http://www.contentious.com/2008/02/04/why-i-despise-marketing-talk/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.contentious.com/2008/02/04/why-i-despise-marketing-talk/#comment-1223804 M'boroWebsiteDesign Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:55:23 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/02/04/why-i-despise-marketing-talk/#comment-1223804 I don't believe I have ever had a convo like that with anyone but that video is awesome I must say! Like Stephen I don't use their names I just say I want a large and they give no grief about it. Thanks for this great post keep it up! I don’t believe I have ever had a convo like that with anyone but that video is awesome I must say! Like Stephen I don’t use their names I just say I want a large and they give no grief about it. Thanks for this great post keep it up!

]]> http://www.contentious.com/2008/02/04/why-i-despise-marketing-talk/#comment-1212189 Stephen Downes Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:37:12 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/02/04/why-i-despise-marketing-talk/#comment-1212189 I refuse to use the Starbucks name for sizes when I order coffee there (I don't use their made-up names for types of coffee either). I refuse to use the Starbucks name for sizes when I order coffee there (I don’t use their made-up names for types of coffee either).

]]> http://www.contentious.com/2008/02/04/why-i-despise-marketing-talk/#comment-1212130 B.D. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:24:14 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/02/04/why-i-despise-marketing-talk/#comment-1212130 That's terrific! I had a similar conversation with a Starbucks employee in Phoenix, AZ at around 6AM when I went to order a "large drip coffee". Only I wasn't as pleasant nor as clever and neither was he as he insisted that I call it either a Venti or a Grande. That’s terrific! I had a similar conversation with a Starbucks employee in Phoenix, AZ at around 6AM when I went to order a “large drip coffee”. Only I wasn’t as pleasant nor as clever and neither was he as he insisted that I call it either a Venti or a Grande.

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