starbucks deb The three made their way to the small town's 'Starbucks', a place called 'Willie's Cafe'. It was really a truckstop in disguise. They sat at their favorite booth in the corner and sucked on their coffee while waiting for their pancakes, muffin, or coffeecake to be delivered to their ravenous mouths. The three made an interesting trio. Had anyone seen them who didn't know them, they would have been mistaken for a few college kids from the art school in the next town. Abbie had an interesting taste in clothing, to say the least. She sat in her favorite tattered bluejeans and a black and yellow t-shirt proclaiming, "have a day" beneath a happy face logo with a straight line for a mouth. It seems normal enough, but her jeans had been used at a scratch piece of paper to scribble poetry and doodle homemade cartoon characters or whatever she felt like drawing or writing on them. And she had cut the sides of the once relaxed-fit jeans and sewed a couple triangular pieces of bright psychedelic material in to make them wide-legs. So there she was in her favorite jeans, her hair was down and tangled, the front strands tied in themselves, creating a self-made headband. Her shoes were Birkenstocks held together only by duck tape. Michelle sat in her tight black leather pants and a little spaghetti-strap black top. Over her top she wore a teensy little long-sleeve black button-down the front spiderweb blouse (if you can call it that). The over-shirt was buttoned only once just below her chest and it was accentuated by flowing bell wrists. She sported her black pointy-toed, heeled, lace-up boots and her conglomeration of silver jewelry, down to the Celtic cross on a black satin thread. Her nose-ring was a tiny diamond, her earrings in her first holes were large uncut crystals; her second holes were filled with tiny color-changing spheres; her cartilage piercing in her left ear was a tiny hoop and ball as well ass her middle-ear hole. Michelle's already pale face clashed with her perfect raven hair, blood-red lipstick, and thick black eyeliner. The deep purple bags under her eyes didn't add anything to her look. Nothing good anyway. Jeremy wore his hat (of course) over his almost shoulder-length light brow hair. No natural curl. He wore two multi-colored bead necklaces and his faded green save the planet t-shirt together with his faded-to-khaki cords. His beat up leather sandals peeked from beneath the frayed cuffs of his favorite pants, revealing his hairy toes. The three of hem sitting together was quite a sight. The new waitress almost looked frightened of them, but they were all so kind to her, she took a liking to the odd trio. She came back and refilled their coffee regularly and made sure they had enough to eat. When they left, she almost seemed reluctant to let them go. Nevertheless, the three strange teens left a large tip on the table, then piled into Jeremy's Bronco. They left in a hurry, the Cranberries blaring from the speakers. "Such nice kids," The middle-aged waitress, Cindy, commented as she watched them drive away while wiping he hands on a dishrag. 991205 ... pickle27 fuck starbucks and their damned "coffee", if you can really call it that. 991220 ... ready2run SO tasty, aromatic, rich searing tongue, arousing roast spend two and rejoice 991221 ... amy ultimately, drink whatever. i mostly drink whatever. but please do note the choice, when you have it, between coffee picked by tired, arguably miserable, pesticide stained hands and so-called "organic" coffee. organic coffee growers don't use pesticide, and since they have enough heart to do that, then maybe they have enough heart to treat their workers better. (assuming it's not a scam) even if the organic label is questionable, it is certainly a step in a right, significant direction. coffee is one of America's largest imports. 991221 ... valis i never knew dirk benedict was such a coffee freak. 991221 ... andrea my roommate vicky and i stopped in one in westport, kansas city, to get directions to the nearest tattoo parlor from a hauntingly beautiful woman with inkings of fish on her arms 991222 ... marjorie i was sitting behind a girl i call "lizard" in english class one day. she offered me a starbucks mint. it exploded in my mouth. like blue and white and silver and made the world brighter. and it was small. so small. i sat up a straight in my chair. it is easier to do when you are minty. 000221 ... alicia someday marjorie is going to take me to starbucks and we are going to draw piktures of all the people there. in ink and pencil. i can't draw. but sometimes thats okay. 000318 ... marjorie and when we have done that, we'll use charcoal. and we'll read books together, and play with eachother's hair and be free. and my triple raspberry lattes will make me sleepy, and i'll curl up on the couch and hope nobody takes pictures... 000520 ... MollyGoLightly Where my father and stepmother go. And when I visit, they take me. Never did trust that place. 000520 ... MollyCule can you believe that I have never been in one? And never had anything from there? 000521 ... gregg after the music wound down on a spiral to a swirling stop and the lights came on, i was saddened. i walked out into the sunrising day, still tripping and x-ing. "regular people" were pointing and laughing as i had black lipstick on my lips and also smeared around my eyes. i was slightly dis-oriented so i made my way to the area of town that i was familiar with...there was a starbucks shared with a B&N bookstore, i went in and was annoyed at the looks i got from the two male employees. i ordered what i always ordered (tall mint cappucino) and was barely paying attention, but i noticed something was amiss...one of the workers brought that container that you steam the milk in from the back and didn't steam it, but poured it in my drink, i was dazed as i was on drugs still, and i calmly waited for them to finish, he hinted that he wanted me to leave the store, by asking if i wanted my drink "to go" as he shook his head vigorously in the yes direction, i said that i wanted to drink it here and i asked if that was ok in a rather sarcastic manner. I was thoroughly upset at the way i had been treated by everyone i had encountered that morning, so after getting my drink i walked out of the store (being called a fruitcake [lol] by one of the other customers) the whole scene played back in my mind and i realized that what i had in my hand was a starbucks cup full of piss. i was two steps out of the door and i turned the cup over and watched the liquid splash on the ground. sure enough, it was not the color of a tall mint cappucino, but the color of piss. thank god for psychic powers... (and, because of this, starbucks has won my loyal support as a non-customer) 000521 ... deb the one day i'm not working there i really really just want a caramel mocha... caramel and chocolate in the bottom, espresso, steamed milk, no foam, whipped cream, caramel and chocolate on top... yummy.... try it, i promise it's good... order a mocha, add caramel flavoring.. :) 001022 ... d there are about 8 Starbuck's (tm) in the vicinity of 2-3 square blocks in downtown Manhattan. 001022 ... guitar_freak MOCHA LATTE!!! Everyday a mocha latte. God they are good 001102 ... Barrett BattleStar Gallactica! 001102 ... beccers mocha latte... almost a contradiction in terms.. now, do you mean a latte with chocolate, or a mocha (chocolate, espresso, milk, whipping cream, and chocolate drizzle) ? mocha latte my ass! 010106 ... cyb Iced Thai Mocha (with whipped cream please) 010129 ... d some friends went to complain about the inauguration in D.C last weekend. they saw a man with a silver metal backpack with a huge Starbuck's logo on it - selling coffee to people out on the streets. they all laughed thinking that it was a joke, but it wasn't. 010129 ... kendera my uni sells starbucks coffee. everywhere. they sell it in starbucks coffee tanks. it's really bad. really. 010129 ... Mushroomman Is it possible to get a cup of coffee flavored coffee in this country today? they got every kinda flavor except COFFEE Flavored coffee. you got mochachino frapachino Al Pacino what the fuck? actually, my freind, makes this one drink... i won't say what it is.... And it's so damn good! 010815 ... unhinged my college sells only starbucks coffee and tea. none of their specialty crap. the only thing i like is the tazo chai tea bags. but when i went to milwaukee, they actually had really starbucks cafes, one on downer, one on farwell, i'm sure they had them a few other places. my friends there from long island and houston got me hooked on the damn place. it really was the tazoberries. everything else i've had so much better somewhere else. but that raspberry slushie type thing with the slightest hint of tea was really unique. haven't had one since seeing how northeast ohio does not seem to be the place for starbucks. 010815 ... Adam in not liking corperations mode Ahhh... the devil incarnate... SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS! DOWN WITH THE CORPERATIONS THAT ARE RUINING THE HOMETOWN LOCAL BUISNESSES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN REMEMBER! DOWN WITH THE SATAN-SPAWN!!! STAY OUT OF THAT "TRENDY" GATEWAY TO EVIL! 011128 ... Sonya Satan incarnate in the form of clean cut cafes run by neatly dressed 20-somethings who think they actually matter in this corporate dictatorship. Never been in one and plan to keep it that way. We've got a choice in front of us when we walk down the street and want a cup of coffee. To be stupidly trendy or not to be... It's a wake up call to see that some people who claim to be nonconformists would step into one without hesitation and order themselves an oh-so-chic latte. Fake people drink fake coffee in fake "restaurants" in this oh-so-fake world. "Would you like a refill?" foggy_glass 011128 ... tina i enjoy the hot apple cider. why associate it with corporate bullshit? i used to waste my energy like that, but it's just more labeling. get over it and get beyond it. and enoy your 4 dollar latte. 011128 ... ClairE Don't like the smell. It gives me a headache. Josh's dad wants him to get a job at Starbucks, but he doesn't like the smell either. I bet he wouldn't have been friends with me if we had been in the same class. 011128 ... Anon i went there once. ordered a large mocha. plus caramel, plus two extra espresso shots, and ended up paying five dollar something. it's an expensive treat, but the mocha was ok. the one they have at cup a joe is too sweet 020718 ... princess vente mocha frapachino with power! 020718 ... princess it does! it smells like sour milk 020718 ... Human Behavior I would have to agree with Adam. In many ways Starbucks is worse than most corporations because it has sucked in patrons who should really know better. Its mediocre coffee at wildly inflated prices, fed by the power of marketing and the whims of trend. Shun Starbucks and patronize local coffeeshops. 020718 ... Eowithien It would be nice to work there, or at least have a job... I could use the money, I'm planning to go to Europe with some friends in the future. Anyway, I want to work at Starbucks because they have good drinks and the drink holders are pretty. It makes you feel all artsy and special just to buy something there... Even if its just an after-coffee mint. 030307 ... Eowithien I take back the artsy thing. I mean...grown up. Sophisticated perhaps? Even college-like... 030314 ... Eowithien They have freaking internet outlets there! How sad... how pathetically, awfully sad. 030318 ... minnesota_chris I heard that Starbucks went to my then-favorite coffee house mini-chain (2 stores) and told them: sell your stores to us, or we'll move in next to you and put you out of business. They refused, and sure enough, now there's a Starbucks within rock-throwing distance of both places. Fucking starbucks. 030318 ... this is me now i know a guy who has admittingly spent over $40,000.00 "crusading" against starbucks. i kid you not. we actually went on a date. he took me back to his place to show me video clips of TV news shows he's been on. Good Morning America is just one, and they actually make him look kinda stupid but apparently he doesnt notice. eh, worst date EVA! 030318 ...