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Starbucks Needs a Numbered Menu– Just Sayin'

Customer: I'll have a skim cafe au lait.
Barista: We call it a “cafe misto” here.
Cashier: Yeah, I think “cafe au lait” is Italian.

–Starbucks

  • Posted on March 30, 2009
  • Baristas, Coffee, Customers, Languages, Starbucks, Stupidity, Words
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