So why do Starbucks® force me to try and order my coffee in their half assed Italian? They don’t even use Italian for all of the size options. Call me a fool but I don’t think Howard Schultz is a common name in Milan. Italy didn’t even come into play until 11 years after they opened their first store.

Here are the size options…… this enrages me.

• Venti? As far as I know that translates to twenty….. so am I ordering by ounces? If that is the case just give me a pint of Coffee.
• Grande. Large… ok fine… lets just call it large.
• Tall. WTF is this all about. The smallest size is called tall. That is total bullshit!
• Solo. When translated this means Only, not one (uno) or Single (singolo) but only. Maybe this is lost in translation but I still don’t buy it.
• Doppio. This is the only one that seems to make sense…… Double. Finally something that kind of makes sense.
• Short. Stop changing between English, Italian, and words you made up!

Don’t even get me started on the Lids…… which appear to be designed to leak hot coffee all over the drinker of said coffee. What have I don’t to deserve this?