This image is freshly plucked from the CHS flickr pool. Though we’re not so sure this is a Seattle-specific condition, Contributor brappy makes a fair point — the Victrola crew is a bossy lot. The “rules” captured here:
1) No cell phone at the counter
2) No wi-fi on wknds and nights
3) Share your table
4) No credit cards for amounts under $5
We figure why stop there? We’d add:
5) Don’t take my damn drink
6) Don’t touch my newspaper
7) Don’t put your crotch in my crumb cake while looking at the art above my table
You forgot one more – don’t expect to receive the drink you actually ordered.
I swear, Victrola has totally gone downhill over the last couple of years…
Hmmm. The only problem I’ve ever had receiving my order has been the result of customer confusion (which is sometimes the result of Victrola being slow and/or too cool to take the time to write your name and sometimes the result of a customer being slightly dense). Leggo my latte!
I hate that place. Once a week I order a coffee and spill it on the counter out of spite.
Adrienne’s not wrong. While the drink I ordered wasn’t incorrect, it took about ten minutes to make, and there wasn’t a substantial crowd in front of us. It was hot chocolate, for chrissakes.
No Wi-Fi on weekends. That just make me not want to go there any more.
I’ve actually had a problem with the attitude there for years. When they first opened, I was there every day. Now? Never.
funny – i never get attitude and always get the right drink. then again, i only ever order drip because the baristas are SOOOOOOOOOOO slow… :)
but seriously – i’ve never had any attitude. and i go there probably five times a week. sometimes twice a day.
And the no wireless on weekends doesn’t bug me. I get where they’re coming from. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, tho…
Just a few of the reasons I go to Remedy Teas instead of Victrola.
You haters and Remedy loyalists just don’t know what you’re missing. Victrola has the cutest baristas in Seattle.
Awesome! I blogged about this on my own blog here. Thanks, guys!