I know it's not a major issue but it annoys me that so many places size their coffee in fluid ounces. What's wrong with good old fashioned milliliters?
Are they trying to copy Starbucks? I know some brands try to be aspirational (or pretentious to use the correct term), Nespresso springs to mind (when they sell their pods in Tesco I'll buy their machine), but what's with the "Tall" "Grande" "Demi" "Trenta" and all that nonsense? What's wrong with Small, Medium and Large? or even Small, Normal, Fat, Glutton and Morbidly Obese?
I went into a bathroom showroom many years ago and asked when they have their sale. I was told that "The House of Villory and Bauch don't do sales". I replied that they were selling toilets, not Fabergé eggs and I would be pooing in it with my trousers around my ankles, not putting it on the mantelpiece. I bet they did sales after the Crash!
Cars are the worst for this sort of nonsense. The new advert for the Mercedes A Class is by far the most cringe-worthy I have ever heard. If a transition year student came up with it as a project they'd get a F. Their usual "you always wanted to feel better than your neighbours, not is that time" ads (now go and buy that entry level car with an underpowered engine you can just about afford so you can give them the fingers) are bad enough but the new one is so bad I feel embarrassed for the guy who does the voiceover every time I hear it.
Rant over. I feel better now.
Are they trying to copy Starbucks? I know some brands try to be aspirational (or pretentious to use the correct term), Nespresso springs to mind (when they sell their pods in Tesco I'll buy their machine), but what's with the "Tall" "Grande" "Demi" "Trenta" and all that nonsense? What's wrong with Small, Medium and Large? or even Small, Normal, Fat, Glutton and Morbidly Obese?
I went into a bathroom showroom many years ago and asked when they have their sale. I was told that "The House of Villory and Bauch don't do sales". I replied that they were selling toilets, not Fabergé eggs and I would be pooing in it with my trousers around my ankles, not putting it on the mantelpiece. I bet they did sales after the Crash!
Cars are the worst for this sort of nonsense. The new advert for the Mercedes A Class is by far the most cringe-worthy I have ever heard. If a transition year student came up with it as a project they'd get a F. Their usual "you always wanted to feel better than your neighbours, not is that time" ads (now go and buy that entry level car with an underpowered engine you can just about afford so you can give them the fingers) are bad enough but the new one is so bad I feel embarrassed for the guy who does the voiceover every time I hear it.
Rant over. I feel better now.
