According to the professor, she was then told she wouldn't get anything at all unless she specified that she wanted neither butter nor cheese on her bagel.
I have to say, this kind of pigheaded pedantry certainly SOUNDS like one of our regulars, particularly combined with this choice piece of evidence.
According to the professor, she was then told she wouldn't get anything at all unless she specified that she wanted neither butter nor cheese on her bagel.
So, 'fess up. Which of you assholes was it?
"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..."
ReplyDeleteSo, Burger King is now the apotheosis of linguistic correctness? When did this happen? Is it just because they have a king and McDonald's only has a clown?
Look, fucktard, if the shit you're ordering usually comes with some other shit, you have to tell them to leave off the other shit. Like at a McDonald's. If you want your Big Mac without onions, you have to tell them that.
"Linguistically, it's stupid, and I'm a stickler for correct English"
You're going to be a stickler for correct English who ends up eating a lot of boogers that pissed-off waitstaff flick into your food.
Anyone who patronizes Staryucks is a fool.
ReplyDeleteWait...which person is the pedant?
ReplyDeleteThe one who wouldn't say "plain"? Or the one who figured out the person wanted it "plain" but just wanted the customer to say that specific word?
Sounds to like these two were a match made in Hell.
Dang it, you found me out... I'm really a female English professor!!!!!! Um...Nope... I neither have nor want a PhD. I am happy to be a male who teaches Math at the CC level.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Lynne should be a stickler for proper manners and just answer the friggin' question. Is it so hard to say, "Neither, thank you."? <-Ummm, any English sticklers HERE want to help me with the punctuation on that last sentence? How the hell do you punctuate a sentence that is a question ending in a quote that does not end with a question mark?
Mathsquatch out.
Is it so hard to say, "Neither, thank you"?
ReplyDeleteLook at Rule 2 here:
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp
BTW, I do realize this was not a question that needed to be answered....I just could not help myself! Sad!
It was Cash.
ReplyDelete@Bella: Than you for helping me with that one. It has plagued me for years. Now, I know.
ReplyDeleteMathsquatch out.