Why the 15 second rule at Argo Tea? Any thoughts on how to follow up?

I declare a jihad on your punnery.

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Argo.

Argo? Argo who?

Argo fuck yourself in the head.

Eye ham sofa king [REDACTED].

Puns are NOT kind! :mad:

Bingo, we have a winner

I would gather that the shop has had an unpleasant history with freeloaders utilizing the restroom facilities without bothering to be paying customers. Said employee most likely interpreted your actions to fall within this category and took action (probably following management’s orders).

so order some f’ing tea already…

Bets on how long before we’re pitted for racially profiling the OP?

Or perhaps he was waiting for his wife to come out of the bathroom so they could order together? Or perhaps only she wanted tea, and he was just along for the ride?

Then he shouldn’t be in line.

That’s a great question. The answer is [REDACTED]. And while we are on the subject, your mom said [REDACTED] while I was [REDACTED] her [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] you for asking! :stuck_out_tongue:

There’s always been that stereotype that Armenian Kurds have the reputation of going into tea places and using the facilities without buying anything, but I just thought that was loose, racist talk. Maybe I was wrong to question the conventional wisdom.

I assumed they had a website with a required 15 second wait between searches. Which would be a horrifying abuse of their loyal customers.

No, wait! I think I’ve got it… it’s not the post, it’s the POSTER… simple letter substitution… ILION… IDION… ILIOT… dammit, I *know *we’re close!

ANION? Dude, this is going nowhere. I give up.

Read the OP. The staff said he needed to get in line to order, or get out.

ALOITERER?

I want a [REDACTED] custom title now, too. :frowning:

Was he being Argomentive?

Do they call their employees Argonauts?

Just curious, but why would rant by a random person on a message board, even if using a real person’s name, be subject to libel laws?

15 seconds is not sufficient for the yak butter to go rancid. I’d send a strongly-worded letter to corporate HQ; then they’ll be throat-singing a different tune.

I would suspect 15 seconds was an exaggeration, on the short side. Sounds like she had ample time to enter the restroom and for him to be noticed hanging around before the poo hit the fan.

This is a case of prior deadbeats and cheap asses ruining it for everyone else. As I said before, they’ve obviously had an issue with a-holes abusing the restroom privileges which has placed the staff on high alert. Probably a combination of water bill and pain of cleaning up after said cheap-asses. The place is running a tea shop, but a public restroom.

You would not believe me if I told you how hard I laughed at this.