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    During my shift yesterday I was the manager on duty and this usually means I get shifted around to cover people’s breaks. My first story happened when I was taking orders on drive thru and my second story was when I was taking orders on counter.

    Drive Thru
    Me *opening spiel* Go ahead and order whenever you are ready.
    SC “Okay, I have a question for you.”
    Me “Go ahead.”
    SC “What is the difference between the muffins and the biscuits?”
    Me “Well, they are basically the same, but one is a biscuit and one is a muffin.”
    I thought she might go into greater detail, because the question just seemed so weird that I figured she MUST be wanting to know cooking techniques or price difference or something, but she seemed satisfied with that answer as she ordered a muffin and pulled forward.

    Counter
    SC “One senior coffee, please, black.
    Me “Ok, 27 cents please.”
    SC *mumbles something about a larger cup*
    I assume he wants to know if there is such a thing as a senior medium or senior large, as all we have advertised is the senior small, so I say:
    Me “We can do a large senior coffee for 54 cents.”
    SC “No, no, no, I was asking if I could get a larger cup for the same price since I am taking it to go and I won’t be staying here to get the refills so I want a larger cup to make up for that.”
    Me “Err… no…. it doesn’t work like that. If you want a larger cup I have to charge for it whether you stay or leave.”
    He accepted my answer, but the other manager that was there decided to apologize profusely for it as he has NO spine whatsoever and gives customers whatever they want for whatever price they want. He once gave out $11 in ice cream for $2.50, but that is another rant.

  • #2
    Did the first person have a U.K. accent? She was probably worrying about the the difference between a muffin and what the folks in the U,S, call an "English muffin", and the difference between a biscuit in the U.S. and a biscuit in the U.K. (what U.S. people would call a cookie).

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    • #3
      I've been taken to task by my UK friends & vice-versa over food terminolgy

      I once saw an article that mentioned "corn" in England in the 1300s & pointed out that there was no corn then since it hadn't been discovered yet! I was gently informed ("You bloody stupid Yank!"* ) that the word "corn" in the UK means wheat,barley,rye,etc...grain in general & what we call corn is maize,which is technically correct.

      However,when it comes to the chips/crisps debate I only have one thing to say: Saratoga Springs,New York,1853


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      • #4
        Good point, but no, no accent. I also get this question more than you would think. I always give the same... one's a biscuit and one's a muffin.. answer and no one ever pushes it.

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        • #5
          A muffin is a sweet bread, and a biscuit is not.

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          • #6
            Canada

            Quoth Gidgetdigit View Post
            Did the first person have a U.K. accent? She was probably worrying about the the difference between a muffin and what the folks in the U,S, call an "English muffin", and the difference between a biscuit in the U.S. and a biscuit in the U.K. (what U.S. people would call a cookie).
            This applies in Canada also. I was surprised the first time I order a biscuit in the US at a fast-food store and got what looked like to me as a muffin.

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            • #7
              Quoth Can I Help Your A$$? View Post
              A muffin is a sweet bread, and a biscuit is not.
              this. unless it's a biscuit / cookie

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              • #8
                Biscuits are smaller and flatter. Muffins are taller and plumper. That's why they call it muffin-top when your love handles hang over your waistband.
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                • #9
                  Quoth Can I Help Your A$$? View Post
                  A muffin is a sweet bread, and a biscuit is not.
                  If it's breakfast sandwiches, then no -- a certain Canadian breakfast chain has sandwiches on English muffins or on tea biscuits, which are both savoury/non-sweet.

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                  • #10
                    I always understood muffins and biscuits to be the same thing...




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                    • #11
                      A sandwich on a biscuit
                      A sandwich on a muffin

                      Not to be confused with a biscuit or a muffin, of course.

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                      • #12
                        Mmmmmhh. Biscuit sandwich. Now I want one... biscuits are easy to make, though.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth dalesys View Post
                          I always understood muffins and biscuits to be the same thing...




                          Meadow & horse, that is.
                          They also mean the same thing if you're listening to the Bob&Tom song "Camel Toe".
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                          • #14
                            Quoth MoonCat View Post
                            Biscuits are smaller and flatter. Muffins are taller and plumper. That's why they call it muffin-top when your love handles hang over your waistband.
                            "Muffin-tops" are named after the dessert-type of muffin usually seen overflowing their paper cases, not the English muffin that would usually be served alongside American biscuits.
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                            • #15
                              so when someone orders biscuits and gravy, they get a bread roll in gravy?

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