Every morning TW and I stop at Starbucks. We generally stop at the Starbucks where everyone knows our name and the baristas know our drink. Sometimes we have to go to the Starbucks downtown but that’s just once a week or so, we don’t like that as much. Lately though, there’s been a problem with our morning Starbucks run and it doesn’t matter which Starbucks we visit. Two problems, actually.
The Way I See It #52 and The Way I See It #60
I was really excited to lose the holiday cups and get back to the traditional white cups with inspirational discussion worthy "The Way I See It" quotes. That excitement has turned to frustration and dare I say, loathing?
I am sick to death of both #52 and #60. Teddy Roosevelt is not the most inspirational of our presidents, in my opinion – I’m sure some of you adore Teddy and that’s fine – you can have all of the cup #60s if you want them. Eavesdropping on baristas is something I do everyday and believe me I could write better cups from my eavesdropping than the little tidbit on cup #52. The big problem though is 30 straight days of those two cups.
It appears as though all Venti cups in this town (is it the southeast? the country? the world) have those two "The Way I See Its". (We’re going to Atlanta this weekend and I am hoping to prove it’s not the entire southeast!) (We went to Atlanta last weekend and unfortunately the #52 and #60 problem occurs there as well!) The other size cups have different "The Way I See Its" and I’m tempted to change cup sizes just for something NEW to read and look at and talk about. Won’t that make Starbucks sad? If I stop spending $11 a day and spend $8 instead? And after I get sick of those Grande cups, because I’m afraid I’ll get trapped with two new numbers, then I’ll have to switch sizes again, to a Tall, and spend $5 a day. And after that, I’ll have to stop going to Starbucks altogether.
Something had better be done about this cup issue, and quickly. At this point I’d be thrilled with the Christian message "The Way I See It" cups that we read about last year. At this point I’d be thrilled with quotes from the current President Bush.
**Updated after the trip to Atlanta**
I’m just that sick of cups #52 and #60.
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Since I received 2 Starbucks giftcards for Christmas, I’ve gotten to know the baristas far better.
Two nights ago I got a total freebie medium coffee because the guy behind the counter was so appreciative that I said both “please” and “thank you” to him. Maybe basic courtesy reminders should go on cups? Sheesh!
For saying please and thank you? The barista was flirting with you! 😉