Name: 1946 - Become a Regular! How to Connect at Your Favorite Restaurant or Coffee Shop in English
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this is an all ears English  podcast episode 1946 become a  

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regular how to connect at your favorite  restaurant or coffee shop in English

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welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded  more than 200 million times are you feeling stuck  

with your English we'll show you how to become  fearless and fluent by focusing on connection not  

Perfection with your American hosts Lindsay  McMahon the English Adventurer and Michelle  

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when you can walk into a local cafe or restaurant  and people know who you are you feel connected  

today learn two key terms to engage with servers  at your favorite local spot in English [Music]

hey there Michelle how's everything going today  hey good Lindsay how are you awesome fantastic  

what are we getting into today on aller's  English well I have a question do you have  

a favorite coffee place in Denver wow I go for  coffee all the time way too much but yeah there's  

this really cute little coffee shop called Pablo's  in my neighborhood and it's managed to maintain a  

bit of a neighborhood coffee feel so you know  what I mean like a little neighborhood Cafe  

spot you walk in it smells like coffee people are  actually reading they're not necessarily on their  

laptops and staring at a screen oh that's pretty  wow I feel like that's very rare I know it's cool  

it's really cool yeah yeah well do you when you  go there so what's it called again it's called  

Pablos Pablos do you always get the same thing  or do you mix it up or no I mix it up so on the  

weekends sometimes I'll get myself a cappuccino  this is a little treat you know what I mean it's  

a Saturday I'll get a cappuccino but during  the week I usually stick to just black coffee  

you know just black coffee dark roast so yeah  I kind of alternate between two options if you  

go out do you go every day no well so I've got  another place near my house that I'll go to in  

the afternoon when I kind of just need a reset I  just need to get out of the office but I don't go  

every day I go a couple times a week I would  say what about you do you go to coffee shops  

uh no not too much I'm not like so fancy with my  coffee I have to drink I had to have to well not  

I just have to drink it like right first thing  in the morning okay and I'm like yeah um so um  

so you can walk to that place populist yeah yeah  I can um so they might say that you're a regular  

right they would say that yeah I mean they even  know they know my name in there um in the second  

place I mentioned closer to my house and they yeah  or they're starting to I would say get to know my  

name yeah that's kind of cool yeah I love that  I love when there's that neighborhood feel like  

there's a restaurant that I live near and I mean  gosh ever since they opened a couple years ago  

um you know they always say hi to us and like they  just like it's kind of yeah they know us in the  

neighborhood so that's kind of fun that's lovely  yeah yeah um but guys we're gonna talk about this  

more in just a second but um we want you to listen  to episode 1306 which is are you a creature of  

habit because that's kind of some of the stuff  that we're talking about today oh my gosh yes  

I love it we're getting into this idea of being  a regular or something you know the word regular  

right this is so good guys make sure you hit  follow right here on oller's English why should  

they hit follow Michelle well because if you don't  hit follow you might miss something and you don't  

want to miss something you don't want to miss  anything no you can't miss all ears English guys  

we have been podcasting four days a week since  2013. can you believe that Michelle it's insane  

that is insane so yeah well we hope that we have  a lot of regulars who listen to the show I know we  

do I know we have our loyal listeners guys become  a regular become irregular and hit follow on all  

ears English wherever you listen to podcasts  that's awesome so yeah today I wanted to talk  

about some ways to express that you typically do  something um so I mean Lindsay why might this be  

helpful oh my gosh this could be good for talking  to people who work somewhere for example waiters  

waitresses you know now the thing you normally get  make it easier for them make it more fun they know  

what you're used to ordering right that's the idea  this builds the connection at dollars English we  

are all about connection Michelle and this is a  perfect connection episode today I think so too  

because it's also good if you're in the service  industry right so maybe you're a waiter a waitress  

maybe you work in a hotel or I mean well a hotel  I mean I guess it's a little bit different but  

um but it's it's good for talking to customers oh  my gosh yes I've also seen it a lot on movies uh  

in movies right you go you want the regular you  want the usual right what you want your regular  

uh you see there's a lot in movies and it kind  of gives you a feeling of nostalgia small town  

America uh it's just kind of a cool way to connect  with someone by knowing what they usually consume  

right and I think it's good for being able to talk  to people about your routines and to connect with  

others so we're going to talk about all these  things a little bit today um and these two terms  

that we've been already using yeah um to you know  like in different ways than you might be used to  

and more idiomatic or slang ways right rather than  saying like oh you know just the the typical ways  

I love it I love it so what are the two terms that  we're going to show our listeners today what are  

these two words that we're going to focus in on  Michelle okay it's a one is usual that's funny and  

one is regular that sounds like isn't that like  an old comedy routine like I don't know it sounds  

like a joke well no it just sounds like a joke  it's like oh the two terms are one is the usual  

and one is regular and it's like no those are the  two terms it's like those are the terms yeah those  

are the terms right I don't know Michelle you're  the comedian in this year so it just sounds like  

it just sounds like a joke anyway because there  might be some material there there might be some  

material exactly so all right so the usual okay so  this is when you always get the same thing so you  

might say if Lindsay if they know you downstairs  there's you might just say oh I'll have the usual  

yes I'll have the usual meaning my usual right  the thing I normally order right right right right  

right right okay um you could also say the regular  right but I feel like the usual is more common but  

like I do would you could you say like I'll have  the right she'll have the regular yeah I think you  

could say that it's very oh it's very automatic  idiomatic it's very local it's very slangy right  

you may not find it in any dictionary of perfect  grammar but it is what neighbors will say in a  

local cafe or restaurant you know especially in  small town America right and then the next one  

is also the word regular but instead of saying the  regular you might say all regular now I don't mean  

like oh like a regular size or a regular and now  that oh my gosh don't you hate that when you say  

the same word over and over and like you forget  what it means yeah it's losing that's meaning  

um so if you say a regular yes what's that a  person who comes often to a place for example you  

know he's a regular here he loves our chocolate  muffins it could be that person comes to that  

Cafe all the time there's a a like neighborhood  kind of dive bar around the corner from my house  

called The Wild Corgi uh and they do trivia  nights they do like local celebrations you know  

festivals we're kind of regulars there I would  say so oh that's good that's nice that's nice  

um yeah so that's really about the person so you  could say uh that yeah you could say wear regulars  

or I'm a regular I'm a regular wear regulars and  you know to be honest yeah I just feel like well  

at least here in Denver a lot of local places  are kind of shutting down post pandemic and  

these you know bigger brands are coming in or name  brands change that kind of thing so it's more and  

more important to become a regular somewhere  and connect with your community right right  

that's true yeah um so I mean I feel like this is  more and this is important to express I feel like  

you know it's more interesting and flow it flows  much nicer than saying like oh I want what I  

usually get oh yeah you can't say anyone say that  words I want what I usually get or I want what I  

always get like that just sounds funny or I mean  or if I mean or I don't know I feel like yeah you  

might see it in the movies a lot like I don't  know Lindsay I'm imagining you you walking into  

your coffee shop and and you go in and you'll  say like I'll have and somebody might say the  

regular and you'll say yeah you got it you know I  think that happened to me once actually and it's  

such a cool feeling I'm not gonna lie I mean  Guys these are the moments of our lives these  

are the moments of connection it might seem  like a trivial thing but you know especially  

if you work online from home and a lot of us do  now or we don't necessarily see our co-workers  

um any moment of connection is really nice  right so this is how you guys can get that  

moment of connection right don't stumble over  your words by saying I want what I usually get  

it takes too much you know too many chances for  making mistake there and getting getting all  

tongue twisted right right or just I mean or just  repeating your order every time right that's just