If Starbucks Banned Coffee

So we'd pay high prices for pretentious attitude alone? Novel concept.

They're probably more likely to erect a temple so that the followers can bow down and worship the noble drink of the Gods (you're not allowed to use the word coffee in the temple).

MattW said:

So we'd pay high prices for pretentious attitude alone? Novel concept.

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Where and how do they train their employees? Surely there can't be that many people who naturally have that attitude. I know they probably got quite a few such employees from those who used to work at now defunct record stores, but what about all the rest?



;-)

We better watch it. We might be sent to Starbucks re-education camp where we'll be required to study the ordering procedure manual sixteen hours a day.

Hipster VoTech schools?

MattW said:

Hipster VoTech schools?

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I was thinking it was a secret underground facility buried deep within the Cascades Mountains.

You know, this could be the plot of a movie!

Jack Black becomes the manager of a Starbucks and tries to teach all the employees how to be normal human beings. If the revolution spreads it could threaten the entire Starbucks Empire, so they send a hitman (known only as "Mr. Grande") to knock him off. A cute dow-eyed emo girl could be one of the employees that Jack Black converts and she becomes his love interest. When she is kidnapped, Jack must confront his long-buried feelings about coffee that stems from the fact that in his family they only served instant Sanka.

;-)

Why is Starbucks actually called Starbucks?

If Starbucks banned coffee ... it would be a better world.

Darzian said:

Why is Starbucks actually called Starbucks?

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Moby-Dick.

According to Howard Schultz's book Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, the name of the company was derived from Moby-Dick, although not in as direct a fashion as many assume. Gordon Bowker liked the name "Pequod" (the ship in the novel), but his then creative partner Terry Heckler responded, "No one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!" Heckler suggested "Starbo". Brainstorming with these two ideas resulted in the company being named for the Pequod's first mate, Starbuck.

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Sorry, am I to believe that Starbucks sells coffee now?

Hmmm, I noticed that in The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep's character always says "and have my STARBUCKS waiting", never, "have my COFFEE waiting".

(ETA: I know it was only because Starbucks probably paid a few dollars to have their name mentioned in that line)

If Starbucks banned coffee...

I still wouldn't go there.

Then they would have to sell Hot coco for $5. Oh wait they already do, sorry.

As someone who enjoys a cup of coffee or a latte from Starbucks occasionally, I'm offended. Their Cafe Verona makes a good cup of coffee. When I'm treating myself, I like to buy a bag of that and make it at home.

Starbucks did introduce me to Sugar in the Raw, which I love and use regularly at home now.

And I'm not really offended. I just play that part on TV.

Ambrosia said:

If Starbucks banned learned to make coffee ... it would be a better world.

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There Ambrosia. Fixed it for ya.

Silent Rob said:

Sorry, am I to believe that Starbucks sells coffee now?

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Only if you believe that coffee and a milkshake with half-fat whip and a touch of coffee are the same thing. /tongue-in-cheek

Couldn't get WiFi to work in Starbucks, so pootled off to the library instead. Was quieter, too.

I bluetoothed some photos to my netbook and sent them to tt42 over MSN. She was ver ver entertained, I'm sure.

BenPanced said:

If Starbucks banned coffee...

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I would never notice - having never entered said.

I thought this was the other Starbucks thread.

Oh well. If they banned coffee, that's cool, 'cause I only drink tea.