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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStarfucks. Today is the last day of the strike. Can we please honor the picket lines and not buy a cup
of their shitty coffee?
Just for one day?
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Starfucks. Today is the last day of the strike. Can we please honor the picket lines and not buy a cup (Original Post)
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onecaliberal
(36,343 posts)1. I haven't bought that shit for years.
Brainstormy
(2,445 posts)2. never have, in my entire life,
and not likely to start today.
Aristus
(68,641 posts)3. I've been staying home, enjoying my home-brewed cups of the local supermarket brand coffee.
I give Starbuck's full marks for hiring friendly and hard-working people for their stores. But until they pay those great kids what they're worth, to hell with Starbuck's.
RubyRose
(253 posts)4. There's no way I would pay $5 for a cup of coffee anywhere
RandomNumbers
(18,244 posts)5. Easy for me. Don't see the point in wasting money that way
at any time.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,847 posts)6. Not a problem.
I have never understood the supposed appeal of Starbucks.
MineralMan
(148,007 posts)7. I can't. It's already been several years since I've been in a Starbucks.
Buzz cook
(2,615 posts)8. There are other places to buy lattes
Give your local business a try.
mike_c
(36,393 posts)9. Not a Starbucks fan.
I've maybe bought two cups in the last ten years. Ugh, burnt roast. Still support the barristas, though!