Smart Media Placement, Starbucks.
HEY!!! Starbucks is right! I'll just run downstairs right now. WEEEE! Wait. Where is my backdoor? OHHH, I don't HAVE a backyard. That's OK!! I'll just head down Houston Street to my good friend Jimmy's pla...wait...he doesn't have a backyard either...
posted by copyranter @ 4:26 PM
9 Comments:
like, that's totally harsh, man.
I want to cry when I think about Satrbucks and the corporatization of this country.
what a bunch of hipster retards. you know what, you losers need to call your dad and mom and tell them you hate them and that you dont need their money, dont take it out on the one fast food chain that gives its employees health and retirement benefits. boutiques and mom and pops are a luxury for the rest of us.
dear hillmarky, i think your post is hilarious. dear anonymous (and you seem to be one person posting multiple times), don't take out your bitterness at being stuck somwhere with no independent businesses on some random blogger in new york. also: maybe get off the internet a little. and also: maybe move.
One more reason LA wins.
I think the blog entry is just about how the particular Starbucks ad does not speak to the area in which it was placed. A billboard on Houston St. is about $10,000/month - so for a big biz company to overlook that we New Yorkers don't have backyards is a silly waste of money. This excess is what causes people to hate big biz. But I also don't think it's a bad thing to support American retail companies that provide healthcare to all empolyees.
Look, the coffee at Starbucks is not burnt. At the very worst it is old, if it is not thrown away and rebrewed each hour as is required. They roast it all themselves, and there is pretty rigorous quality control.
A lot of people just aren't used to tasting what actual coffee beans are like, especially single-origin roasts that have a geographically distinct flavor. Lucky for you, there is usually a "Mild" coffee available. Or, where I live, you can just go to Dunkin' Donuts and drink their "coffee", which I think tastes like watered-down battery acid.
I work at SBUX now while I am finishing grad school. This annoying complaint about burnt coffee is the same as when people with underdeveloped taste at the wine shop used to tell me that the red wines I recommended were "sour" or "yucky". Go drink some White Zinfandel (or a Caramel Frappuccino) and leave me alone. Good benefits still aren't worth this bullshit.
amen
I imagine heaven to be a large starbucks location in which Aliens are fighting predators in the downstairs section, and every two hours they take a break to drink delicious coffee and I can talk to them.
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