10-07-2006, 03:07 PM
"Hi, I'm not a judge but I play one on TV! BTW, are you over 65? If so, you should look into new Colonial Penn Life's Señor Vendi-Bravo-Showtime-Guacanero-Half-Skinny-Ensure-Xpress Lattissimo! It's the new drink for us active seniors who like a little OLÉ in what we used to call 'COFFEE'!"
Ha. I'm not disparaging SBUX (consider it for a stock buy, btw, they are going into China and Europe now from what I hear), but I guess that I, too, am just an old-school coffee achiever...I make my own most of the time and am kind of lost when it comes to those terms. Their roasts are too dark for my taste, but more power to them I guess for getting an entire customer base to speak their language as it were. I've never even seen an ad from them, and they are a dominant player. Amazing.
Me, I'm with $tevie and a few others here -- ditto what was said about losing me at "ghetto."
As for the original question, yeah, I'd personally call it unethical to go in and abuse the condiment aisle anywhere. But that's just me. For SBUX, it probably doesn't matter as their margins make up for it. Does that make it the right thing to do? No. But again, that's just me. YMMV.
Ha. I'm not disparaging SBUX (consider it for a stock buy, btw, they are going into China and Europe now from what I hear), but I guess that I, too, am just an old-school coffee achiever...I make my own most of the time and am kind of lost when it comes to those terms. Their roasts are too dark for my taste, but more power to them I guess for getting an entire customer base to speak their language as it were. I've never even seen an ad from them, and they are a dominant player. Amazing.
Me, I'm with $tevie and a few others here -- ditto what was said about losing me at "ghetto."
As for the original question, yeah, I'd personally call it unethical to go in and abuse the condiment aisle anywhere. But that's just me. For SBUX, it probably doesn't matter as their margins make up for it. Does that make it the right thing to do? No. But again, that's just me. YMMV.