Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes

[caseysmom]

I love Starbucks, and it's the only place near me that brews fresh coffee every half an hour. If I go to the two mom and pop shops nearby, I get stale coffee unless it's 7am. Not cool to me, because I AM picky about my coffee.

Me too I can't stand coffee thats been sitting. Starbucks beats anything else around here.

[Cataholic]

LOL, The reason I don't go into SB's is the fact I don't know what to order. A ventral cerebellum half foam and half lactic acid? (little hospital humor there..)

Try this: "Hi, coffee of the day, please, with room for creme". Works like a charm everytime, kind of like ordering in a restaurant. That seems pretty easy to me, but, I will confess I am a huge coffee lover.

ON the other hand sometimes BB is the way to go when you run into a service/quality problem.

Too true. I cannot stand small businesses with a return policy dictating that things must be returned, unopened, original box, reciept, etc., all within 22 minutes of leaving the store.

Also, there is the Fad Aspect of Products. The cool factor of "all things needed" is very laughable and shows how gullible the consumer is.

I want an iPod, I want a IPhone, Tickle me Elmo, Xbox.....

Course, you do have to factor in technological advancements, too. How lovely and light to run with an ipod rather than the discman. Does it make a difference? At my age, and my outofshapeness, ALL things make a difference. I love the ipod (or mp3 player) for its portability, convenience and function. Am I necessarily an "idiot" cause I like that? Guess that is up to the labeler.

By that time everyone has one and it's not the status symbol/cool thing to have. Sad to say, but it's happened to SB-it's not cool anymore!

I think SB 'demise', if in fact it IS a demise, is more about discretionary spending than it is 'faddiness'.

We are all status conscious with our cars, clothes, food and electronics.
When everyone has or gets one, we all have to find something else to put us back on top of the status pole.

Leave me out of the status conscious group referenced above. I buy things based on their usefulness to ME, not someone else's opinion of me using it. I gather most working people feel the same way???

Anyone here buying SB, or other things, to impress the masses?

[RICHARD]

Leave me out of the status conscious group referenced above. I buy things based on their usefulness to ME, not someone else's opinion of me using it. I gather most working people feel the same way???

Touchy today, ain't we?


I don't run anywhere anymore.

I was late to work one day and saw a nurse sprinting to the elevators.
When she stopped to catch her breath I asked her if the building was going anywhere....

We can get GPS on a cell phone, but are still using pulp paper to clean our rear ends.

That's what killed the sears catalogue. I can't even read a magazine in the BR anymore. Playboy makes me go online to find out what the 21st question is.

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I strongly urge people to avoid my posts. Sometimes people can't tell wheat from the chaff.

[jennielynn1970]

We had a great diner in the town where I grew up in PA. I think it's still there.

Where did you grow up in PA??

[shepgirl]

Not a big coffeedrinker so it won't affect me, but I always preferred the small cafes which offer a bit more in the way of hospitality. Cozier for chats also.

[Catty1]

I like the smaller ones...here they are busy, so you don't get stale coffee.

Ironically - if some of the mom and pop cafes got busier, the coffee would be fresher. Egg and chicken...

[dukedogsmom]

That's what killed the sears catalogue. I can't even read a magazine in the BR anymore. Playboy makes me go online to find out what the 21st question is.

That made me laugh. Love your humor (and sarcasm)

I like the smaller ones...here they are busy, so you don't get stale coffee.
Ironically - if some of the mom and pop cafes got busier, the coffee would be fresher. Egg and chicken...

I think you're beating a dead horse. Whatever is best is what I go for. Small or big business. Our local coffee shop sucks, as stated earlier. I'm glad you have a good local one. Some of us don't.

[Catty1]

Val, I was thinking more of the post where the poster said there were some small places - and the problem was that later in the day the coffee was OLD, because the morning rush came and went. There is no way to make those places busier all day long so they would have to keep brewing fresh...it was a wishful thinking thought.

Actually - we have about 5 local coffee places; they are non-franchise.

And one Starbuck's, and one Tim Horton's.

[RICHARD]

That made me laugh. Love your humor (and sarcasm)

Am not.

I deplore any moron who....

Makes me part of their convo while I stand in line.
Makes me wait on them because they are too involved with their cell, blackberry etc.
Take up tables at eateries because they are surfing the net.
HAVE TO ANSWER THE PHONE ON FIRST RING WHILE EATING.

Here in Cah Lee Fuh nee AH, you drive by any coffee establishment and all the latest electric toys are on display....LOOK AT ME! My phone takes and shows pictures!

A rolled up newspaper is just as handy.

GPS? Read the banner, you know what city you are in.
Travel planner? Use it to flag a taxi.
News? Read it!
Stock quotes-check the Dow in the back!
Sports, advice and humor. (Dear Abby and the comics.)
Shade, a fly swatter, and kindling for a fire-
Roll it up as a baton and it's a self defense weapon,
Toilet paper? Note pad, seat cushion and dry spot to sit on in the rain.
and if you are homeless you can use it as insulation.


Now, tell me that a 300 dollar phone beats a 50 cent roll of wood pulp.

I bet an iphone would be pretty useless in a potty when you have no TP....



Dance monkey, Dance!!!!

[RICHARD]

Robber returns for coffee

A man was arrested for robbing a Starbucks - when he returned two days later for a coffee.

The 42-year-old was wearing the same yellow gloves, red backpack and wire-rimmed glasses he allegedly wore during the robbery.

He fled after he was spotted by a detective who was in the shop quizzing staff about the raid in Boulder, Colorado.

The suspect quickly turned around and walked out of the shop but Detective Kurt Foster gave chase, caught him and pulled him to the ground.

The man is thought to have been responsible for a number of robberies over the same weekend.

He was taken into custody on suspicion of several charges, unrelated to the robberies, including obstruction, resisting arrest and a parole violation.

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Another reason I don't drink coffee, it attracts criminals.

[CountryWolf07]

Robber returns for coffee

A man was arrested for robbing a Starbucks - when he returned two days later for a coffee.

The 42-year-old was wearing the same yellow gloves, red backpack and wire-rimmed glasses he allegedly wore during the robbery.

He fled after he was spotted by a detective who was in the shop quizzing staff about the raid in Boulder, Colorado.

The suspect quickly turned around and walked out of the shop but Detective Kurt Foster gave chase, caught him and pulled him to the ground.

The man is thought to have been responsible for a number of robberies over the same weekend.

He was taken into custody on suspicion of several charges, unrelated to the robberies, including obstruction, resisting arrest and a parole violation.

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Another reason I don't drink coffee, it attracts criminals.

Is this for real? Wow.

[shepgirl]

Catty 1 are you serious..you only have one Timmie's? Can't turn a corner here without seeing a Timmie's? And they are all busy at all times of the day 24/7. I can't believe only 1 Timmie's...where in heck are you anyway...lol?

[Medusa]

Where did you grow up in PA??

McKeesport, which is about 40 min. south of Pittsburgh.

[CathyBogart]

Psst...their mint chocolate chip frappucino is like a junior mint in liquid form. TASTY!