The only thing Starbucks doesn’t sell
As the media across the country is reporting, tomorrow, Starbucks will be giving away the only thing it can’t sell: a regular cup of joe.
That’s right. Tomorrow, Wednesday between 10 AM and noon, Starbucks is hosting “Starbucks Coffee Break” where they’ll give away 12-ounce cups of coffee (previously priced at $1.50).
I don’t know about you folks, but I have never seen anyone buy coffee at ‘bucks. Half-caff this, latte that, soy cappuccino-with-the-foam-on-the-side, sure. Regular coffee? This I gotta see.
I’m not people-phobic, exactly. I’m crowd-phobic. I don’t like a bazillion other people in my space, breathing my air and shedding cooties on me, but I am so sure no one is going to show up to the coffee break, that I think I might actually going to go down the street to one of my local Starbucks (oh, but should I choose the one in the Safeway or the one outside the Safeway??), just to see what happens.
I am SO there. Sure, a fancy coffee drink’s nice and all, but a tall drip’s my choice of poison.
You must not be paying attention to other people ordering. There’s usually 2 out of 6 people ordering drip. Silly wabbit
_You_ must not be paying attention to exactly where I live on the eastside. I can usually hear the person in front of me order coffee and in the 6 years I’ve been here, not once has that order ever included the word “coffee”.
I also host a monthly gathering that consists of more than 6 people, and none of us order “coffee”.
Granted, not the most scientific study or a good statistical sampling.