Ever walk into a Starbucks, see all the tech looking mugs and

[Carbon]

chic coffee stuff and go...

"hmmm, drug paraphanelia"


deep thoughts

-Carbon

[lopxtc]

Personally I try to avoid Starbucks/Second Cup/"Other Brand Name Coffee Store" ... unfortunately its a balance of walking into a brand name store and smelling stale coffee, or hitting the local homegrown coffee shop and smelling stale hippies ... always a tough choice.

Aaron

[Carbon]

Personally I try to avoid Starbucks/Second Cup/"Other Brand Name Coffee Store" ... unfortunately its a balance of walking into a brand name store and smelling stale coffee, or hitting the local homegrown coffee shop and smelling stale hippies ... always a tough choice.

Aaron

bwhwhwhhahahahahahah

well put!

[ArmySyko]

I was in the southwest and visited a Starbucks. I got a mug that has a carabeener-like handle. It clips onto my military gear with ease. They're not available in the midwest, not anywhere I've seen. Now I have unique paraphanelia for when I get home.

Aaight.

[quik]

I've never been in a Starbucks.

MY LIFE IS NOT COMPLETE.

[SCpoloRicker]

I've never been in a Starbucks.

MY LIFE IS NOT COMPLETE.

Really, really never?

I generally avoid the corporate coffee places. However, one could easily argue that the smaller niche market shops would never have spread if Starbucks hadn't come about. They treat their employees decently as well.

[teufelhunden]

I was in the southwest and visited a Starbucks. I got a mug that has a carabeener-like handle. It clips onto my military gear with ease. They're not available in the midwest, not anywhere I've seen. Now I have unique paraphanelia for when I get home.

Aaight.

You should be able to walk into any company owned Starbucks location now and find those mugs, they're part of the current promotion.


And yeah, Starbucks employees are treated fairly well-- 240 hrs/quarter [need to average 20 hours/week] and the employee [partner, as the company calls them] is eligible for 5 tiers of healthcare, the cheapest at around $20/month, dental care for about $10/month, vision for $3/month, stock options, 401(k), and some other stuff that I'm probably forgetting because I don't bother to take advantage of it.