A grumpy morning

Ah.......life! Nowt's perfect.

I must be getting very old and behind the times but I didn't understand a word of the OP.

No offence intended. Don't mind me.

I read it twice Merlotgran and I'm none the wiser!

What is "take out coffee from very well known company"

Thank goodness it's not just me.

Latte or a Frappe from Costa coffee?

If you were buying coffee, why are you worried about no cold drinks?

Eh?

I think that the word stroller was used indicates USA but I do not have a clue about take out coffee, never have and never would frequent coffee shops.

Glad there is a confused club for me to join!

Is the poster American? I have read and re-read, but can't make sense of it. I usually say "Coffee, to take away", maybe "take out coffee" is how it is said in USA.

Not meaning to be unkind, but is there a point to the post?

Iced coffee?

But lift suggests G.B. American would definitely be elevator.Surely the coffee referred to is the takeaway variety rather than the drink in.Everywhere these days people seem to walk around drinking coffee.It is almost as indispensable as a mobile phone.Funny old world!No hands free for anything else.

Apparently traces of faeces have been found in the ice at a proportion of well-known coffee 'outlets'. Stick to the hot drinks, peeps. I go for the cake and cookiesl
Coffee's good too, especially if one's driving a long way and needs a caffeine kick.
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I never have ice in drinks outside my own home if I can help it , but sometimes a drink appears with ice already in it....grrr.

What was not to understand.
OP was complaining about aggravation and poor service and no one apologized for this which is getting to be a daily happening. I would also be very annoyed.

Same here Annesixty. When I worked in a shop, it was impressed upon us the value to the business of good manners when dealing with the great British public.

I understand about the bad customer service, but so much of the stress could have been alleviated by simply making your own coffee!!!

I think OP is an American living in U.K. She would be used to good and efficient service in US with appropriate apologies when it falls short. I don't blame her for feeling peeved. No harm in take-away coffee if that's what she and her DD wanted.

Scots would have no trouble with 'take-out coffee' as many Scots would still refer to 'carry oot' rather than 'takeaway'. Never heard of iced coffee? I used to enjoy that in Nairobi 50 years ago... until I became caffeine intolerant but that's another story.

I'm by peoples I thought it made perfect sense.

Americans are known to ask:

'Do you wannit to go'


meaning, would you like to take your coffee away with you or would you like to drink it in here?

In my experience in Scotland a takeaway would be referred to as a "Kerry oot "!!