STARBUCKS! A CURSE UPON YOUR VENTI NON-FAT NO-WHIP LATTE'D HOUSE!
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Starbucks (sob!), so it’s true! You *are* evil!
I know i just posted a rant recently, the it just seems that there’s so much worth ranting about.
So back to the rant at hand. STARBUCKS: they have somehow managed to get me hooked to their product to the point where the blood coursing through my veins revolts if it’s filled with any other brand of caffeine addiction other than that of the dread urban mermaid Starbucks! I’ve given them my everything: my money, my heart, my soul, my addiction. And how do they repay me? THEY RAISE THEIR PRICES! As if *almost* $4 wasn’t enough for a tall mocha, they’ve made it OVER $4 to have it done “my way” (with a shot of peppermint or toffeenut).
Last Thursday i had my tall peppermint mocha as usual and paid my $3 something. I can’t even remember. Maybe it was $3.85 or so. Friday rolled around and i thought i’d treat myself to another mocha after a hard day of doing...well basically nothing. Does taking pictures in Central Park with friends constitute hard work? Anyway, I headed into the nearest Starbucks and ordered my drink.
“That’ll be $4.02 please.”
“What?!? My drink never costs more than $3 and something...”
“We raised our prices today.”
“Oh.”
For some reason, that mental leap of $3 and something to now $4 and something was just too much for me. Even though in actuality, it’s only $0.20 or something like that, i now refuse to buy their coffee on a regular basis! I fight back! I went and bought a single cup coffee cone filter thingy. I am also equipped with an awesome and ironically Starbucks branded coffee mug (named “Mugged") that never spills. In addition, i bought coffee filters, chocolate powder, hazelnut half n’ half, a lifetime supply of Splenda, and ...(sigh) a bag of Starbucks grounds. I’m really *trying* to fight back - honest! It’s just that they’re everywhere! And i trust their flavor! Anyway, it’s still cheaper this way.
The only problem is that, now that i have access to yummy coffee any time, i’m constantly drinking. Oh well, perhaps this too is part of Starbuck’s nefarious plan to take over my brain. Must go buy more flavors of Starbucks coffee now...Ack, the mind-controlling substance in their coffee grounds is working!
yay! mugged and deggum! being put to good use… but, i noticed you forgot the best ingredient - you *need* to get yourself some toffeenut flavoring that you can throw into mugged, it’ll be wannnnderful. =)
Posted by kimi =) on 10/26 at 09:54 PMLooks like starbucks and hair stylist’s are doing the mugging now.
Posted by on 10/26 at 10:33 PMI have reported you to the Star Bucks Loyal Customer Assurance Program. Stay where you are. Agents will be coming soon to assure your continued participation in the global assimilation initiative. Do not be alarmed. There lasers are set for “stun.”
Posted by Les on 10/27 at 10:15 AMif it capped at $3.99 i think that’d still be okay...but at $4.01 is where i’d actually notice the price difference. cause when you think about it it’s like a whole dollar more, cause now you have to spend $5 for the same thing that used to only cost you $4. we need to go back to the barter system. “so HOW many eggs will it take for me to buy that new Nintendo DS system?”
Posted by level96 on 10/29 at 12:36 PM