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I Call That Arrogance

By , on August 31, 2009

Mania, Random Ponderings, Righteous Rants


For a couple of weeks or so, I’ve been experiencing <sarcasm> the pleasure </sarcasm> of acquainting myself with a new system monitoring software called Foglight. Being familiar with Patrol, a much more superior product than Foglight from a system administrator’s point a view, it’s depressing to play with Foglight. Hence, the following greetings between me and my boss the last time I met him:

Me: Hi.
Boss: Hey, how are you doing?
Me: Getting depressed.
Boss: Playing with Foglight?

Anyways. I was told I’m going into it with a wrong attitude because I was already completely turned off  by Foglight the instant I saw the term “cartridge” being used as one of its architectural components. For all intents and purposes, their cartridges are equivalent to software modules. The term “module” is not good enough for them so they had to create a whole another definition for another word?

You know, that’s exactly the reason I didn’t like Starbucks when I walked in to Starbucks for the first time to get a coffee long long time ago. I asked for a medium coffee. And this guy who was taking my order had the audacity to say in a derisive tone, “We don’t have medium. It’s called, tall, grande and venti.” I stood there speechless, dumbfounded. Finally I answered, glaring at him, “I don’t give a shit what YOU call it. I want a MEDIUM coffee. In case you don’t know, it’s the size in the middle, between the smallest cup and largest cup you have.”

Believe it or not, I had to go through this again and again when Starbucks first came to NYC (after the third time I just stopped going there), and my friends used to complain about the same thing. What? Small, medium and large not good enough for them? Why do I have to learn a whole new vocabulary to order a fucking coffee? Arrogant fucking asses. Fortunately, I was told this practice of correcting the customers stopped pretty quickly.

I don’t know why using unconventional words for conventional things is supposed to appeal to the decision makers on things like this. I wonder if it appeals to majority of consumers. Am I in the minority? Do people really like this bullshit? Is it supposed to be cute?



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5 Comments to “I Call That Arrogance”

  1. Katie says:
    August 31, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Hahahaha. Starbucks definitely doesn’t correct you anymore… most of my friends say medium, small, etc.
    Cartridge for module? Why would you do that? Module sounds so much better anyway.
    Yeah… I think it is supposed to be cute, but usually it ends up just confusing people. Companies want to stand out from everyone else- i.e. Starbucks and venti, grande, tall. They wanted something more sophisticated, so they named their drink sizes Italian. And that combined with their decor and drink offerings DOES make them a more sophisticated megabusiness (haha wrong term) compared to McDonalds or something.
    (As a side note, you’ve seen the McD’s commercials with the two women and heading to McD’s because their coffeehouse was too sophisticated for them? Good advertising, but it can also have a negative effect on McD’s… teenage girls like 15/16 who drink a LOT of coffee nowadays are going to roll their eyes at McD’s and are going to go to some place they think is nicer.)
    DUDE. I AM SO EXCITED TO BE MINORING IN BUSINESS.
    .-= Katie´s last blog ..If you know me, you know how much relevance this holds to my life. =-.

  2. EssenceOfInsanity says:
    September 1, 2009 at 12:32 am

    I think cartridge sounds older. Module sounds more 21st century if that makes any sense at all. :crazy:
    .-= EssenceOfInsanity´s last blog ..Have Swine Flu? =-.

  3. topsurf says:
    September 1, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    :doh: I never even noticed that Starbucks did that, I never looked at the menu because I don’t like fancy coffees I just always order either a medium or large black coffee :o
    I know I’m so wild aren’t I? :shock: I’m inclined to agree with you I hate fancy names for things, just give me plain old medium black coffee please! :scenic:

  4. Devyl says:
    September 2, 2009 at 12:11 am

    There are so many reasons why I am **not** a fan of *$, it is not even funny.

    However, they *are* the only place I can go to get a slice of zucchini bread so I do not make and eat a whole loaf at home. LOL
    .-= Devyl´s last blog ..Fundraising for a Desert School (PLEASE HELP!!) =-.

  5. Miss Attitude says:
    September 6, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Did someone say Starbucks? :shock: I :heart: Starbucks. I never thought about the vocabulary as annoying, but they should never correct a customer. They knew what you meant! :hammer:
    .-= Miss Attitude´s last blog ..Stalking your kids 101 =-.

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