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What to do in Starbucks® when they ask "what is your name?" (Read 25944 times)

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That girl's not serious, she taking the piss, surely?
3 minutes and I had to stop.

It said 150 Likes and 645 Dislikes...

I'm Sure I heard more than 150 "Likes" in the first three minutes, like, uh, y'know...

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Excellent. I shall be Alan Partrige next time im in Starbucks... And I shall make sure they spell it correctly and read it out twice ;) But...

I dont really get why everyone is so down on Starbucks... are they really the spawn of satan? or just big and successful..? Do they tie up whip and dunk small children in boiling oil?

I like Starbucks coffee for a long coffee/americano (its my chain of choice for his brew) - though expresso is better in other chains (e.g. Nero - or Cafe Nerd as my visually impaired mother calls it ;) )...

Every shop now asks you if you want a muffin/cake/life-insurance with your coffee.. c'est la vie.. the whole name thing has been around for ages in the States... (at least since 2003 in my case..) "Americano for Taaaaam...."

Maybe this news says more about the British 'sensibilities' than anything Starbucks are planning to do....

That World-reknowned source of veracity and truth has a number of what could either be regarded as criticisms of Starbucks, or as confrimation of their business ethic in a competive capitalist environment, where the market allows the organisations prepared to provide what the customers want, and drive out the weaker opposition. - Who don't



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks

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That World-reknowned source of veracity and truth has a number of what could either be regarded as criticisms of Starbucks, or as confrimation of their business ethic in a competive capitalist environment, where the market allows the organisations prepared to provide what the customers want, and drive out the weaker opposition. - Who don't



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks

I think South Park summarised all that in half an hour (clicky on the picture I posted earlier if you've not seen the Gnomes episode with Tweak & his parents who run a local coffee shop).

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That World-reknowned source of veracity and truth has a number of what could either be regarded as criticisms of Starbucks, or as confrimation of their business ethic in a competive capitalist environment, where the market allows the organisations prepared to provide what the customers want, and drive out the weaker opposition. - Who don't



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks



I think South Park summarised all that in half an hour (clicky on the picture I posted earlier if you've not seen the Gnomes episode with Tweak & his parents who run a local coffee shop).

So. In a considerably shorter timescale than I managed.

Bastards.

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Its one of the great things about South Park, its incredibly well observed social commentary a lot of the time, with episodes not being written until the same week they are due to air ensuring things are often very topical.


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and I checked it twice!!! 

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Salty Rimmed?

I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.

And I have no intention of finding out.

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D'you know, it's probably a character fault on my part, but I don't think it's possible I'll ever get tired of this…


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"My name is Geordie McIntyre"



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speaking of geordies...... Just say your Micheal.....


Partridge needs his own thread

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I think we should all buy shares in Starbucks and put forward a motion at the next AGM that all of their serving staff are to be instructed to start doing this -


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let's try again...

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...and maybe

checked three times...

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Quote from: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
#2: Her name is Alotta. Alotta Fagina.
Austin Powers: Come again?
Alotta Fagina: Alotta Fagina
Austin Powers: Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just not getting it, it sounds like you said your name was a lot of um... never mind!

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My name is Mud [url]http:///youtu.be/bCf40wrpdlc/url]
« Last Edit: March 29, 2012, 05:34:11 pm by grumpycrumpy »

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Meanwhile, a BBC racing correspondent really tries to order a cup of coffee…

https://twitter.com/#!/CorneliusRacing

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Meanwhile, a BBC racing correspondent really tries to order a cup of coffee…

https://twitter.com/#!/CorneliusRacing

I believe this is what you were trying to do.....

https://twitter.com/CorneliusRacing/status/185374787848241153  ;)

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