news.bbc.co.uk — Really interesting article about how companies intentionally sabotage their best products in order to get richer customers to buy more expensive products that are often worse. Starbucks have a cheaper, better coffee that doesn't appear on the menu. Read it, and realise how much you're played by these businesses! Get a better deal for yourself
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happytex757Aug 25, 2006
The sad thing, I'd still couldn't afford their cheapest stuff. :)
gregdAug 25, 2006
Friends don't let friends drink Starbucks
Closed AccountAug 26, 2006
This story already made the rounds on the internet. Next.
jesserooAug 26, 2006
the chantico cup is gone now that the chantico is (it had WAY too much fat and calories for the small cup of milk) the kid/short cup is just the same color as the regular cups except it's 8 ounces instead of the 12 ounces the tall is
jesserooAug 26, 2006
No you can't buy two shorts the same price as a grande and the ounces are equal between the two so it is NOT a better deal at all
hattrick35Aug 26, 2006
There was a chain e-mail going around about this a few months ago but a didn't believe it because it was, well, a chain e-mail.
agarcAug 26, 2006
BMWs cost more because a lot of their components are designed "in house". It's a smaller company that builds BMW cars. GM, on the other hand, is a huge company with many different makes and models. GM is able to distribute parts, chassis components, etc. throughout many different models and their sub brands. Parts/chassis sharing = reduced manufacturing costs = cheaper cars.
molochiAug 27, 2006
I always order a short americano.
molochiAug 27, 2006
Abofugginlutely. I used to go to Peet's in Berkeley on Vine in the 80's. Now I web order it to my home in Duluth, Georgia.
alej744Aug 27, 2006
Coffee sucks, Energy Drinks ftw!!
silverrocketAug 27, 2006
Starbucks. Great coffee. Great treatment of employees beyond federal/state standards (see "includes health plan" and more).I think I'll keep going there. Facists.
sporkmanAug 28, 2006
I hate Starbucks because their coffee tastes like s**t. it's been on the burner all day, if you just want a black coffee it tastes like burnt coffee and metal from the carafe it's been it. plus it's too dark of a roast. I'm a light-medium kind of guy, not a dark-extra dark ugg. tastes like you're drinking mud.
bethanynightsOct 29, 2008
Perhaps if you lived in a country where people realized spilling a hot drink on oneself is simply an accident as opposed to an opportunity to sue, you wouldn't have to be served a beverage with the lid on. We don't put them on for you in Canada.
bethanynightsOct 29, 2008
Or Lactaid milk.