Mean Ol' Starbucks

[Maledicte]

I heard this several days ago...a soldier in Iraq sent a letter to Starbucks asking for some care packages, as the troops are sorely missing their favorite brand of coffee right now. Well, Starbucks sent an e-mail back to the soldier, saying that no, they wouldn't send them any care packages because they (Starbucks) don't support the war in Iraq.

I'm not saying to go out and boycott Starbucks, nor am I saying that I have sworn them off completely (their caramel Fraps and drinking chocolate are too much of a temptation). But I do think that what they've done is rather childish--the soldiers didn't start the war, they're just doing their job, and I think that's a rather smelly reason for depriving some hard working men and women a good cup of joe.

[shooraijin]

Just as a note: if this turns into a discussion of the morality of the Iraq War, it will be closed under the "no political threads" rule. Carry on.

[Jasdero]

Yeah... I agree with that... >.o;;; that's really lame of them.

[Fsiphskilm]

#1 -

[Stephen]

Starbuck's Coffy stays on the shelves for WEEKS, if not MONTHS

I stock the coffee at the store I work at. Starbucks sells veeeery slow.

[termyt]

I didn't even know you could buy it off the shelf in bottles. Maybe because it would be redundant here since there's a Starbucks coffee shop on every corner.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

#3 - GOOD, StarBucks SUCKS anyway.

The only reason people buy starbucks is because they come in Glass Bottles, and Glass says "I'm expensive and of Higher Quality", want to sell your drink? Put it in a glass bottle and people will think more Highly of it.

Starbuck's Coffy stays on the shelves for WEEKS, if not MONTHS, and when you drink it it SUCKS waxy Donkay Ears. And then you realize how much you payed for Loose Stool in a bottle, and you end up getting dysentery.

7/11 Coffie is so much better, and it's made right then and there (even though it's just powder mix with hot 200 degree water) tastes a lot better than StarBucks, and costs only like .99 cents for 3 times as much as those little StarBucks Bottles.

AMEN AMEN AMEN! I am anti-starbucks too... i think the dunkin donuts dunkachinos are the best drink ever, go try one if you havent tried it before!

[Fsiphskilm]

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[Maledicte]

Are we talking... Years? Generations maybe?

Yes, but I'll have to find that statement about sending care packes to soldiers, I can remember i read somwhere that it wasn't allowed for a certain reason.

Someone at my mom's work has a relative (I think) in the armed forces...he's the one who sent her the email about how Starbucks didn't give them any coffee. And no, my mom does NOT work at a Starbucks.

[Yojimbo]

I don't believe this please provide a link from a news agency. The Starbucks corporation or any corporation for that matter would never outright refuse to send care packages on the basis of politics. In the case of the Target manager months back kicking a soldier out that's one store in California no less. People here were all up in arms over that like it was Target's company policy to refuse to serve soldiers and calling to boycott them. Settle down people if this story is true it's probably one manager at one store.

And Volt comeon...that's ridiculous look it up first.

http://www.usawoa.org/CorpAmerSupportsMilitary.htm

[Fsiphskilm]

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[Mithrandir]

If it makes you feel better, I think the post office was unable to deliver at one point, due to overwhelming response to something. But that link looks at least partially legit.

[Yojimbo]

I see alot of I think, I heard, I thought here. Please people if you don't know it's true then don't say it. Volt plain and simple what you're saying never happened.

Partially legit? All the links in there are completely legitimate. The Department of Defense's website, Army Community Service, The Freedom Calls Foundation, Home Depot's Project Homefront, do I need to go on?

[Fsiphskilm]

Dude it was totall

[Uriah]

Their tea is ok, but it's not even starbucks brand, and you can simply buy it in stores for 1/40 the price..

[Yojimbo]

Before anyone else says their father's, friend's, brother's, co-worker's, half cousin who knows a soldier was turned away from Starbucks... I said it was false. Not to mention almost a year old. This turned out exactly like the Target one posted about six months ago people. If it is not true, and you do not know if it is true, then do not post it.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_starbucks_marines.htm

[Mave]

Stories change, people add meanings.

Fact: Volt and Shatterheart had a disagreement
Story passed around...
1st time: "V and SH had a debate"
2nd time: "V and SH had an arguement"
3rd time: "V and SH had a fight"
4th time: "V broke a chair off shatterhearts Back and then SH put Volt in a HeadLock of d00m!"

ROTFL!! The 4th time may be untrue but I can imagine it XDDD

Anyway, I don't know much about this whole rumor so I'll just comment on the coffee. I don't really care for Starbucks. My local university cafe makes the best mocha ever and it's cheaper. They obliged whenever I ask for extra chocolate.

[Kaligraphic]

I heard that Volt and Shatterheart had a drunken bar brawl and both ended up unconscious out in the parking lot.

[Stephen]

Yes, and thats the last time Volt ever tried to get me to use a PSP again. Had I known I had judged the distance wrong...the car I had hanging over his head would not have also caught me.

Are we talking years?

I am not at liberty to disclose this info

[Fsiphskilm]

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[Ashley]

I heard that Volt and Shatterheart had a drunken bar brawl and both ended up unconscious out in the parking lot.

Then Ash rode in on a tornado, lassoed their unconcious butts, and dragged them back to rehab Walker, Texas Ranger style, right?

About sounding off on Starbucks, I personally like them. I don't think they are the greatest in the world (those little closet cafe's are awesome) but I like their speciality stuff like pumpkin spice frappucinos you can't really find anywhere else. Besides, I don't drink coffee that much anyway. Just between November and January. ^^

[Ashley]

I heard that Volt and Shatterheart had a drunken bar brawl and both ended up unconscious out in the parking lot.

Then Ash rode in on a tornado, lassoed their unconcious butts, and dragged them back to rehab Walker, Texas Ranger style, right?

About sounding off on Starbucks, I personally like them. I don't think they are the greatest in the world (those little closet cafe's are awesome) but I like their speciality stuff like pumpkin spice frappucinos you can't really find anywhere else. Besides, I don't drink coffee that much anyway. Just between November and January. ^^

[Stephen]

Whoa, Ashley double posted. The end is truely near.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

i dont see any weird warnings to designate any apocalyptic occurances...

Oh look... the sky is burning with flames....... and the houses are on fire... and im on fire...

eh?

[Azier the Swordsman]

This turned out exactly like the Target one posted about six months ago people. If it is not true, and you do not know if it is true, then do not post it.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_starbucks_marines.htm

I have talked with actual Marines who were thrown out of Target for the sole reason that they don't agree with the war, that was a definate fact. It actually happened for sure in my local store.


One a side note: Ashley double posting..... I'm absolutely shocked.

[Kaligraphic]

One a side note: Ashley double posting..... I'm absolutely shocked.

That's not the double post. That's the power cable on your Xbox shocking you.

[Fsiphskilm]

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[bigsleepj]

I've never had Starbucks so I can't comment.

[Stephen]

Knowing my feelings on the PSP I would need to be drunk to play it...not that I drink. *ahem* Back on topic folks. As far as Starbucks goes, stores are gonna vary from area to area...because of the people who run them.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

So... what is this Starbucks thing? It sounds to me like some coffeehouse.