KISS MY A$$!!!
This article How to take on a Multi-National with a Felt Tip Pen and Win, was HILARIOUS!!! I loved it. When I was younger I was a huge Starbucks junkie. It started as harmless as any other addiction. Sixteen years old, just got my license, going to Starbucks with friends was a way to get out of the house. And better yet, it was close so my parents would let me take the car. By senior year of high school “going to Starbucks” was code for “we’re going to go get stoned”. Yet time and time again we found ourselves at Starbucks, stoned or not.
I was a fan of the Venti Caramel Machiato. Which by the way costs almost 6.00!! When I started earning my own money, I took a good hard look at my coffee purchasing. I realized that this was TOTALLY overpriced. $6.00 for a freakin’ cup of coffee, what the hell was I thinking? Forget that, the coffee tasted burnt. (I started laying off the 350 calorie coffees and got a good taste of what the product actually tastes like-BLECH).
I made a decision to take a stand against Starbucks. Those a$$holes were not going to get my money anymore. When I told my mom about how much I hated Starbucks and refused to drink it, she started to agree that for what we were paying, the product was crap. We then narrowed in on my dad, who is just the typical cheap Jew, and he told us that he had stopped drinking Starbucks a long time ago, he preferred the 1.00 cup that the street vendors in the city. So the three of us were on the same page. And of course I managed to get my husband in on this as well.
Not that I thought my little stand would make a difference. But i got personal satisfaction out of it. I went out of my way to not go to Starbucks. So that is why this article really made me laugh. I felt all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that there are others who feel the same way, went much farther, and were much more successful than I was. I feel part of a bigger cause! What a great concept.
So…Starbucks this is my middle finger pointing right at ya!
here’ another old starbucks prank – http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20020718/0144212_F.shtml
I actually received one of these coupons via email. I went to claim it cause I figured “hey, free coffee.” The location I went to in the city was forced to honor it. TAKE THAT STARBUCKS!