Starbucks free refills experiment

I'm voting Ace for president in 2008.

 

We may have to make do with dropouts from Indiana until the policy is fully transitionalized.

 

That's one thing that's confused me about Starbucks. Many of their stores charge for Internet access, but I've been to others where you can enter a password and use it for free.

 

Hands down, the worse coffee on Earth.

 

I've seen the $10 receipts.

 

Mike would make a fine running mate. OK, mediocre. But at least no sex scandals.

 

Mike, you just got served.

 

And by 8 p.m. of Day Two, you'll be dead of a caffeine-induced heart attack. Be careful.

I think I've seen homeless people at McDonald's try that.

Seriously, how long before Starbucks has to hire steroid-fueled bouncers to keep out the riff-raff that's so hopped up on caffeine it'd make a PCP rage look like a slap and tickle fight?

 

Ick on the Starbucks coffee. But I'm ick on all coffee.

However, the peppermint hot chocolate that (I'm assuming) is only around in the winter is fannnnntastic.

 

Calm down. It's far from the worst coffee on Earth. It's not good, but it'll do when you don't have your own cup from this amazing place in Pasadena. And for the record, Starbucks isn't bad just because it's been over-roasted. It's bad because by the time it gets to you it's older than Bud Selig's last clue.
The worst coffee on Earth can be found at dawn in any newspaper lunchroom. This stuff was rancid before it was even brewed because it was mostly chaff to begin with. Then it sat in a warehouse until it got old and thus, cheap enough for the guy who owns the newspaper to buy in bulk, then store for another year in a big shed behind the pressroom. Then the news-side copy desk guy, who really is way too exciteable to be drinking the stuff anyway, made it at about 10:59 so that he could have a cup while he stood in front of the page proof machine -- the only one in the building you can use to check off your last page and meet deadline -- right when you need it. Then the coffee sat there baking on the warmer all night. Now, it's the worst coffee in the world.

 

Yeah, but you don't have to pay money for newsroom coffee.

You pay with small bits of your soul.

 

You can get it all year long. They always have the flavor shots ready.