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01-15-2003, 01:09 AM | #1 |
Minion of Satan
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as of early next month, i will be a starbucks barista
my first job ever. i'm sort of excited.
is there anyone here who has done this before? anything i should know/be warned about? |
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01-15-2003, 01:12 AM | #2 |
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Be ready for thousands of trendy people with nothing better to do than spend their money on over-priced coffee just for the image that will snap at you when you don't get their double latte with peppermint shavings just right.
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01-15-2003, 01:16 AM | #3 | |
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01-15-2003, 01:19 AM | #5 |
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Starbucks is the Gap of Coffee Shops.
Yay 4 Monoculture. |
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01-15-2003, 01:22 AM | #6 | |
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01-15-2003, 01:24 AM | #7 |
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i was interviewed by them before. they did a stupid group interview and it was for a summer job. i don't even like their coffee or any of their coffee creations, but i lied through my teeth. i got hired by Godiva instead winnar umm they have machines that make the foam for you and you'll get jaded pretty quickly. don't turn into a yuppie that is all
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01-15-2003, 01:26 AM | #8 | |
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01-15-2003, 01:34 AM | #9 |
Sometimes, though.
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starbucks has good chai
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01-15-2003, 01:34 AM | #10 | |
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that sounds about right! except the coffee would COST 10cents and I don't smoke :erm |
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01-15-2003, 01:36 AM | #11 |
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Second Cup isn't as.. stomach-lining destroying as Starbuck's. it makes your tummy happy
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01-15-2003, 01:39 AM | #12 |
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argh, i hate the hipsters who hate the hipsters who go to starbucks.
WHO FUCKING CARES WHO GOES TO STARBUCKS! it's like complaining about the people who primarily go to dunkin' doughnuts, because they all drive cop cars. |
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01-15-2003, 01:41 AM | #13 | |
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01-15-2003, 01:43 AM | #14 |
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Starbucks strategy is to subsidise new stores in order to under cut and close down local competition, stores will be run at a loss purely in order to wipe out others. This destroys any local character an area may have, and bulldozes the way for even more bland multinationals
Oh, and Ihaman, I don't want to be hip, or associated with any notion that being hip is a valid social preoccupation. |
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01-15-2003, 01:45 AM | #15 | |
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01-15-2003, 01:48 AM | #16 |
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that's right Smiley33.
and by working or buying from Starbucks, you are supporting and condoning their behaviour. |
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01-15-2003, 01:50 AM | #17 |
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but you also do that when you go grocery shopping from a big grocer company, buy most electronics, shop at a mall, eat at a fast food restaurant or a well known chain restaurant, etc. where do you draw the line?
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01-15-2003, 01:53 AM | #18 |
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something that really bothered me the other day was stuff like brand names. like the nike swoop. while i was waiting for kypper today in the mall i looked at all the people walk by and teens are just walking advertisements. a few kids had the Nike swoosh from head to toe (the joke being that the swoosh thing is a checkmark, meaning "check! got that one!") and now i feel all yucky like i'm branded like a cow. but it's not enough to make me stop buying things that have brands on them. and if you try to take them off sometimes you ruin the garment. it's just enough to make me feel gross and kinda ashamed.
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01-15-2003, 01:53 AM | #19 | |
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01-15-2003, 01:54 AM | #20 | |
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that's for you to figure out. life ain't black and white and you can't fight every fight. |
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01-15-2003, 01:55 AM | #21 | |
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01-15-2003, 01:56 AM | #22 | |
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TIME TO GET BEN AND JERRY'S CHUNKY MONKEY ICE CREAM. |
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01-15-2003, 02:09 AM | #23 |
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there would be no problem if people grew up to be decent human beings
who didn't look outward for answers and satisfaction. It's like everyone thinks life is a race to accumulate the most $$ and possessions, and fuck anyone else anlong the way because they're just not playing as hard as you. Fuck it all yo. |
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01-15-2003, 02:12 AM | #24 | |
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I likey you. |
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01-15-2003, 02:16 AM | #25 |
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I think the same can be applied to sex.
There's a culture of sex that basically states that you have to fuck the hottest people you can find and be as virile as you can and it's all about forfilling some sort of need to prove that you're the Alpha Male/Female. Sex isn't as important as it's made out to be. It's just an easy desire to manipulate. Waaaay-hay-hay!!! STARBUCKS! |
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01-15-2003, 02:18 AM | #26 |
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why is everyone waxing philosophic about getting a job at starbucks? i think it sounds fun. enjoy
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01-15-2003, 02:21 AM | #27 |
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yar, don't listen to me. i think i've passed into the iggy zone.
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01-15-2003, 03:28 AM | #28 |
Sometimes, though.
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it's called good marketing, you cant have a product unless you have a target market, toys r us and kids, nike and athletes, kikwear at ravers, anarchy at goths etc etc etc.
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01-15-2003, 03:29 AM | #29 | |
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that was nice. |
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01-15-2003, 09:44 AM | #30 | |
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