10-07-2006, 01:10 AM
Say what you want about Starbucks but they provide my sister and my BIL with a good (not fabulous, but good) income, job growth potential (my BIL just earned a nice promotion after 2 years of working as a store manager and my sis is in line for a small promotion as well), great health insurance and other good bennies. They offer many of these benefits to part time employees as well.
I agree the coffee names are beyond stupid and I don't use them when I order there either. The problem is, if you want your drink to arrive the way you ordered it, it needs to be called out to the barista in the Starbucks oh-so-special way. Most of the time (notice I said MOST of the time) they aren't correcting you, they just need to submit the order "correctly."
FWIW, the local coffee place that I go to on a regular basis (far more frequently than I go to Starbucks) has some silly names for their coffee drinks as well.
Sorry I can't be one of the cool people who never ever go to Starbucks and never ever will...
DM
I agree the coffee names are beyond stupid and I don't use them when I order there either. The problem is, if you want your drink to arrive the way you ordered it, it needs to be called out to the barista in the Starbucks oh-so-special way. Most of the time (notice I said MOST of the time) they aren't correcting you, they just need to submit the order "correctly."
FWIW, the local coffee place that I go to on a regular basis (far more frequently than I go to Starbucks) has some silly names for their coffee drinks as well.
Sorry I can't be one of the cool people who never ever go to Starbucks and never ever will...
DM