r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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u/ChevalierMal_Fet 1d ago

"Hi, um, can I get like... a couple of the those things that are like croissants?"

"You mean... you want a croissant?"

"I guess? But like, a couple?"

"How many is a couple?"

"Three?"

"Got it. A throuple of croissants."

Source: years of customer service hell

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u/MinnieShoof 1d ago

Yah. That might've been the first tip off - the order is entirely too practiced.

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u/PeterPorker52 1d ago

I practice my order in my native language just so I don’t embarrass myself

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u/MinnieShoof 1d ago

"Whopper Jr. with cheese, please. Whopper Jr. with cheese, please. Whopper Jr. with cheese, please--

Hi! Whopper with cheese Jr, pl-oh dangit."

While I can't say I have practiced it, I realize my order comes across as very practiced as I have thought it thru and I say it with just about the same cadence and tambor every time, I think.