shoulda used the tip cup

 

they just started giving me the employee discount on the coffee!



soon i can control the world!

 

we grind and brew our own at work now

 

way back when good ole miles had an expresso machine at work. that was dangerous

 

So I went to Starbucks for a cup of joe the other day, and I had planned to use a gift certificate I received for Christmas.



Now Starbucks does charge a premium for its tasty beverages, but I don't mind paying the extra freight, mostly because the company pays its employees enough money to actually make a living and offers benefits 401k plans as well.



However when I went to use my gift card, I was told by a staffer that the store I was in was not an actual Starbucks owned and operated store, but a franchise, and therefore my gift certificate could not be honored. Grrr!



As far as I'm concerned, and last time I checked I was the customer, and I was in a Starbucks store. The backroom financials shouldn't concern me, and franchises, in all industries, should be made to honor gift cards.





http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181372,00.html

 

bah, i was really tired today. i had to order a mucho-super-duper-loopity-loopity-extra-heavy-mega regular coffee.







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kevin.

 

this is a big complaint i had with starbucks a while back, for several reasons, one the gift cards, two the fact that the franchises dont have the customer service that the corp owned stores do. If i have a complaint about my joe at an anchor store, if i wait too long, if i order something they are out of they give me a free drink coupon, the franchises tell u to get fucked.



Good news is, starbucks is limiting and eliminating the franchises at a fairly consistant rate, the issue that they have is they have signed contracts with some major chains and have to exhaust those contracts before they axe them. the current game plan has been to put up an anchor store near the franchise and beat it up.



Starbuck's in the US is a great company to work for, they reward their employees, they pay fairly well and they listen to employee feedback.



Call corporate and bitch, the more bitches they hear the sooner those ******* will go away

 

So how many of you US guys ever been to a Tim Hortons before?

 

so then ur really paying for your extra shot ?

 

i bet he likes it too