I LIKE pumpkin spice stuff. Fall is my favorite season and the smell of nutmeg and cinnamon reinforces that Fall feeling.
And, to be honest, I’m a little miffed at people (not you, Brig) who whine and complain about the Pumpkin Spice craze. Let those of us who love it just enjoy it.
Having said that, I can understand someone like Mel, who has to serve up a couple hundred of them a day, having her patience worn thin.
One good thing about being lactose intolerant to the extreme is that it’s kept me out of the coffee shops. I’ve saved enough to send my little prodigy to Harvard.
This reminds me of the Lobster Sub in subway. You get so sick of making the blasted things and everyone that wants one always ends up being a pain in the butt AND a lousy tipper because they’re so expensive. It’s usually less what the thing is than the unceasing demand for it, and the bigger a pain it is to make the worse it gets faster. It’s why I haven’t eaten from any place I’ve worked in years.
Re: Robert Nowall: I used to make pretty solid tips at the Subway I worked at. Especially on overnights, I got the bouncers from the local clubs in and listened to their gripes with an understanding ear. I could clean up 100 bucks from them in tips easy. Day shifts I could still often get 15 to 20 bucks. The bosses wanted us to throw it in the till and took away our tip cup, but we still got them and there was no way we were giving it to the company, especially after they took away our employee discount.
Pete… I LOVE pumpkin spice also… For cry’n out loud, my last name is SPICER> go figure. In any case, I think it’s a crazy craze… but I’m not bothered by it so much.
RN… er… ew.
Opus… it is also the name of my friend Betsy’s kid’s punk band.
Uncle Bilbo… I’m so sorry for your lactose-free-ness. I loves me some cream in my coffee!
Trev… A Lobster sub? Intrigued somewhat… and I know what yer saying. I can’t step inside a DiZney store… the music and the polyester makes me go into convulsions.
RN… If I had to directly deal with hungry (often so hungry they don’t know what they want) cranky people… I’d expect to have a tip.
Brig: Mostly a Canadian thing I think. Lobster, mayo, bun, toppings, sauce, and about 25 bucks and change. Why they put mayo on lobster I do not know beyond the fact that we Canadians seem addicted to mayo. Which I personally hate.
This won’t be a popular comment, but…
I LIKE pumpkin spice stuff. Fall is my favorite season and the smell of nutmeg and cinnamon reinforces that Fall feeling.
And, to be honest, I’m a little miffed at people (not you, Brig) who whine and complain about the Pumpkin Spice craze. Let those of us who love it just enjoy it.
Having said that, I can understand someone like Mel, who has to serve up a couple hundred of them a day, having her patience worn thin.
It’s a slippery slope, and the next thing you know, you’re serving hot wet caffeinated candy bars.
Don’t think I didn’t notice the parody T-shirt. Thin Lizzy was one of my favorite bands in the ’70s.
One good thing about being lactose intolerant to the extreme is that it’s kept me out of the coffee shops. I’ve saved enough to send my little prodigy to Harvard.
This reminds me of the Lobster Sub in subway. You get so sick of making the blasted things and everyone that wants one always ends up being a pain in the butt AND a lousy tipper because they’re so expensive. It’s usually less what the thing is than the unceasing demand for it, and the bigger a pain it is to make the worse it gets faster. It’s why I haven’t eaten from any place I’ve worked in years.
Re: Trev: people actually tip at Subways?
Re: Robert Nowall: I used to make pretty solid tips at the Subway I worked at. Especially on overnights, I got the bouncers from the local clubs in and listened to their gripes with an understanding ear. I could clean up 100 bucks from them in tips easy. Day shifts I could still often get 15 to 20 bucks. The bosses wanted us to throw it in the till and took away our tip cup, but we still got them and there was no way we were giving it to the company, especially after they took away our employee discount.
Pumpkin Spice, more like Pumpkin Vice!
Pete… I LOVE pumpkin spice also… For cry’n out loud, my last name is SPICER> go figure. In any case, I think it’s a crazy craze… but I’m not bothered by it so much.
RN… er… ew.
Opus… it is also the name of my friend Betsy’s kid’s punk band.
Uncle Bilbo… I’m so sorry for your lactose-free-ness. I loves me some cream in my coffee!
Trev… A Lobster sub? Intrigued somewhat… and I know what yer saying. I can’t step inside a DiZney store… the music and the polyester makes me go into convulsions.
RN… If I had to directly deal with hungry (often so hungry they don’t know what they want) cranky people… I’d expect to have a tip.
Jack… not a fan? Or a BIG FAN?
Brig: Mostly a Canadian thing I think. Lobster, mayo, bun, toppings, sauce, and about 25 bucks and change. Why they put mayo on lobster I do not know beyond the fact that we Canadians seem addicted to mayo. Which I personally hate.