This turns my crank!Enough with the trendy speech.
I'm not getting the reason for the outrage, and I fancy myself something of a wordsmith.
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December 18, 2019, 02:52 PM
tsmccull
Would you prefer “we’ll start making your order in about 15 minutes after we’ve had a smoke and used the restroom?”
December 18, 2019, 02:52 PM
LS1 GTO
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Originally posted by smschulz:
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Originally posted by gearhounds:
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Originally posted by MattW: Maybe try decaf next time...?
That’s funny right there
But TRUE
If Gutpile goes off on them about it, he just might get decaf regardless of what he asked for.
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The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
December 18, 2019, 03:00 PM
Patrick-SP2022
December 18, 2019, 03:05 PM
oddball
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Originally posted by Gutpile Charlie: "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? .
I actually kinda get it Charlie
I don't order those kind of drinks, and certainly not at a Starbucks. But I imagine building a Double-Double burger at In N Out, or a Bloody Mary or a martini at a bar is similar in task and time. And none of these establishments tell me "we'll get that started for you right now" when I order food and drinks in these places. But I'll tell ya, "This turns my crank" is definitely not trendy speech
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
December 18, 2019, 03:12 PM
recoatlift
A simple thank you. Lose the trendy lingo.
December 18, 2019, 03:14 PM
oddball
Patrick-SP2022, that is one of the worst videos from the MTV era, up there with Jagger/Bowie's Dancing in the Street.
But this one makes more sense.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
December 18, 2019, 03:26 PM
Balzé Halzé
Seriously?
That's some of the most ridiculous outrage I've heard about in a long time.
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December 18, 2019, 03:35 PM
chellim1
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This turns my crank! Enough with the trendy speech.
Uh oh... I think someone is not getting quite the reaction he was looking for. Can we show some compassion?
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December 18, 2019, 03:49 PM
erj_pilot
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
December 18, 2019, 03:50 PM
tgtshuter
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Originally posted by oddball:
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Originally posted by Gutpile Charlie: "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? .
I actually kinda get it Charlie
I don't order those kind of drinks, and certainly not at a Starbucks. But I imagine building a Double-Double burger at In N Out, or a Bloody Mary or a martini at a bar is similar in task and time. And none of these establishments tell me "we'll get that started for you right now" when I order food and drinks in these places. But I'll tell ya, "This turns my crank" is definitely not trendy speech
Didn't this phrase originate back in the Model-T days, when people had to crank their cars? Or mechanical toys?
Charlie - I can dig why you're so uptight with this new jive you're hearing, but try to get into the groove Daddy-O!
December 18, 2019, 03:53 PM
jhe888
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Originally posted by BigSwede: Not seeing the problem. "Getting it started" We will will begin preparing your order. Works for me but I don't patronize Starbucks
Agreed. I am as likely to be irritated by dumb turns of phrase as anyone, but this one seems fine. They have to get started on your order to complete it, so saying they will get started seems to be the same as "coming right up, sir."
If there is any complaint, it may aggrandize the process of making two cups of coffee into something more complicated than it is, but they still have to get started, no matter how simple the task.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
December 18, 2019, 04:17 PM
AZSigs
Making coffee is a process for them. The order has to start somewhere.
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December 18, 2019, 04:21 PM
arfmel
I think I know where Gutpile is coming from.
December 18, 2019, 04:21 PM
12131
I'm outraged.
Not at Starbucks themselves, but at Gutpile Charlie, a leftist/commie hating hardcore conservative , who actually patronizes their bidness.
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December 18, 2019, 04:31 PM
egregore
I think Charlie has his jimmies a little rustled.
I don't and didn't go to Starbucks, even before the latest goings-on, but when Wendy's asks me what they can get started for me, my jimmies remain unrustled.
December 18, 2019, 04:32 PM
Patrick-SP2022
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Originally posted by oddball: Patrick-SP2022, that is one of the worst videos from the MTV era, up there with Jagger/Bowie's Dancing in the Street.
But this one makes more sense.
Ha ha. Two of the worst videos ever.
I have not seen your version before. Very funny.
December 18, 2019, 05:55 PM
SevenPlusOne
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Originally posted by arfmel: I think I know where Gutpile is coming from.
Same here. Have you noticed the Shatneresque pauses people make when they speak now? When I hear them I say something like "Yes Captain".
"Ninja kick the damn rabbit"
December 18, 2019, 08:24 PM
BamaJeepster
So I looked it up and 'turns my crank' did indeed originate in the late teens, early twenties.
I looked up popular slang from that timeframe in response:
I need to ankle over to iron my shoelaces before I pull a Daniel Boone. Order me up some noodle juice while you're in line so I don't get spifflicated! You need to have a jorum of skee so you won't be a wurp!
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
December 18, 2019, 08:32 PM
ZSMICHAEL
One thing I enjoy is listening to the outdated slang terms in 1940s film noir. Snappy dialogue where the guy calls the dame a two timing little Twist when he thinks she is fooling around with another guy.
