I have never had a Starbucks coffee, because what it represents is inherently degenerate, and almost perfectly represents what had gone way wrong in the US over the last 50 years. If you have some kind of insane desire to spend $4.50 for a freaking cup of coffee, buy a very good $1.00 coffee from McDonalds or Dunkin’ Doughnuts, and give $3.50 to a charity that actually does some good. I guarantee that cup of coffee will taste just great.
When I chose my screen name MANY, MANY years ago, I felt the same way about degenerate yuppie crap. At least yuppies could actually afford to be wasteful.
Best comment ever about Starbucks:
“Why pay $3.50 to drink what tastes like burned s***?”
Whoever called baristas `art fags’ hit a home run too.
You do realize that the regular coffe at Starbucks costs the same as the coffee at Dunks right? I have Starbucks all the time, I just don’t order the fancy stuff like lattes or cappucinos. Nobody is forcing you to order that stuff.
In my opinion the regular coffe at Starbucks is better than the regular coffee at Dunks or McD’s. That’s just my opinion and I won’t argue taste buds.
Starbucks is an awesone economic success story. A small Seattle coffee chain becomes a global money-printer. isn’t that the kind of business success we want?
Again, to each his own. You can compare Starbucks to a bar. Lets face it, both are dispensing a legal drug (caffeine and alcohol). Both are providing and atmosphere for their customers to relax in. If I go to a bar I can order a Bud Light on Draft for a couple of bucks. Nobody is making me order a Guiness for $6. Same with mixed drinks. The bar makes more money on the fancy drinks obviously. Same with Starbucks. Its a free country and if you want to spend $5 on a fancy coffee drink - go right ahead.
I fail to see the problem in that.
Basically you can get a regular Starbucks coffee for about the same price as a Dunkin Donuts or a McDonalds. But not many people at the Starbucks go in there for just the coffee.
Now Starbucks also has this selection of very rich-looking pastries at their counter but I never see anybody buying them. Can anybody close to the scene confirm whether or not the Starbucks pastries sell well?
At the Dunkin Donuts, those pastries get bought by the dozen and go wicked fast. Forget about getting a Boston Creme donut around here after 9am.
I like the fact that we have all these choices available to us. I like knowing that if the urge ever strikes me to have a slice of carrot cake for $6.50, I will be able to satisfy that urge at a Starbucks near me. More often then not, the urge is for a $9 glass of cask-ale from the yuppie pub down the road from me, you know the one, the one with all the British flags around it. I also get the fish and chips there which is a relative bargain at $7.95.
Also, what charities do you recommend? I find that most of them have 90% of more of their donations go to "operating costs" which translate to perks and benefits for their "volunteers."
If you truly want to be charitable, buy that $4.50 drink and hand it to a homeless bum as a treat.