Surprisingly low price

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in Surprisingly low price:

I thought plain coffee was always pretty cheap at starbucks.

It is relative to the desserts other drinks but still not that cheap.

[George K]

@Horace

[jon-nyc]

That’s a barista made drink. Drip coffee is what I ordered.

[Horace]

Americanos are second-tier pricing, while brewed coffee is the cheapest thing on the menu. I thought I remembered them costing a dollar some years ago.

[LuFins Dad]

It’s $2.65 for a 12oz, $2.95 for a 20oz, and $3.25 for a 24oz.

(Which doesn’t make a lot of pricing sense. You go up 8oz for 30 cents, then the next 4oz is 30 cents.)

[jon-nyc]

It’s 12, 16, and 20.

[jon-nyc]

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

I know where I got confused… Their frozen Venti is 24oz…

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

SO bougie.

[Tom-K]

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

Matt Gaetz says the same thing (tho' for a different product.)

[jon-nyc]

Lol

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Surprisingly low price:

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

SO bougie.

When the cashier asked for my name for the order, I told her “Spartacus”. When the barista brought the order up and hollered “Spartacus!” I stepped up and said “I am Spartacus” then another older guy stepped forward and said “I am Spartacus”… Then another guy, and another… Those poor androgynous twentysomethings were so confused.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Surprisingly low price:

When the cashier asked for my name for the order, I told her “Spartacus”. When the barista brought the order up and hollered “Spartacus!” I stepped up and said “I am Spartacus” then another older guy stepped forward and said “I am Spartacus”… Then another guy, and another… Those poor androgynous twentysomethings were so confused.

Tell me that's a true story. Please.

[George K]

Also, if OK with you, I'm going to steal that for a future FB post.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K Afraid not, in fact, I think I saw the original anecdote on TNCR…I tried it once to no good effect.

[George K]

Still stealing it for FB. It's the funniest thing I've read all week.

[jon-nyc]

It’s actually from a video that went viral a decade ago or so.

George- find the video and post that.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

It’s actually from a video that went viral a decade ago or so.

George- find the video and post that.

Link to video

But I’m pretty sure that they just copied an internet story / meme that was around earlier than that. Like I said, I did it once as a joke that went nowhere, and it would have likely been before 2013, and I remember being inspired to try it from something on the forum.

[taiwan_girl]

Unfortunatley, even though I am not in my 20's, I would have not clue what people were doing. LOL

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Surprisingly low price:

Unfortunatley, even though I am not in my 20's, I would have not clue what people were doing. LOL

Link to video