Slog - Comments on Dept. of Surreptitious Fattening

Comment by Eric Grandy

Eric Grandy — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:38:32 -0800

I used to give the cops decaf.

Comment by oooh ooooh AH AH!

oooh ooooh AH AH! — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:41:13 -0800

Every time I see one of those Olsen things I picture them running around an organ grinder with a tin cup.

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:47:20 -0800

I'm more surprised they don't have people going to Starbucks for them.

Comment by Etherite

Etherite — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:52:23 -0800

@1 I used to do the same thing to strung out business people when I worked at one of the SBs at the airport.

Comment by Blunderplank

Blunderplank — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:53:08 -0800

@3, how else would they get looked at?

Comment by j4zz3rgrl

j4zz3rgrl — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:31:19 -0800

You give people what they order...even if the people in question do need some fattening up, you don't presume to know what's best for someone else...
My son has a lot of food allergies. People like to give him milk because "it's healthy" and "all kids need milk" even though it then makes him sick. Thanks, people...

Comment by Tizzle

Tizzle — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:37:24 -0800

I gave people something approximating what they ordered, as far as I know. I lasted two months, only weekends.

@1 The giving cops decaf trick is pretty common. And sanctioned by a few of the managers. Chalk another up for passive aggressive Seattlites! I never did it, but I didn't have any cops in my store. I did give an old lady a regular refill, and felt bad, but it was a mistake.

@4 whole v skim milk wouldn't change an allergy. Ordering soy gets you soy.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:46:53 -0800

They should have dropped a stick of butter in.

Comment by Mahtli69

Mahtli69 — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:13:03 -0800

It doesn't matter what they ate or drank ... I'm sure they purged it out afterwards anyway.

Comment by PopTart

PopTart — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:24:03 -0800

It didn't seem to help...

Comment by cochise.

cochise. — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:48:00 -0800

that's either a giant bag or a very small human.

Comment by mj

mj — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:54:45 -0800

So the barista has a God complex and the Olsen twins are anorexics.It sounds like they all need help.
You give people what they order! You do not get to decide what is best for the other person.
The guy just admitted he's a control freak! Yuck.

Comment by chris

chris — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:19:46 -0800

She kind of looks like Rita Pearlman.

Comment by UnCommon Sense

UnCommon Sense — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:06:58 -0800

Starbucks is evil!

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:01:24 -0800

I couldn't possibly give less of a shit what the Olsen twins drink.

Comment by matt garman

matt garman — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:12:28 -0800

"...small coffee shop chain Starbucks.."?

Small?

Comment by Nay

Nay — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:01:42 -0800

Dude, I drink non-fat always. Whole, 2% and sometimes 1% upset my digestion. Not cool to switch. Moreover, I can almost smell a drink made with fuller fat. I definitely tast it on the first sip. So, really it's not like you can sneak that by someone.

Oh yeah, and I second Matt's comment.

Comment by j4zz3rgrl

j4zz3rgrl — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:43:47 -0800

@7 - yah, I know...was remarking more on the sanctimonious "I know better for you" people who, for example, give the Olsens full fat or, another example, give my son real dairy.

Comment by blargh

blargh — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:47:35 -0800

I was working at a downtown Seattle's Best Coffee when John Carlson was running for governor. One afternoon a big group of his supporters came in waving their campaign signs and generally being loud and obnoxious. They made a big deal about not knowing how to order coffee drinks but they all decided to get four-shot 20 oz. flavored lattes because they wanted to "go crazy" and stay up all night. So I used decaf shots, put in loads of sugar-free syrup and burned the milk.

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:05:27 -0800

Whole milk makes the accompanying lunch of 1/4 c. almonds and 1/2 c. tamari-rice crackers way too heavy.

Comment by Jane

Jane — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:22:16 -0800

There's no way someone doesn't notice their latte is made with whole milk instead of their usual skim. You can tell from the very first sip. I don't believe this story for a minute.

Comment by Yarman the Great

Yarman the Great — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:52:28 -0800

Jane, I believe the story. You see, I used to date one the twins (though I never knew which one, they kept switching on me). Every time I picked one of them up in the morning 1/2 an hr after they finished their espresso they would become all farty and complain about gas. Def made me not want to hit that. So thanks a lot barista!

Comment by Jason

Jason — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:39:37 -0800

Whole milk won't make you any fatter than skim, in fact probably the opposite. The fat slows down the rate the maltose spikes your glycemic index.

Now substituting sugar vanilla flavor for sugar-free vanilla flavor: that might make a gradual difference.

Comment by IS

IS — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:15:34 -0800

I used to give Dan Savage Ginger Apricot tea instead of Ginger peach tea....

Comment by IT'S ONLY COUGHEE

IT'S ONLY COUGHEE — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:08:03 -0800

The ongoing (thus far extraordinarily successful) experiment authored by Howard Schulz to discover how much people will actually pay for a cup of coffee continues. Or how to strengthen your memory muscle by reciting exactly what goes into your more-complicated-than-Jewish-dietary-law cuppa PC in a green dessert cup.