Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes

[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?