yay starbucks

shortly after starbucks retooled their coffee making process (that shut down their stores for an afternoon), people started posting what the changes were. i noticed some of the changes (which i feel were positive) and one afternoon i was getting a large ice latte and i noticed that the barista making it dumped 3 shots into my drink, yet had pulled 4, so i made an off hand comment about it going to waste. he informed me that the large only had 3 shots, and they are supposed to charge for a 4th shot, even tho the machine makes them 2 at a time. but sometimes you can ask for the 4th shot while they are making it and they will dump it in. he did say that the best time to ask is when they aren't busy (and by implication nicely). so i thanked him and tucked that away in the back of my head for future use (i've asked a few times, and it's never been an issue).

so yesterday afternoon, i figured i would enjoy it and had semi-forgotten about the 4th shot until the girl making my large skinny ice latte asked:

would you like to make your non-fat ice latte a quad?

who am i to turn down such an offer.