It's About Time

I have made no secret of the fact that I love my frou-frou "coffee". 

In a bid to get out of the house at least one time per day, I head to my local Starbucks and I get my daily Soy Mocha.  If it's later in the day and I'm getting another drink I'll pick up a Soy Chai or a Mocha Frappuchino (no whip cream please).

At every store I've visited on a regular basis over the years, I have to say that all the people working there have been great.  Very nice indeed.  Even stores I only buy at one time, I've never had a problem. They may be rushed at times, but they've always been nice to me. I appreciate that since sometimes they have been the only people I've seen all day. 

Well, it looks like they've got the original boss man back in the saddle at their corporate headquarters. I am very happy to hear this because it means one of the more detestable changes over the past few years will soon be a thing of the past...

He also said Starbucks would stop selling a line of breakfast sandwiches that were served warm, creating an aroma that overwhelmed that of the coffee in stores.

I laugh at that euphemism "creating an aroma".  Ha!  Those things stink to high heaven.  It's hard for me to believe anyone can actually eat one.  I feel so bad for the people who have to stop everything to throw these conglomerations into an "oven" and have to smell that horrid plastic smell all day.

It was certainly not worth the extra work the barristas had to do while lines stretched out the door.  And now maybe Starbucks will start to smell like coffee again.  (I do love the smell of coffee - even if I don't actually drink the real thing). 

I know all the people working at the store I visit will be VERY happy to see those ovens gone!  Not a single one of them likes them.

Better yet...

Beginning in mid-April, users of the customer card will be able to customize their drinks — with soy milk or vanilla, for example — at no cost.

Excellent!  I've had a card for years now. Periodically they've given out "extras" but I like this one.

I hope their plans all work - I don't know what I'd do if my Starbucks went away.  It would be annoying to have to try and make my own drink... not to mention a total bore because then I'd have to sit home and talk to myself...  and I do enough of that already. 

Good luck Mr. Schultz!  I'm pulling for you to succeed.

Posted by: Teresa in Food and Drink at 11:02 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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