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Starbucks dropped the ball in New York (Charged Rescue Workers For Water To Save Lives)
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| Tuesday, September 25, 2001
| ROBERT L. JAMIESON Jr.
Posted on 09/25/2001 8:02:00 AM PDT by toupsie
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Think that is my last coffee from Starbucks and I had a 3 dollar a day habit. Can you imagine the GREED required to charge a Rescue Worker for a bottle water to save another human's life? Very, very sick. One thing this tragedy has done has made it easy to seperate the bad from good...
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:02:00 AM PDT
by
toupsie
To: toupsie
I never liked going in Starbucks...always felt underdressed for some reason. I think I'll just stick with my Maxwell House.
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:08:55 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
To: toupsie
Well, what do you expect from the people who have ruined coffee in the United States, buying cheap quality beans, roasting them very dark to disguise the low quality, and emphasizing espresso drinks that can tolerate the cheap quality coffee.
The whole rise of espresso and similar very dark roasts in Italy and France was a result of the simple fact that the average citizen couldn't afford decent quality coffee beans. Low quality beans are lousy when medium roasted to the point where high quality beans have the greatest flavor and aroma.
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:12:32 AM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(who drinks Jamaica Blue Mountain, Hawaii Kona or Celebes Kolossi and a pox on Starbucks!)
To: toupsie
Interesting.
I've had some *horrible* experiences at NY Starbucks. Love their coffee, but the service and management here is just atrocious.
Schultz should be ashamed.
To: toupsie
I had the same thing happen to me in Venice, Ca. when I came to the aid of a car crash victim. It did not involve Starbucks but rather another coffee shop. These places have a policy of not providing free water in order to discourage bums from free-loading. I imagine what happened is that the Starbucks bureacracy was not nimble enough to adapt to the situation and the employees didn't want to risk their jobs.
To: toupsie
"One thing this tragedy has done has made it easy to seperate the bad from good..."
Amen to that.
To: 2Jedismom
I always felt overcharged for my bean water......I learned how to make great coffee while in the US Navy, don't need these guy's.....
NeverGore
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:15:06 AM PDT
by
nevergore
To: toupsie
Two things the local "partners" may not have had the authority to give away the water and didn't want to take a chance of having their "partnership" arrangement terminated. The "partners" are very young and probably have no authority at all. Second what to bet that the "partners" weren't compensated for the time that management of Starbucks gave them off to be with their families. A time when my guess that no one was buying coffee. Seems to me that Starbucks save a bunch of $$$ by that action. Im sure the idea of cost savings never crossed their minds. Anyone know if the Starbucks near the disaster area have hiked their prices?
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:15:22 AM PDT
by
airedale
To: cicero's_son
Disgusting display of Human Character.
I will not patronize them again.
To: 2Jedismom
#2 Try the Italian Espresso roast; as good as Starbucks; maybe writing to Maxwell House will provide bottled water for these heroes. I'll post e-mail in a minute.
P.S. Make your own Biscotti, too. ;-)
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:17:28 AM PDT
by
katze
To: toupsie
Thanks for posting this. After election 2000 a member of the DNCCongressional Campaign Committee was quoted as saying, "We lost every precinct that didn't have a Starbucks!" I find that statement prescient.
During X42's reign a friend of mine and I would go to Starbucks so that we could loudly talk about the scandals. We knew we were on enemy territory and reveled in it.
Did you also know that they are a significant donor to Planned Parenthood?
Regards,
TS
To: toupsie
We have Starbucks here in the UK now. I am very grateful I bought my own bloody cappucino machine and know how to make my own coffee. This is beyond disgusting.
Regards, Ivan
FreeBritannia.co.uk
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:20:09 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: toupsie
I can live just fine without Starbucks.
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:20:18 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: airedale
This is just so unbelievable. There was a man giving away shoes on the street. The guys who are helping include many volunteers. People are giving money to fund for the kids of the firefghters and police killed. And Starbucks charges for water...well freepers, we know what to do here. Bury these bastards at corporate in email. And don't buy their coffee.
To: toupsie
Who needs that overpriced yuppie crap anyway.
Plain, black Maxwell House, thank you!
To: airedale
Common sense should have popped into someone's head. Hey, there are Rescue Workers screaming for water, people's lives were in danger and the dust from 2 1/4 mile high buildings is filling the streets, do you think we should charge them for water?
I live in NYC (bout a 1/2 mile from what was the WTC) and see Starbucks on every block (literally they stores across from stores), I will be walking by each and everyone of them from now on. Might be posting this article on their windows as well. This is absolutely disgusting.
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posted on
09/25/2001 8:21:42 AM PDT
by
toupsie
To: toupsie
Now I know why I was never interested in Starbucks...
Had I been an employee (partner) I would have given the water and belled the cat with a visit to the media had I been terminated.
Greed will always come back to haunt, even though it may be disguised as hardship.
To: Looking4Truth
anybody know email addys for these bloodsuckers? I haven't done my morning email protest and woke up in a bad mood.
To: katze
Thanks for the tip! I'll try it.
Got a good biscotti recipe?
Phoo-ey on Starbucks. I always thought they were pretentious anyway. " An ounce of pretention is worth a pound of manure"
To: airedale
Well that's capitalism. Forced charity is taxation. It's also bad business to not to react charitably to a crises situation such as the WTC. Good judgement is a rare commodity. Most people follow the rules no matter what.
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