Starbucks fires union organizer

The Daily News Online ^ | 8/7/06 | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE

[Richard Kimball]

I never died, said he.

[Doctor Raoul]

Search the web for the video "L For Latte". The producer visits a radical left, hate America, hate Capitalism rally and catches the looney, goofy left strolling with their lattes and goes into Starbucks to document all the ANSWER signs in the waiting line.

[AnAmericanMother]

Takes more than guns to kill a man, said Joe. I didn't die. Said Joe, I didn't die.

[ASOC]

Workers of the World, Unite. Throw off the shackles of....err something.

Useful idiots.

[Richard Kimball]

You knew somebody was going to post that line, didn't you?

[AnAmericanMother]

That's too easy. How about this one?

Long haired preachers come out every night . . .

[IOWAfan]

decaffeinated is only slightly less caffeine

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WHAT!

[Tribune7]

Lefty hypocrisy bump.

[Ready4Freddy]

That would be correct, Calusa!

[Richard Kimball]

Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right.

[AnAmericanMother]

Then you ask how 'bout something to eat,

[AmishDude]

Dude! These people have a tip jar.

For making COFFEE!

What do they need a union for?

[Holicheese]

Two words, Dunkin Donuts.

[Myrddin]

Starbucks products are already priced too high. Although I like the taste of the products, my digestive tract goes ballistic when exposed to fresh milk. That leaves the tea offerings. Frankly, I can do without it altogether. All the sugar added just adds more to the spare tire around my middle. No way would I pay even more to support union labor. The day they go union will be the end of my patronage.

I still manage to enjoy a good cup of coffee with a Phillips Senseo brewing machine and pods filled with Columbian roast/Hazelnut flavor. A little whipping cream and some artificial sweetener and I'm just as satisfied as a Starbucks customer. I get 20 cups of coffee from a bag of pods and they cost me $3.99. The cup is ready 60 seconds after I decide I want a fresh cup. No time in line and no gasoline burned. Tossing the pod in the trash takes 5 seconds. Much faster than the 5 minute cleanup job on the espresso machine.

[GATOR NAVY]

anybody who pays $5 for coffee does because they can.

That's certainly true, and I'm no promoter of class envy. People can spend their own money on whatever they want. But the fact that they can spend $5.00 on a cup of coffee gives them no special level of intelligence. In my opinion a cup of coffee is not worth $5.00 and anyone who pays that price is an idiot.

[Myrddin]

May I ask what a 'barista' is is? If I guess the guy behind the counter serving coffee would I be close?

Exactly. It's title inflation. The trash collector is now a "sanitary engineer".

[Ben Mugged]

The beans are then rinsed in some solvent that contains as much of the chemical composition of coffee as possible without also containing the caffeine in a soluble form. The process is repeated anywhere from 8 to 12 times until it meets the international standard of having removed 97% of the caffeine in the beans

While statistically it looks like a lot, the effect on the body of that 3% is remarkable even in small amounts. That's why the Mormon guide book tells you to avoid both caffenated and decaffinated coffee.

[Calusa]

Thanks. I guess that's a special perk that's part of the Starbucks experience. Actually I'm a recluse homeboy, but I pay about U$8 a pound for Gevalia Kaffe. Never knew they grew coffee in Sweden, did ya?

[MindBender26]

>Tom Lehrer

Now that is another VERY old name.

I can still get about 1/4 quarter of the way through "The Elements."

I loved it when he explained Base Eight math as being exactly like Base Ten Math, with your thumbs cut off.

[Myrddin]

I went into the Starbucks on Route 7 near Tysons Corner. The place was full of middle eastern males. I was happy to get my coffee without hearing "Allahu Akbar". The area is a hotbed of radical Islamic activity. The FBI could have a field day in there.