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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Hello!
Uh, Tzubi-san kindly got us Starbucks!
Yay!
Thank you, Tzubi-san!
He never speaks.
He never speaks. He just hates speaking.
Alright, let's see!
Yeah!
Oh, wow!
I got an Espresso Afro-Garro Frappuccino.
Okay.
And you got...
Soy Latte.
Soy Latte!
It's actually bigger than I thought.
Really?
Yeah.
You always get short?
I guess so.
Short size, high size.
Is that same size?
Yeah, they're both tall.
Mine's a bigger than yours.
Not really.
Not really?
Is that same size?
It's the same size, yeah.
I got width, right?
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Alright.
Cheers!
So, if you're wondering where you guys are, we're at the lobby.
And I didn't bring my pin microphone today, so the audio quality might be a little bit different for the podcast.
Yeah.
How do you extract the audio?
Yeah, I'll just have to split the audio.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah.
Or I should have had like a different phone right here.
This one?
Nah, it's okay.
Like the pad, maybe?
Yeah, right.
I'd better talk to him.
I'd better talk to him.
It's too late.
Yeah.
At least you know you can see the different view.
Right.
Different, you know, sphere.
Right, right, right.
Different vibes.
Different vibe.
Yeah.
True.
How's that deal work?
It's so good.
What was that again?
It's espresso affogato frappuccino.
Okay.
Affogato.
You know what an affogato is, right?
No, actually.
What's that?
Affogato.
Affogato is an ice cream with espresso on top.
So that's affogato.
Yeah.
So espresso affogato, what does that mean?
Espresso affogato.
That's affogato, right?
That's true.
Okay.
You're right.
But anyways, it sounds cool.
So espresso affogato frappuccino.
Okay.
What's frappuccino?
Frappuccino is a...
Icy, iced?
It's a pronoun created by Starbucks.
Oh.
Right.
So Starbucks is something that...
Sorry.
Frappuccino is something that Starbucks only uses.
Oh, okay.
It's like a cold drink that crushed ice.
Okay.
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Yeah.
So it's ice.
There's ice inside.
Like crushed ice.
Yep.
It's crushed ice.
Okay.
Not bad.
Yeah.
I was always kind of wondering some known kuru-shu-ikan frappuccino.
Yeah.
And I thought frappuccino was kind of a coffee.
Mm-hmm.
So...
Ah, okay.
It was fruit and coffee.
That's true.
But actually not.
It's just crushed ice drink.
Yeah.
So frappuccino doesn't mean that it's got coffee in it.
Mm.
Did I say that?
Yeah.
There's one with cream and without...
Sorry.
There's one with coffee and without coffee.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
Is there coffee frappuccino?
Yeah.
There's such thing as a coffee frappuccino.
Okay.
So if there's something something frappuccino versus something something cream frappuccino...
Okay.
If the word cream is there, there's no coffee inside.
Wow.
So dark mocha chip frappuccino has like this espresso flavor in it.
Mm-hmm.
But a dark mocha chip cream frappuccino doesn't have any espresso or coffee flavor in it.
Okay.
Yeah.
It's a coffee.
Wow.
It's kind of difficult.
Mm.
How's that?
It's good.
Is it?
It's good.
I like this.
Yeah.
It's good.
It's good.
It's good.
Itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu.
Do you still remember the days you were working at the Starbucks?
I do.
You.
I do.
You.
What was that?
Busy?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Very busy.
I can imagine that.
It was a...
It was a tourist attraction.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm-hmm.
So...
It was actually always busy.
Wow.
Sunday, Saturday, weekdays, holidays.
It doesn't matter.
Yeah.
Wow.
I think the busiest shift I've gotten into was...
When...
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I think New Year's Eve.
Really?
How come it's not?
New Year's Eve, we opened late.
Mm.
Until like 4 in the morning or something.
Mm.
And it was Minato Mirai.
Mm-hmm.
And these young people would gather at Minato Mirai with the countdown and stuff like that.
Mm-hmm.
And they all rush into the Bucks and Oats Hell.
Mm.
Yeah.
Mm.
I can imagine that.
How?
How?
I mean...
How it...
It's like...
Yeah.
The line...
Usually the line...
The line wasn't even in the store.
It went all the way out to the road.
Mm-hmm.
From the kitchen, we couldn't see the end.
Really?
Yeah.
That's kind of endless walking and...
Yeah.
Wow.
That's pretty...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it was like...
It was like...
My shift ended at like 11.30.
Mm-hmm.
Right?
So like just before New Year's.
Mm-hmm.
And like...
I was about to go home.
And everybody...
Everybody in the store, they were like, "Oh, Ness, let's celebrate New Year's together!"
Yeah.
And I was like, "I think I'll go home."
I was quietly packing my stuff.
Mm-hmm.
And like one of the, like our bikers was like, "Huh?
"You're going home?"
"We're going to do New Year's together!"
Yeah.
"I'm sorry."
"Shut up."
"I have to go."
"I have to go."
Yeah.
And then I...
And then I went outside.
Mm-hmm.
And I celebrated New Year's alone.
Oh, no.
Walking around the...
Yeah.
The UNT, like the park.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Wow.
Funny.
But that doesn't mean you didn't like the person.
No, of course not.
Of course not.
Yeah.
Really.
If it's work, it's work.
Mm-hmm.
And you're done with your shit and going home.
Yeah.
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Do you draw something on the cup?
Sometimes.
I've never did it.
Why?
Is that not necessary for...
It's not necessary.
Oh.
You don't have to.
No.
I would always be happy when I get something.
Like a smile.
Like a thank you and a smile.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A lot of...
A lot of people do it.
Mm.
Yeah.
But that's not something you have to do.
Yeah, you don't have to do it.
Mm-hmm.
Especially like busy stores.
Mm-hmm.
Busy stores tend to not do it.
Mm-hmm.
Because they don't have time.
Mm-hmm.
Is that something you draw when you serve it or you do that beforehand?
So there's...
Yeah, there's both.
Mm-hmm.
I think the...
I think there are more stores that write it on spot.
On spot, okay.
Yeah, but there are some stores that like when they don't have customers around, they would
just write thank you, thank you, thank you, and they put it all back.
Mm-hmm.
And they use it for the top.
Mm-hmm.
But yeah, there's both.
I think most, they just write it on the spot.
Okay.
I'm always waiting for the moment that I would be...
I would have the cups with the message and the phone number written.
But it's possible.
Yeah.
Like there is no rule that says you can't.
Wow.
No, I'm always waiting for the moment.
Mm-hmm.
Hi.
It's better to go to like a more...
What's the name of the store?
Okay.
Where there's like only three or four people in the kitchen.
Okay.
That's the most minimum.
Okay, okay.
Smaller for them.
Smaller for them.
If it's three or four, the kitchen, you'd be by yourself.
You'd run the kitchen.
There's a Reggie in the kitchen.
Right?
Mm-hmm.
And the Reggie is busy on its own.
The kitchen, you got the whole kitchen to yourself.
So the kitchen guy or the girl is like, oh, because we're like handsome.
Yeah, I don't care about kitchen guys.
Sorry.
She could write.
She could do it without having the other staff know that she did it.
So go to like a very slow store.
Slow and small stores.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's better.
Tell me, do you have any examples?
Small.
Not in the stores.
Not in like Tokyo area?
Very busy.
Yeah.
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If I go to like Nagano or like Gifu or Aomori, then I would go.
I don't know.
I think.
You would travel there.
Yeah, I would go.
Yeah.
All the slow stores that I know, all went out of business.
The temple closed, actually.
But I feel like you can choose the timing.
If you go like really late at night before, just before closing.
Don't go before closing because they're busy.
Yeah.
Or we can do.
Like if it's business guy, don't go in the morning because they're really busy.
And then they get coffee, go to like the Kanko-Chira.
Like we have to ride and then go on Sunday, Sunday morning.
Kanko-Chira is the one that is open.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
For Starbucks.
I didn't know that.
Yeah.
Okay.
If it's business guy, Sundays, most stores don't even open.
So, okay.
So either business guy, maybe afternoon.
Business guy afternoon, maybe.
Yeah, it's true.
Business guy like 4 p.m.
Right?
If it's 5 or 6, all the Kitaku people go.
Usually it's 4 or 3, for business guy.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, or Sunday morning.
Sunday morning.
Yeah.
Kanko-Chira.
Yeah.
But like really early, like 7 or 8 is what I'm talking about for Kanko-Chira.
It's, I thought, you know, the moment I've been dreaming was in the night actually.
Oh, really?
Okay.
Yeah.
It was like she wrote, she writes me numbers and text me and I'm going to text her.
Okay.
And it was like, oh, I'm going to be in my shift.
Ah.
Like 10 minutes from now, then can you?
Yeah, of course.
And those moments, that is something that I've been dreaming about.
Wait, so you want it over a cup, not a conversation?
Like over the counter conversations?
That's something that's still like popular Hollywood culture, right?
Like over a counter, like you talk with a barista and then ask like, when is your shift at?
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Yeah.
50 minutes, right?
But you want it over the cup.
It's better for you.
Yeah.
Well, people who are in the kitchen can't use their cell phones.
Well, no one can with their shift, right?
So it's going to be hard.
Yeah.
You could do it over the phone.
You could call the store.
I see.
Yeah.
So she has to write the store's number on there.
Yeah.
Then I call that number and the phone rings.
Yeah.
And you're going to have to know her name because if someone else answers the phone, you're going to have to connect with her, right?
Yeah.
Really?
Yeah.
That's true.
Yeah.
The Sunday morning would be good too.
Something more than good.
I feel like it was the most relaxed timing, if you like.
You know?
Okay.
Okay.
Because I have a whole Sunday after that.
Yeah.
A whole Sunday after waking.
Yeah.
Because in the morning, I meet her.
You can wait for her in the shift.
Oh, yeah. That's true.
But you don't have like a whole day shift, right?
No. No one has a whole day shift.
So she has to be free.
Yes.
Like, fuck.
It's three?
Yeah.
I think like eight hours maximum.
Eight or nine, I feel like.
I think.
I forgot.
Yeah.
So then three hours is a little bit more.
Yeah.
So then I can bring her home.
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah.
That's logically.
It's not physically impossible.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sure.
Okay.
Yeah.
Then I'll beat up.
Why don't you give her your number?
By writing it like a napkin or something.
That's very possible.
That's not bad.
That's not bad.
That's not bad.
Yeah.
I think the moment I've been dreaming is something, you know, the store clerk writes me something.
You know, those paper cup.
Yeah.
Or the ones you see in the omurice place.
Right now, they're like the ketchup, you know, things.
Or like the, you know, the little pancake things.
With the syrup.
You know.
Like the number on it.
Yeah.
That's what I've been, you know, dreaming and waiting for.
For the cup thing, yeah, I see it on Hollywood movies.
Yeah.
Like the omurice and the pancakes.
Yeah.
Where have you seen that?
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That's also in the movies.
Really?
Is that like a cliche thing that happens?
I guess so.
Like the hot dog, you know.
Really?
I've never seen any film with that.
Really?
Uh-uh.
Oh.
Okay.
Anyways.
All right.
That was a good Starbucks break.
Yes.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for having us.
Oh, he caught it.
He caught the English.
That's pretty amazing.
All right.
Thanks for sitting, guys.
Thank you.
Bye.
