Starbucks: Grande Idiots du Jour

I wouldn't call Starbucks cutzie phrases "fascist", but they do hit the stratospheric realms of pretention.

Lynne Rosenthal, the English professor who caused a ruckus in an Upper West Side Starbucks when she refused to bow to what she called the coffee giant's "linguistic fascism," says she's no folk hero -- but she won't ever patronize Starbucks again.

Rosenthal, who's in her 60s, was kicked out of a Starbucks at West 86th Street and Columbus Avenue after she tried to order a plain multi-grain bagel, the New York Post reported Monday.

When the employee behind the counter asked Rosenthal, "Do you want butter or cheese?" the English professor refused to say, "without butter or cheese."

She thought "plain" would suffice.

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