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Rant on: My daughter thinks I'm a little bit twisted about things like this, but how people use and speak the language is important. Yesterday she and I were in the drive thru at my local Starbucks and she gave the order to the clerk for a hazelnut grande latte to which the clerk replied, "We'll get that started for you right now." "Get it started? WTF is to "get it started? That's the order! Do I need to be advised we are in "the start phase" or would a thank you work just as well? Holy Toledo Crap! I'm starting to hear this lame phrase more and more in restaurants recently. Remember, he who controls the language controls the narrative. We are losing it folks! There are clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right! Being trendy in speech just means that you really don't have anything to say. Rant off. "If you think everything's going to be alright, you don't understand the problem!"- Gutpile Charlie "A man's got to know his limitations" - Harry Callahan | ||
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Maybe try decaf next time...? | |||
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Are you "starting" to hear it, or just hearing it? | |||
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Lost |
Maybe this would be a better fit in the What's Your Deal section, but at any rate you might want to fix the clickbait title before the boss notices. | |||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
Not seeing the problem. "Getting it started" We will will begin preparing your order. Works for me but I don't patronize Starbucks | |||
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delicately calloused |
I’m stuck in the middle with you...... You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep  |
I don't get it either... "That" refers to your order... So they are saying "We'll get your order started right now." What's the issue? _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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That’s funny right there  “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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Let me see if I understand. You placed an order and she acknowledged the order by assuring you they would start to make it right away. Is that what has your knickers in a knot? Really? Good lord, I hope they don't tell you to please pull forward next time, you might need a word with manager if that happens  ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Bad news - your crank is a little twisted! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Maybe they could REACH OUT to you. Just tell them it turns your crank. I have to admit that I have never heard the expression turns your crank. Most Americans speak slang English. BTW that is just AWESOME. | |||
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I'm Pickle Rick! |
Wrapped around the axle maybe? ______________________________ " Formally known as GotDogs " | |||
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| Banned |
I like when boxing announcers declare 'It's a fight to the finish.' That's a good place to end it. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Let's Get It Started! "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
But TRUE  | |||
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Coin Sniper |
I will almost bet that that's driven by Starbucks as part of their marketing scheme. It's likely meant to engender some level of urgency so the customer believes that they'll be receiving their grande whatever quickly. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Still finding my way |
You are funding our enemies through starcucks and this is what bothered you? Get you priorities straight and stop drinking pajama boy foofoo drinks. | |||
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| Ammoholic |
I understand what you are saying, but I just can’t seem to summon any outrage about it. I guess I have enough other things to get spun up about that I just haven’t got any excited to get about such a piffle. | |||
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