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Why are you criticizing people who are up early and reading Starbucks? A little confused. Ever think that they were reading a really good book last night and want to get back into it ASAP while getting their caffeine fix? Maybe they have an hour or two to kill before they go to work next door?
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Maybe if these people slept the extra hour or two, they wouldn't need to pay $3-$5 for their caffeine fix.
The tip jars are for the low-paid barristas, not for the company that charges so much for the coffee.
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First, why is a place that charges that much for a cup of coffee can't pay it's employees better? Gee, maybe if they charged less, more customers would come in? Second, Like it's my problem these people choose to work for an employer who overcharges their coffee and underpays their employees. Starbucks, with $3 coffee, aren't that particularly busy where the barristas are working up a sweat. I'll tip a waitress at a resturaunt a 15% tip for taking a correct order, bringing me my food, coming back and asking me if I would like anything else, refilling my beverage and so on. I will give a smaller tip or none at all if service was bad. Heck, I'd even give the cook a tip, if the food was excellent. But pouring a cup of coffee deserves as much tip as the guy at the McDonalds fry machine. That tip is, get another job if you don't like the pay.
Starbucks drip coffee isn't that good, but it's miles better than that shit that comes out of a metal can. If you don't taste the difference, don't criticize people who do.
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I agree with you there somewhat. I guess it comes down to personal taste. To me Starbucks coffee tastes bitter and requires half a cup of sugar and cream to kill the taste. I don't see how Starbucks is considered better than others that are half the price. bUt that's just my opinion.
BTW, I don't hold stock in Starbucks or particularly like their coffee, I'm just wondering why you care so much about how other people spend their time and money.
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I am just curious. Like why some people bitch about a $2.00 gallon of gas, their college tuition is too high, and that they can't afford rent, but it is considered social and "in" to be at a place that charges $3.00 for an 8oz cup of coffee. Yes I'll pay $2.50 for a beer at a club,once in awhile, but then at the same time, I get to dance, listen to music, meet people and have fun for the price of that $2.50 beer, whereas the people at a Starbucks aren't really there having that type of entertainment. Just sitting there by themselves, quite, like they were inside a library or funeral parlor.