9:30 STOP THE INSANITY and get Passbook/scanable tickets as an option like every other venue on earth. Ticket stubs are environmentally irresponsible, and if I can't make some lower-class bouncer take notice of me having the latest in cell phone technology, then I don't even know what is the point of going to concerts in the first place.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 31, 2014, 05:07:28 pm
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.

I guess they accommodate the old-schoolers. Of course, it used to be one size. How much for a medium "coffee"?

The sizes at StarSmucks is one of the things I laugh at the most, that and that silly name that they call their coffee pourers in an attempt to make them feel like they better than the counter help at any other place.

http://illwillpress.com/CHC.html

yeah, how dare them, trying to provide a name for their occupation.

If you think that has anything to do with OTHER than marketing (making the customers feel like their $14 cup of coffee is worth the price) you are more delusional that anyone here ever thought.  They are clerks.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Hexenjagd on March 31, 2014, 05:09:59 pm
Wow.  Much exaggeration.   

Please show me where i can get a cup of coffee that costs $14?  I don't remember seeing any drink on the Starbucks menu even CLOSE to that.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 31, 2014, 05:29:14 pm
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.

I guess they accommodate the old-schoolers. Of course, it used to be one size. How much for a medium "coffee"?

The sizes at StarSmucks is one of the things I laugh at the most, that and that silly name that they call their coffee pourers in an attempt to make them feel like they better than the counter help at any other place.

http://illwillpress.com/CHC.html

yeah, how dare them, trying to provide a name for their occupation.

If you think that has anything to do with OTHER than marketing (making the customers feel like their $14 cup of coffee is worth the price) you are more delusional that anyone here ever thought.  They are clerks.

there are other coffee shops that exist beyond starbucks, and wouldn't you know, the people who serve coffee at those shops are called baristas too.

if someone was looking to serve coffee for a living, would you recommend that they search classifieds for a position as a 'clerk' or a 'barista' ?

and mentioning a $14 cup of coffee in the very same post you allude i'm delusional.... oh the irony.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: atomic on March 31, 2014, 05:54:34 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I never understood the love of Starbucks.  Awful Coffee at high prices.  And the worse thing is when I go to real coffee shop and order a Machiato they tell me they only make it the tradtiional way.  And of course that is what I want.  But it is annoying to have to hear it at every real coffee shop.

I never understood why people like chain restaurants and stores so much. 

i ordered a machiatto for the first time yesterday at starbucks just yesterday and couldn't figure out what the fuck it was when i received it.  it was clearly a sugared up latte and it was terrible.

A Machiatto is an espresso with a spot of steamed milk.  It doesn't come with sugar.  Latte is a bunch of steamed milk with a shot of espresso.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on March 31, 2014, 06:01:47 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I never understood the love of Starbucks.  Awful Coffee at high prices.  And the worse thing is when I go to real coffee shop and order a Machiato they tell me they only make it the tradtiional way.  And of course that is what I want.  But it is annoying to have to hear it at every real coffee shop.

I never understood why people like chain restaurants and stores so much. 

i ordered a machiatto for the first time yesterday at starbucks just yesterday and couldn't figure out what the fuck it was when i received it.  it was clearly a sugared up latte and it was terrible.

A Machiatto is an espresso with a spot of steamed milk.  It doesn't come with sugar.  Latte is a bunch of steamed milk with a shot of espresso.

right.  i was expecting the former, and got the latter with a crapload of caramel topping. 
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: RatBastard on March 31, 2014, 06:38:13 pm
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.

I guess they accommodate the old-schoolers. Of course, it used to be one size. How much for a medium "coffee"?

The sizes at StarSmucks is one of the things I laugh at the most, that and that silly name that they call their coffee pourers in an attempt to make them feel like they better than the counter help at any other place.

http://illwillpress.com/CHC.html

yeah, how dare them, trying to provide a name for their occupation.

If you think that has anything to do with OTHER than marketing (making the customers feel like their $14 cup of coffee is worth the price) you are more delusional that anyone here ever thought.  They are clerks.

there are other coffee shops that exist beyond starbucks, and wouldn't you know, the people who serve coffee at those shops are called baristas too.

if someone was looking to serve coffee for a living, would you recommend that they search classifieds for a position as a 'clerk' or a 'barista' ?

and mentioning a $14 cup of coffee in the very same post you allude i'm delusional.... oh the irony.



You can get your Phish tickets on CraigsList or StubHub.  Smoke another joint first though. 
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Justin Tonation on March 31, 2014, 07:31:38 pm
This is apparently the closest we're going to get in this thread to discussing my urgent plea that 9:30 STOP THE INSANITY and get Passbook/scanable tickets as an option like every other venue on earth. Ticket stubs are environmentally irresponsible, and if I can't make some lower-class bouncer take notice of me having the latest in cell phone technology, then I don't even know what is the point of going to concerts in the first place.

Paper tickets are the vinyl of the concert industry. You can hug a digital ticket!  ;D
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK on March 31, 2014, 08:20:29 pm
This is apparently the closest we're going to get in this thread to discussing my urgent plea that 9:30 STOP THE INSANITY and get Passbook/scanable tickets as an option like every other venue on earth. Ticket stubs are environmentally irresponsible, and if I can't make some lower-class bouncer take notice of me having the latest in cell phone technology, then I don't even know what is the point of going to concerts in the first place.

Paper tickets are the vinyl of the concert industry. You can hug a digital ticket!  ;D
get off my lawn you damn hippie.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: grateful on March 31, 2014, 08:24:26 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I never understood the love of Starbucks.  Awful Coffee at high prices.  And the worse thing is when I go to real coffee shop and order a Machiato they tell me they only make it the tradtiional way.  And of course that is what I want.  But it is annoying to have to hear it at every real coffee shop.

I never understood why people like chain restaurants and stores so much. 

i ordered a machiatto for the first time yesterday at starbucks just yesterday and couldn't figure out what the fuck it was when i received it.  it was clearly a sugared up latte and it was terrible.

A Machiatto is an espresso with a spot of steamed milk.  It doesn't come with sugar.  Latte is a bunch of steamed milk with a shot of espresso.

right.  i was expecting the former, and got the latter with a crapload of caramel topping. 

Sounds like you picked up the wrong drink. Sorry for your luck. And theirs.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: Bombay Chutney on March 31, 2014, 11:38:50 pm
I go to Starbucks almost daily and ask for a "medium coffee".  I've never had any issues.

I guess they accommodate the old-schoolers. Of course, it used to be one size. How much for a medium "coffee"?

$2.17 or $2.21 depending on which one I go to.
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on April 02, 2014, 02:13:58 pm
this is what happens, when you go, to starbucks.  poor satan, having to put up, with such foolishness

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/04/01/starbucks-barista-draws-satanic-symbols-in-coffee-foam/
Title: Re: Why use a ticketing service that can't handle public demand?
Post by: stevewizzle on April 02, 2014, 02:36:33 pm
Now that this is all wrapped up, can we move on to complaining about the line at Starbucks? I mean, come on!  5 people ahead of me?!? What the hell were they thinking?

I never understood the love of Starbucks.  Awful Coffee at high prices.  And the worse thing is when I go to real coffee shop and order a Machiato they tell me they only make it the tradtiional way.  And of course that is what I want.  But it is annoying to have to hear it at every real coffee shop.

I never understood why people like chain restaurants and stores so much. 

i ordered a machiatto for the first time yesterday at starbucks just yesterday and couldn't figure out what the fuck it was when i received it.  it was clearly a sugared up latte and it was terrible.

A Machiatto is an espresso with a spot of steamed milk.  It doesn't come with sugar.  Latte is a bunch of steamed milk with a shot of espresso.

right.  i was expecting the former, and got the latter with a crapload of caramel topping. 

Sounds like you picked up the wrong drink. Sorry for your luck. And theirs.

i picked up the right drink... starbucks just doesn't do traditional machiattos, and i didn't know that.  what they call a machiatto is essentially a sweeter latte.