So this morning I go into my favorite coffee hangout (where I don’t drink coffee) and since it was cold this morning, I ordered a “tall” hot chocolate.
The girl behind the counter then holds up a little dinky cup. “You mean this small one?”
“You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
–Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
Wayward Son
Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo.
I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
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Those who can, do. Those who can’t, retail. :o)
Seriously, I think most people working in store any more are only statistically sampling what the customers are saying. Almost like the Far Side “What you say to dogs vs. what they hear” cartoon. So you may have said “I would like to order a hot chocolate, and make it a tall one” and they heard “blah blah blah hot chocolate blah blah blah [something]all one” and figured you wanted a [sm]all one, not thinking of a [t]all one. Good thing they didn’t hear “[f]all one” or you may have gotten a shot of pumpkin flavoring in it, too! :o)
I have given up on coffee cup size monikers.. I just say smallest, medium or biggest anymore.. of course you can’t go wrong with pointing 🙂
Ah yes, I like the establishments that still use small, med. and lrg to designate their drinks.
And I quoted Inigo to my husband this morning.
I understand what you mean and it has nothing to do with coffee or cup sizes.