On other notes about liberal tendencies, this company is headquartered in Seattle, WA (surprise), and even their profile page will not disclose the executive board's annual pay rate and their annual proceeds from sales of shares.
However, go to Starbucks link to insider trades and see how many of the helpful, no-greed-here executives sold huge piles of SBUX stock in June during the nearly highest point in the history of the company. Here is the recent chart:
These are the caring, feeling, anti-capitalistic, non-monitary oriented, new world order liberal types we love so much who are running the Starbucks company. Does it really surprise you to find out that these liberals would demand blood money for their precious water?
He/she might have thought they would get fired for giving away $130 of water for free, or would have to pay for it out of his own pocket...
Admitedly not the brightest move ever made, but it is NOT a condemnation of the ENTIRE STARBUCKS company, as if this was company policy or something... SHEEESH... we have IMPORTANT things to worry about ladies and gents...If you get your panties in a bunch over this picayune stuff you will burn your brain out