Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand

[Mofra]

So apparently there are coffee huts in America where the "baristas" are topless or in bikinis.

That just makes ordering "a long black" so much more awkward

 

[Procrastinator35]

What's so wrong with a Dick Pic

....Works on so many levels.

That just makes ordering "a long black" so much more awkward

'Short whites' are far more common....Though no-one will own up to it.

 

[Gough]

No flat whites though.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

That just makes ordering "a long black" so much more awkward

I've heard you can get told off for ordering that in the states. Not sure how much truth it has though.

 

[Mofra]

I've heard you can get told off for ordering that in the states. Not sure how much truth it has though.

On a slightly different note, I was in Copenhagen and told to go to a specific coffee shop as "it's the single most hipster coffee shop on the planet".
After 5 nights of partying like a manic at Roskilde, I arrive back in Copenhagen to check this place out (Koffee Kollective or something, in some special glass market building and they specialize in small batch roasting or whatever uber-hipsters are into).

I saunter up to the counter, my girlfriend at the time outside and feeling seedy. Mofra is on the 6th day of a hangover whose cumulative effects have all hit at once. The barista, perfectly parted hair down the middle, hasn't smiled since 1994 and wearing wooden-varnished frames looks at me.

"Ah, yeah I'll have a long black"
*Hipster head tilt*

"We don't do long blacks, it's called an Americano!"
"Ok. I'll have an Americano. And an espresso"
*silent pause as hipster looks down to write down order*

"And I'll have those to go"
*Even more of a head tilt, from angle-of-condescension to I'm-risking-serious-neck-damage-but-this-point-vitally-must-be-made*

"I don't do expresso to go. The cardboard completely changes the character of the coffee and I refuse to do it".

Note: it's not company policy. Specifically, loudly and clearly lengthened the reference "I"
"Ok. Make my coffees I'll bring her in"

She couldn't finish her espresso, I make the point of loudly proclaiming the espresso as "ok, nothing special" just in case his head tilted clean off. No such luck.

 

[Holy Foley!]

I've heard you can get told off for ordering that in the states. Not sure how much truth it has though.

Might be true haha. I've been questioned a few times here by American customers for not having cafe americanos on the menu despite me telling them they're essentially the same as a long black. Still doesn't stop them from making complaints to management though.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Yep, it's an Americano. Flat whites aren't as common either.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I had an American customer complain about my service once when I asked "black or white?" when he ordered filtered coffee. He said I was a racist.

 

[edgie]

There's really no other way to clarify that, at least in a way that isn't ridiculously over the top in a way of avoiding phrasing that could be construed as "racist".

 

[Doss]

I had an American customer complain about my service once when I asked "black or white?" when he ordered filtered coffee. He said I was a racist.

Things like that just make me hate people.

 

[Gough]

Bizarre I agree, but indicative of how highly charged race is as an issue over there.

 

[Doss]

Bizarre I agree, but indicative of how highly charged race is as an issue over there.

Yes, but I can't shake the feeling that the person in question was probably also the type who loves outrage for the sake of it.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

On a slightly different note, I was in Copenhagen and told to go to a specific coffee shop as "it's the single most hipster coffee shop on the planet".
After 5 nights of partying like a manic at Roskilde, I arrive back in Copenhagen to check this place out (Koffee Kollective or something, in some special glass market building and they specialize in small batch roasting or whatever uber-hipsters are into).

I saunter up to the counter, my girlfriend at the time outside and feeling seedy. Mofra is on the 6th day of a hangover whose cumulative effects have all hit at once. The barista, perfectly parted hair down the middle, hasn't smiled since 1994 and wearing wooden-varnished frames looks at me.

"Ah, yeah I'll have a long black"
*Hipster head tilt*

"We don't do long blacks, it's called an Americano!"
"Ok. I'll have an Americano. And an espresso"
*silent pause as hipster looks down to write down order*

"And I'll have those to go"
*Even more of a head tilt, from angle-of-condescension to I'm-risking-serious-neck-damage-but-this-point-vitally-must-be-made*

"I don't do expresso to go. The cardboard completely changes the character of the coffee and I refuse to do it".

Note: it's not company policy. Specifically, loudly and clearly lengthened the reference "I"
"Ok. Make my coffees I'll bring her in"

She couldn't finish her espresso, I make the point of loudly proclaiming the espresso as "ok, nothing special" just in case his head tilted clean off. No such luck.

It's stories like this that make me so glad I don't like coffee.

 

[Gough]

It's possible to like coffee, and not be a dick about it.

 

[HBF]

Things like that just make me hate people.

Reminds of the old gag.

What's wrong with America?

It's full of Americans.

 

[Doss]

Reminds of the old gag.

What's wrong with America?

It's full of Americans.

Actually that reminds me...

Before I went to New York City three years ago, all I'd heard was how rude New Yorkers are. How short and unfriendly they are.

I did not find that at all.

So where does the stereotype come from?

 

[magpieswmb]

roads where its 100kph plus(mainly country roads) should have barriers or be separated, its nor fair on innocent people to lose their lives because someone is tired or effected by drugs/alcohol or speeding

 

[Doss]

roads where its 100kph plus(mainly country roads) should have barriers or be separated, its nor fair on innocent people to lose their lives because someone is tired or effected by drugs/alcohol or speeding

The cost of doing that would be prohibitive.

 

[CM86]

Actually that reminds me...

Before I went to New York City three years ago, all I'd heard was how rude New Yorkers are. How short and unfriendly they are.

I did not find that at all.

So where does the stereotype come from?

RadioShack.

 

[Marklar_33]

My housemate cooking crumpets in the oven.

WTF.

Not under the grill, with a layer of cheese? If not, just wrong

 

[boncer34]

Not under the grill, with a layer of cheese? If not, just wrong

No literally in the oven. No cheese. Ovens them and then spreads vegemite.

 

[Marklar_33]

No literally in the oven. No cheese. Ovens them and then spreads vegemite.

Nope. Not even once.

A layer of Vegemite, topped with cheese and grilled, ****ing awesome.

 

[Off The Couch]

roads where its 100kph plus(mainly country roads) should have barriers or be separated, its nor fair on innocent people to lose their lives because someone is tired or effected by drugs/alcohol or speeding

My mum lives about 360 km's from me. I'm seriously struggling to envisage what these barriers would look like on these roads and as Doss said, I can't imagine the cost involved.

 

[Doss]

One thing I will say, the sooner the duplication of the Western Highway goes ahead as far west as possible, the better. It currently ends somewhere in the no man's land between Beaufort and Ararat. Ideally, I really hope one day it goes at least as far as Horsham or Dimboola to cover the grain traffic that goes by road rather than rail. I know there probably isn't yet the traffic to justify full duplication of Melbourne to Adelaide in the manner that Melbourne-Sydney has been done.

It's mostly high quality road, but if you strike a lot of trucks it can be a bit hairy at times.

 

[Kram]

RadioShack.