I think the previous strip must have put some good mojo out into my reality, cuz one of the cashiers at the Starbucks I frequent totally called me by name yesterday. Unfortunately, the barista that actually made my beverage didn’t follow suit, and just yelled out the drink order as per usual, but it’s a start, right?
Go to sleep, Jeff!
ha! seems i can never get to sleep at a decent hour the night before a new strip goes up, Kim. shouldn’t you be asleep, too? at least you’re awake to get the Shades of Firsting. these conveniently double as a sleep mask to catch some extra ZZZs, should you need them:
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Oops, see reply below.
Damn ):
That’d be something I’d do if I was a regular at starbucks. They don’t ask for your name at Beaner’s
so close, dj! (less than a minute from Kim.)
since i’m usually on my way to work or somewhere else, i normally don’t have the time to wait for the barista to call my name like jefbot in today’s strip, dj, but maybe some weekend i should try it. of course, making a barista angry probably isn’t very wise…
It got to a point at the Beaner’s near my school when I was there trading pokemon all the time that I just had to give them a size and they’d have my order ready. Not nearly as awesome as having all the people at gamestop knowing my name, but close.
the only place i have like that is House of Secrets, the comic shop i frequent in Burbank, dj. the clerk there is awesome, and always brings out the comics from my pull-list when he sees me coming, and the owner’s supercool, too. if only they served coffee… 🙂
$%#@! #%$#@! @&%$#@! I swear I’m about ready to smash my computer to pieces right now. Actual reply near bottom.
Ha, this winds me up too!! The system is like that for a reason which the bumbling baristas totally ignore, only making their own jobs more difficult!! It’s a real “fffffffffffuuuu…” type situation.
agreed, sionide! all i’m asking is that they call the name that they’ve taken the time to write on the cup. i swear their refusal to do so is just to mess with us!
If you have a name on teh cup, simply read it people! I definitely prefer having numbered orders. It’s not rocket surgery baristas!
heheh. i hope those baristas hear ya, Aaron!
Rocket surgery, taking brain surgery and rocket science to a whole new level. 😉
hmmm… “rocket surgery.” since i like rocket science and probably need brain surgery, i approve, Fijiman!
Gah! I was awake and everything, but didn’t think to check earlier…
Anyway…I can’t make any comment saying I can relate, because I don’t think I’ve ever had any restaurant take my name and not use it…but I’m at least glad your Starbucks is making some (a little?) progress…! 😀
yeah, they’re making a little progress, ZAD-Man. seems there’s always someone new there, so even when the baristas start to know my name and order, they get replaced soon after.
Thanks, I may need them (a lot on my mind recently).
I’m surprised you had a follow-up to #340, as it felt sublimely complete in and of itself; but this is great, and of course, SO true!
well, i hope the SoF give you some extra ZZZs there, Kim. hope all is well.
No it isnt over. Its just the beginning. Poor Starbucks employees. They probably have some code of conduct to follow, so the braindead not calling of the name on the cup is not their fault… And still they take the heat for it.
i’m not sure if it’s their policy to not call names out, Maryz – i find when they do, it’s much more personable – but yeah, it’s a possibility. i might just have to ask, the next time i’m there: “hey, why don’t you just call my name!?”
Only the beginning…dun dun DUN!
Ok, in a weird mood today, had a divebomb of a weekend, but I’m glad ‘Bot has decided to take this futher. Muahaha!
a “divebomb of a weekend”!? that doesn’t sound good. things better now, T?
I want coffee now. >>
i just had some! heheh. (and no, they didn’t call out my name.) 😛
Good Morning Boteers!
Awwww….CF is no fun. I have a feeling this story arc is going to get pretty hysterical!
I believe that Jeff mentioned earlier that this arc would only last two strips. Unless he wants to make a third one.
mornin’, Pix! yeah, CF’s kind of a buzzkill in this one. heheh.
and Fiji: it’s going to go on a bit longer. i now have two more strips in mind, but i might cut one.
Now I want coffee…but I’m out of flavored syrups…maybe a root beer float instead?
sound like we share the same thoughts on coffee, Descolada: they have to be flavored! i can’t drink it black; the more sugar and cream, the better. 🙂
You win this round, nameless Starbucks barista…
indeed, Striker. let’s hope bot can rally in the next one. 🙂
Exactly. God I know how that feels. But it may be the only power they have in their life… I say give it to the barista! I LOVE your last panel! I feel the rage!
i don’t think they’re doing it as a power play, Funnyshaffer. …but now that you mention it – maybe they are just messing with me! grrr… will have to investigate further. 😉
Is it just me or do they look like gardeners in those uniforms?
Also.. how much time passed between the 3rd and 4th panel?
Also n.2.. I wonder what next Starbucks-adventure will Jefbot run into! 🙂
If I had to guess, I’d say about thirty seconds max.
they do look a bit gardener-y, supersonic cucumber. and the time between those last panels is malleable. like Fijiman said, it could be 30 seconds – or it might be 2 minutes, 50 seconds. whichever is funnier in your mind. 🙂
Lol, I love the last panel, the unresolved anger and determination in Jefbot’s eyes, is classic.
thanks, AO! you know he’s going to be stewing about it back home. at least until he goes back to the coffee shop the next day. heheh.
I know people that work at Starbucks, and I can verify that it is indeed a conspiracy!! Their plan is to… Hey!!! LET ME GO!!!!! NO, NOT THE STEAMED MILK!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!! HELP MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i knew it! sending the BOTcorps over to your place for a rescue mission, Maddgodd81! hope they’re in time.
I don’t know, I think that coffee and comics in the same room would probably end in disaster at some point or another.
good point, Fijiman.
*in reference to the people posting at like 3am* Do you guys not need sleep?
I would totally wait for my name to be called before claiming the coffee.(if I drank coffee) If they got tired of calling the drink type and pitched it without trying to call the name, I could then complain that I’d not received a drink even though several of the people after me had received theirs. With any luck I could walk out of there with a free drink.
I’m on the East coast 3 am Jefbot time is 6 am my time. That’s when I get up to go to work.
Also, its summer and I’m a college student.
I live on the east coast and don’t have school as well (although I’m not a college student), but I’m not up until at least 7 and I’m almost never on the computer at that time. although, I might be tomorrow because I have some videos I want to get off my camera.
I work in the middle of the night. And I’m in Alaska, so I’m an hour earlier than Jeff.
yes, i do need sleep, and would like more of it. (and i love seeing BOTpeeps up when i’m posting, no matter what the time zone, since it helps me feel a little more sane during those early, sleep-deprived hours.) 🙂
and i tried waiting a bit today at the coffee shop to see if they would call my name when i didn’t respond to the order name. i was in kind of a rush, though, cuz i didn’t want to be late for work, so only waited about a minute before just taking it off the counter.
That noise at the side of your house is not the F.B.I. It’s just raccoons, or Cornfather going after another foot designed watermelon. The C.I.A. is not after you for revealing above top secret clearance codes. The N.S.A. is not after you for bringing down the Country. The alphabet soups says that, “These are not the droids that you’re looking for.”
now you’ve got me totally paranoid about what’s “not” out there, Bl4ckw0lf.
Oh dear me… this will get interesting… I live in the home of Starbucks… please spare me…
no one shall be spared, Psynapse!!!
Strange, this arc started AFTER I started reading Questionable Content. Now I wanna see a coffee shop just to see what it’s like.
stay away from them for as long as you can, NeoD!
You want revenge on the baristas JB? Try giving a really normal sounding name that sounds totally different when added with the family name.
jefbot will have his revenge, jiro! …and changing names might be one of them. stay tuned!
Yes, but what name is on that cup? 😉
The server looks so clueless. He obviously doesn’t know the frustration he is causing Jefbot.
heheh. indeed, shanna – so much of the time, (as in Real Life) all the drama that’s happening, is happening only in jefbot’s head. 😀
Perhaps the Bot would be better off not going to the coffee shop anymore. Just saying. 😉
i tried dropping coffee a couple weeks ago, TCG. the first day was fine, but then i had a splitting headache behind my left eye for the next three days. not fun.
LOL Bro, you have me laughing on this simply because I never even thought of this but it is SOOOO true. They always ask my name and write it on the cup and they ALWAYS call out the order I had…this is some sort of conspiracy you have come across.
but to what end, Slave1!!? i must know why this conspiracy is being waged!
I smell a Starbucks war a brewing…. hahahahahahaha…. get it? anyway, great strip, bot!