By 9:10 a.m., John "Winter" Smith—just Winter to those who know him—had already been up for three hours, visited four Starbucks, eaten one Starbucks doughnut, and downed a Starbucks DoubleShot espresso and 12 ounces of regular Starbucks coffee. He's jittery, but he's still on his game: Standing at the counter of Starbucks No. 5 for the day, an unremarkable strip mall location in Scottsdale, Winter realizes something is amiss. "These cards are different!" he says, staring at the store manager's business card, which he's grabbed from a stack at the register. "I haven't run into any other cards across the country that have this on the back." He analyzes the flip side, which uses an acrostic of the word "partner" to spell out why working at Starbucks is so rewarding. Holding the card up to the manager—who offers a confused smile—Winter continues, "And the card stock, it's thinner." He then asks for, and receives, a complimentary half-cup refill of a Starbucks cup he's brought with him, darts in and out of the bathroom, snaps a photo of the store, stows the camera in his car, and declares, "That's it here."
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now I love coffee and all but this guy is sick. starburnt coffee is not that good. He should be visiting every Wild Oats in America! Then he could not only drink coffee but organic and free trade coffee.
Posted by: muddy at July 8, 2004 02:38 PMWell, if you're wanting to see the world - this is as good enough reason/excuse as any, I guess. Just one word of advise though:
I would have to assume that Starbucks have *de*caffeinated brands on their menu that taste *just* the same as regular....you might want to give it a try. But that's MHO....
Posted by: mrs. muddy at July 8, 2004 05:01 PM