Starbucks Vernacular Drives English Prof to Cause a Ruckus on the UWS
Monday, August 16th, 2010
An English professor was booted from the Starbucks at Columbus and 86th after an argument with the barista over vernacular, according to The New York Post. Lynne Rosenthal started the scuffle after ordering a toasted multigrain bagel and being asked, “Do you want butter or cheese?” “I just wanted a multigrain bagel,” Rosenthal later stated. “I refused to say ‘without butter or cheese.’ When you go to Burger King, you don’t have to list the six things you don’t want.” She goes on to defend her reaction, claiming, “linguistically, it’s stupid, and I’m a stickler for correct English.” Rosenthal’s refusal to reply to the question escalated when the employee said that she wouldn’t be served unless she specified butter, cheese, or neither, and eventually the manager called the police, who ordered her to leave and threatened to arrest her if she went back inside, according to Rosenthal. Surprisingly, Starbucks has not announced a change in the unique jargon as a result of Rosenthal’s dispute.
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Lynne Rosenthal. Photo source: New York Post
An English professor was booted from the Starbucks at Columbus and 86th after an argument with the barista over vernacular, according to The New York Post. Lynne Rosenthal started the scuffle after ordering a toasted multigrain bagel and being asked, “Do you want butter or cheese?” “I just wanted a multigrain bagel,” Rosenthal later stated. “I refused to say ‘without butter or cheese.’ When you go to Burger King, you don’t have to list the six things you don’t want.” She goes on to defend her reaction, claiming, “linguistically, it’s stupid, and I’m a stickler for correct English.” Rosenthal’s refusal to reply to the question escalated when the employee said that she wouldn’t be served unless she specified butter, cheese, or neither, and eventually the manager called the police, who ordered her to leave and threatened to arrest her if she went back inside, according to Rosenthal. Surprisingly, Starbucks has not announced a change in the unique jargon as a result of Rosenthal’s dispute.
Filed under: Food & Drink, News, Upper West Side, Upper West Side Blog 2 Comments »
Tags: Dispute, Grammar, Incident, Lynne Rosenthal, Starbucks, Vernacular
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