I expected to encounter some cultural differences situation in Bangkok since I had been living in the US for over 10 years, but not at the Starbucks. Here what happened;SEAN: May I have (in Thai) a Grande Coffee ? (in English)
Barista #1: (Make a question mark face and grab another barista)
SEAN: May I have (in Thai) a Grande Coffee ? (in English)
Barista #2: Do you want black coffee ? (in Thai)
SEAN: Yes
Barista #2 talks to Barista #3: One Americano. (in Thai)
SEAN: No, I want (in Thai) Grande Coffee, not Americano (in English).
Then, Barista #2 understood what I meant to order and told me the name of "blend of the day"
SEAN: Whatever you have is fine. I'll take that. (in Thai)
It took 3 baristas and 5 mins later before I finally got my coffee.
2 comments:
Now..some country uses sightly different terms like blend of the day used to be called Coffee of The Day...and I was so used to ordering COD...then they give you this puzzled face. Oh well.
HIGHlarious
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