Roude Review: October 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Blogger Block (a cousin of writer's block)

Ack! I haven't blogged in QUITE some time, and the whole look/feel has changed since I last logged in. Great. I didn't know what I was doing before, and now I really don't have a clue...my last post ended up in one chunk of a paragraph (which is NOT how I intended), so I got a bit discouraged. Now I'll need a tutorial on how to operate within these new templates and figure out the new look and feel. Halloween ought to be blogworthy (as are many moments of our life in which I have NOT reported: ie: summer vacation shots, first day of school for both kiddos). One day I'll actually get it together and carve out time each week to update my blog; that is, if I can actually figure out how to make it appear in a format that is worth reading. WISH ME LUCK!!!

Things That Annoy Baristas (at least THIS one!)

Any soy beverage ordered extra hot and without foam. That is damn near impossible! If you even look at soy it begins to get frothy. Again, you can order whatever you'd like, just know that this is annoying and there isn't a barista alive that would LOVE to make this beverage.
Do not order a cheeseburger and/or fries thru the Starbucks drive-thru. You think you're being clever. We think you're a tool.
At a drive-thru Starbucks (or any drive-thru, for that matter, but I've only worked at Starbucks so that's what I'll speak to), please have some method of payment ready when you get to the window. You get to the window, complain about how slow the line was, then attempt to locate your wallet so you can pay. You've had 3-5 minutes to do this on the way to the window. Why do you think the line's slow? Because of idiots like you.
When a car approaches the speaker in the drive-thru to order and immediately shouts, "Hello?" Give us a chance to greet you. Starting off like that makes us want to give you decaf.