How *not * to order coffee

[BookstoreEscapee]

Hey, I drink water! Who knew I lived in an underdeveloped country?

Hey, me too! What are all these huge houses doing in my underdeveloped neighborhood?

I'm not counting a third, either, as a Barnes & Noble borders the square in another area and has a Starbucks inside of it.

Well, see then, that's a Barnes & Noble Cafe featuring Starbucks coffee. As we say every time someone tries to use a Sbucks gift card in the BN cafe or the occasional instances when Sbucks employees try to use their employee discount. Sorry!

I think he's referring to the New York corner, but I could be wrong. I'll bet those aren't the only 2 places, either. Sad.

[PaperKitty]

when i was visiting L.A. a few years ago (like 3 or so) I was trapped between starbucks, on across the street from the other .. and one like a block down..
yet everyone was at the one i was trying to get my morning jumpstart from .. even tony hawk.

[Andreamic]

Lewis Black refers to two in Houston, Texas, where he calls it the End of the Universe, and decided that a Starbucks across from a Starbucks is a targeted to those with alzheimer's .

[Becks]

SC: DON'T say WATER to ME! That's what they drink in under developed countries.

Hmmm...I drink water. TAP water.

Hey, I drink water!

Maybe it's a Wisconsin thing.

[BusBus]

There's a bit by a comedian whose name escapes me at the moment, about somewhere (I forget where) that has a Starbucks across the street from a Starbucks. And, sadly, no, I believe it's not a joke.

There is also an intersection in Vancouver with two Starbuckses located kitty corner from each other. I believe it's at Robson & Thurlow. Apparently 1/3 of all Starbuckses in Canada are located in the Vancouver region. You'd think we wouldn't be so grumpy with all that caffeine....

[chainedbarista]

the starbucks that is across the street from another starbucks is in the home of starbucks-seattle, washington.

*my boss told me this*

[BookstoreEscapee]

Lewis Black refers to two in Houston, Texas, where he calls it the End of the Universe, and decided that a Starbucks across from a Starbucks is a targeted to those with alzheimer's .

Thaaat's right! I saw it recently, too. grr. Maybe I'm developing alzheimers...

[ominousoat]

Me: Hi wha..
SC: I want something cold with no calories!
PSG: what about water?
SC: DON'T say WATER to ME! That's what they drink in under developed countries.

Makes me think of the film "Idiocracy," where the country is in a famine because Gatorade (BRAWNDO!: The Thirst Mutilator) took the place of water and they began spraying the gatorade on the crops. Water was "for toilets only"

Yeah...this woman certainly belongs in that movie.

[GayleShy]

PSG: what about water?
SC: DON'T say WATER to ME! That's what they drink in under developed countries.

Has she never been to an under developed country? I have and people were down right scared to drink the water. That's one of the first things they tell you.

[COMINATCHA]

We dont have starbuckses here...is starbucks a place that just sells a whole heap of coffee? A guy I work with is from America, he moved here 6 months ago. He's always saying how America has so much more different food/beverage places than we do...duno if thats good or bad, since America has alot of fat people? (I realise that was a random thing for me to post, carry on...)

[BookstoreEscapee]

We dont have starbuckses here...is starbucks a place that just sells a whole heap of coffee?

Starbucks sells a whole heap of overpriced, oversized, overbitter coffee that takes 8 words just to order a small (oops, I mean tall*) cup. Plus you can buy the beans in supermarkets too. I hate coffee and I especially hate Starbucks. And BN cafes sell Starbucks coffee as well (I work for BN). I always get hot chocolate or vanilla tea (yum), but occasionally I would pick up the wrong cup from the breakroom table and one little sip would make me feel ill.

*Their sizes go tall, grande, venti, where normal people would say small, medium, large (12, 16, 20 ounce, I believe). They also have short (8 oz.?), which they do not advertise as an option, except as a kid-sized hot chocolate.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

We dont have starbuckses here...is starbucks a place that just sells a whole heap of coffee?

That's pretty much it. Coffee, coffee and more coffee--plus internet access so you can bring your laptop there and just hang out.

I am a Starbucks virgin. I've never been in one, not even the one that just opened in my city. That's mostly because I detest coffee. The only coffee I drink is the specialty stuff at Gloria Jeans, which is just a little coffee with lots of ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and maybe some little crumbled-up cookies or something.

[Jpurple]

amusingly enough, the Starbucks here have the sizes listed in the Starbucks language, but you have to say small, medium, or large when ordering in English because they don't understand what's on their signs....

[Kiwi]

the only thing Id ever get from a star bucks

its the mango iced tea frapp

until they started charging 65 cents for a shot of cream!!!

[ArenaBoy]

There is 3 Starbucks with 10 miles of each other where I live. One near a Tim Hortons, one in a Kroger, and one near the area where it becomes more country and less city. Hilariously, in the town I go to school in they're overrun by Caribou Coffee (Awesome tea) and the only Starbucks in that area is in its downtown and the 2nd nearest one is 15 miles away. I haven't set foot in a SB since November of 2005 on account that they serve awful tea. (I am a coffee virgin and proud of it!)