Starbucks: A habit

worldnetdaily.com ^ | 8-10-05 | Meghan Kleppinger

[adgirl]

What's snopes?

[Modernman]

Starbuck was the flim-flam man in a play called the Rainmaker.

IIRC, the company is named after the coffee-addicted first mate in Moby Dick

[TheBigB]

That's an old, and debunked, urban legend.

[Modernman]

if you know any good coffee houses, please let me know!

I would reccomend Caribou Coffee to this guy (and anyone reading this thread)

[AppyPappy]

If you ever get an email you feel like forwarding or posting, go to snopes.com and check it out for truthfulness. No matter who sent it to you.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

How does Starbucks find all those extremely arrogant people ("...I was an Art History major!...") to work at their many locations? They can't be happy with normal titles and insist upon being called "barristas" as they pour overpriced cups of coffee.

Give me coffee from a roadside diner any day of the week.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Modernman]

How does Starbucks find all those extremely arrogant people ("...I was an Art History major!...") to work at their many locations?

Most of the employees at the Starbucks around me are older working-class black people or nondescript young white kids. I don't think I've ever run into the stereotypical over-educated arrogant Starbuck employee.

[Tanniker Smith]

In 1992 or so, a fellow that I worked with (actually, he was in a separate dept, but his cubicle was two away from me, on the other side of the printer) was talking about stocks. He told me that after a trip to Seattle in (IIRC) 1990, he found a place that would be the "McDonalds of coffee". He bought stock, made money and his broker kept saying, "Time to sell and move on."

He refused to sell. Knowing him, he probably bought more and is still holding. Sadly, at the time, I didn't listen, and really didn't have any money to invest.

Yup, could've had Starbucks 12-13 years ago. Granted, it would've only been (tops) $1000 worth, but it would've been nice.

[piperpilot]

I would reccomend Caribou Coffee to this guy (and anyone reading this thread)

I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that Caribou Coffee is owned by some sort of Palestinian bank that has ties to terrorists.

[adgirl]

Thanks for the heads up! I checked it out. Sure enough it's an urban legend. Starbucks didn't dis the troops (which is a good thing!) But I still don't like the fact that Starbucks is supporting Planned Parenthood. Don't they realize those babies they're killing might grow up to be coffee drinkers?

[adgirl]

Bank of Islam

[krb]

And she's hot as hell in the new series.

[Modernman]

I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that Caribou Coffee is owned by some sort of Palestinian bank that has ties to terrorists.

It's owned by an investment bank out of Bahrein called First Islamic/Crescent Capital, based in Atlanta in the US. The group is clean- it's not on any Homeland Security or State Department watch list and banks such as Fannie Mae, Citibank and Bank of America have all done business with them based on extensive background checks.

I've been involved in deals with First Islamic on the other side. They're quite clean. They bought Caribou Coffee with the plan to do an IPO. They're going through the IPO process now. A bank with any ties to terrorism is not going to get through the SEC's vetting process.

So, the long and the short of it is, you can buy coffee at Caribou Coffee without fear that your money will end up in the hands of terrorists. Your money might end up in the hands of a Bahreini-born London playboy, but that's a different matter.

[Who dat?]

I like Dairy Queens Moo-Lattes. Stupid name, but they are tasty.

Dairy Queen has always had dopey names. Hungerbuster, beltbuster, dilly bars… at one time if you said “scrumpdillyicious” to the guy taking the order you’d get a peanut buster parfait for 49 cents or something.

Dairy Queen and Sonic – those used to be my definition of fine dining.

[RosieCotton]

I recently got turned onto this Blueberry coffee the other day at my local quick mart. At first I thought, "Blueberry coffee? That sounds N A S T Y!" But the older gentleman who was "workin'" the coffee bar suggested I try a sample. It knocked my socks off. Like drinking coffee and eating a blueberry muffin AT THE SAME TIME!

Ooh, yeah. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters back home makes a blueberry flavor - and though Green Mountain is kind of a froo-froo company, in Vermont they sell it even at the gas stations, so I could get it cheap. ;-) Blueberry coffee sounded weird to me, too, but it smelled so good I had to try it. Surprise!

They also make an eggnog spice flavor around the holidays that is absolutely marvelous.

[piperpilot]

Thanks for clearing that up. I would like to stop patronizing Starbucks and Caribou is a viable option because there is one on my way to work, but I was always hesitant to go there.

[wordsofearnest]

Community coffee dark roast black brewed at home.

[sweet_diane]

Ping. You might want to find another coffee shop on or near campus. That or we'll get you a good coffee maker!

[flitton]

You could try here -

http://cityperks.biz/ghirardelli_white_chocolate_syrup.html

[JRios1968]

And she's hot as hell in the new series.

Unfortunately it was a guy (later known as Face on The A-Team) in the original series.