Boycott Starbucks!

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by GG Allin

I usually order a small, I usually pay about 2 bucks for it. I don't get the dark roast, tastes fine to me, better than what 7-11 offers.


Wanna get ripped off? Go to Five Guys for a burger.

I don't drink coffee ever, and refuse to ever go to Starbux again, so a good juicy burger for $8 from Five Guys is my vice....about once a month. The fries are to die for also, but too much salt for me.

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

Started boycotting them a few years ago when they wouldn't serve anyone with a gun.....Not that I carry a gun anymore, just don't like the liberal attitude of cramming their agenda down my throat......Has nothing to do with their coffee....

As far as I know, they never did this. They came under a great deal of pressure to ban guns on their premises, but to their credit, they refused to do so. Their official position was that they would simply honor whatever local laws were in place at the location in question. They refused to enter the political fray on this one. Or on any other issue, for that matter. I can respect that.

[Racerbvd]

[unclebilly]

I drink Starbucks everyday. We buy the VIA instant packages at Costco. It is about $.75 per cup of coffee when ch is cheaper than making a pot that will only have 1 cup drank from it.

I usually go to a different coffee house when I am downtown but will sometimes go to Starbucks. I enjoy the Pike Place and 1/2 sweet Mochas.

This thread is dumb. Might as well as been ‘Boycott Scotland’ and been about how scotch whisky tastes terrible... I enjoy good coffee. Starbucks is mediocre coffee but predictable unlike gas station swill.

[vash]

no need to call it a boycott.

for example, i am not boycotting Burger King..i just dont eat there because they make my stomach hurt.

i dont like Starbucks coffee..but it's clear, LOTS of people do.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by GG Allin

I usually order a small, I usually pay about 2 bucks for it. I don't get the dark roast, tastes fine to me, better than what 7-11 offers.


Wanna get ripped off? Go to Five Guys for a burger.

The local tavern has much better burgers and fries for less. Plus, it is a lot closer. A workmate loves the burgers and fries at 5 guys so it just goes to show eveyone's tastes are different.

[wayner]

Sometimes I put gas station coffee in my tank and drink the high test...

[GG Allin]

Originally Posted by flipper35

The local tavern has much better burgers and fries for less. Plus, it is a lot closer. A workmate loves the burgers and fries at 5 guys so it just goes to show eveyone's tastes are different.

Nothing wrong with their food but $18 for a burger fries and a drink from a fast food place is steep.

[motion]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

So I will say McD coffee has greatly improved and I will drink it when on travel. I am a total admitted coffee snob - it took me 3 months to decide on a replacement for our old espresso machine. IMO the coffee served at SB stores is not good. Espresso drinks are, but I don't have the wallet ($$) to afford them on a normal day of life basis and I don't need the calories & fat they come with.

We very much enjoy coffee with a punch - but not burned. Verano double shot, hot water, and a tiny (1 tsp) dash of half & half and no sugar. Richard WTF...sugar in coffee?

I guess I'm not a coffee snob, eh?

[CurtEgerer]

WaWa Cuban.

[island911]

This will might the hate.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by motion

I guess I'm not a coffee snob, eh?

AND

You e now had Tim Hortons.

[varmint]

The lesson here...

Affluent older guys who can afford Porsche’s consider Starbucks too expensive.

Hipster millennials with unpaid internships and five room mates think nothing of dropping five bucks a day on coffee.

[Gretch]

it is expensive, for swill........... and spending $5 on swill every day will ensure you NEVER have the bank for a P car.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GG Allin

I usually order a small, I usually pay about 2 bucks for it. I don't get the dark roast, tastes fine to me, better than what 7-11 offers.


Wanna get ripped off? Go to Five Guys for a burger.

The burgers are meh, but the fries are tasty.

And hell, a bad burger still usually isn't that bad. It's like bad pizza or bad sex, you're still probably glad you had it when you're done.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

The fries are to die for also, but too much salt for me.

You beat me to it. The burgers are just burgers, but the fries are the very tasty.

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by masraum

You beat me to it. The burgers are just burgers, but the fries are the very tasty.

Burgers are correctly portioned and ingredients are great. But no better than In-N-Out. The real pull to 5 guys are the fries...order 2 servings and you get a brown bag filled with fries that are amazing. Enough to feed a family of 4 with 2 hungry teens.

Richard, I guess not. But you have amazing taste in girls, cars, and travel. So I will spot you on that

[Reiver]

While Starbucks has been apologizing and the Philadelphia mayor remains critical, Philadelphia’s police commissioner is standing by his officers.

Ross says the two men asked to use the restroom. A Starbucks employee reasonably told them that bathrooms were for paying customers only. The employees then politely asked the two men to leave the store if they weren't going to purchase anything.

Police were called after the two men refused to leave. According to Ross, officers then responded and politely asked the two men to go, yet they refused. After 15 minutes, the two men were arrested without incident. The two men were later released after Starbucks declined to press charges.

"They did a service that they were called to do," Ross said. "And if you think about it logically, that if a business calls and they say that someone is here that I no longer wish to be in my business, (officers) now have a legal obligation to carry out their duties. And they did just that."

Ross – who is black – also pushed back against charges of racism.
Read more at Black Police Commissioner Reveals There's More to the Controversial Starbucks Arrest | American Action News

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Gretch

it is expensive, for swill........... and spending $5 on swill every day will ensure you NEVER have the bank for a P car.

A cup of coffee from Starbucks is ~ $2.00. Still way too expensive IMO, so I buy their beans and brew at home. You must be talking about the coffee dessert drinks they sell at break neck pace. Look at the masses buying them...they generally don't need that bump. Yep I agree on that front.

[island911]

Originally Posted by Reiver

While Starbucks has been apologizing and the Philadelphia mayor remains critical, Philadelphia’s police commissioner is standing by his officers.

Ross says the two men asked to use the restroom. A Starbucks employee reasonably told them that bathrooms were for paying customers only. The employees then politely asked the two men to leave the store if they weren't going to purchase anything.

Police were called after the two men refused to leave. According to Ross, officers then responded and politely asked the two men to go, yet they refused. After 15 minutes, the two men were arrested without incident. The two men were later released after Starbucks declined to press charges.

"They did a service that they were called to do," Ross said. "And if you think about it logically, that if a business calls and they say that someone is here that I no longer wish to be in my business, (officers) now have a legal obligation to carry out their duties. And they did just that."

Ross – who is black – also pushed back against charges of racism.
Read more at Black Police Commissioner Reveals There's More to the Controversial Starbucks Arrest | American Action News

See, this is why I have a problem with this boycott push. I'm sick of the battle-cry That's Racist used at every turn.