Archive for October 18th, 2007

Do you speak Starbucklish?

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I didn’t until I walked into Starbucks one day and made the mistake of ordering a “small” cappuccino. The roll of the eyes on the waiter – oops, barista – said it all: “Don’t ‘cha you know?” he seemed to be saying. “Tall is the new small.” Of course. Silly me. This is Starbucks. Why [...]