Comments on: Starbucked http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/starbucked/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:23:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/starbucked/comment-page-1/#comment-109686 David Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:04:49 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1242#comment-109686 Starbucks is hell of a place, but sometimes the last refuge for those who are on the edge of their lives. The first time I have been to it was Frankfurt, and only had a coffee. Then I went to Japan and it seemed like they've been all over the place. Due to allergies I stuck with them and found their bakery rather good, and got what I expected: The bill of my life. Then again, they have shops wherever you go: Nuremberg, Vienna (we paid 7 Euro for a coffee with ice -- not ice-cream), Budapest. But I guess the last one is most interesting: There is no Starbucks where I live -- regardless of those 130.000 "poor" people. Starbucks is hell of a place, but sometimes the last refuge for those who are on the edge of their lives. The first time I have been to it was Frankfurt, and only had a coffee. Then I went to Japan and it seemed like they’ve been all over the place. Due to allergies I stuck with them and found their bakery rather good, and got what I expected: The bill of my life.

Then again, they have shops wherever you go: Nuremberg, Vienna (we paid 7 Euro for a coffee with ice — not ice-cream), Budapest.

But I guess the last one is most interesting: There is no Starbucks where I live — regardless of those 130.000 “poor” people.

]]> By: Jim Murdoch http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/starbucked/comment-page-1/#comment-109683 Jim Murdoch Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:35:04 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1242#comment-109683 I don't think I've ever been in a Starbucks. I've been in a few Costas. I suppose they're the same. If I have (been in a Starbucks) it obviously was not the life-changing/enhancing experience they would like it to have been. I feel cheated. <strong>jb says</strong>: Listen to your feelings, Jim. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a Starbucks. I’ve been in a few Costas. I suppose they’re the same. If I have (been in a Starbucks) it obviously was not the life-changing/enhancing experience they would like it to have been. I feel cheated.

jb says: Listen to your feelings, Jim.

]]> By: Lizzy http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/starbucked/comment-page-1/#comment-109682 Lizzy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:02:06 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1242#comment-109682 Sometimes I chuckle to myself knowing that, because my religion prohibits coffee, I never have to worry about finding a mom and pop's coffee shop in a sea of Starbucks'. I also am grateful to have, thus far, avoided Walmart, in all it's corporate intrusiveness. Thanks for the post. This book sounds like a must read! <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Lizzy. If we could somehow get around the coffee problem, a religion that prohibits any contact with Walmart could see me bringing up some of my mother's old spiritual texts from the cellar. Sometimes I chuckle to myself knowing that, because my religion prohibits coffee, I never have to worry about finding a mom and pop’s coffee shop in a sea of Starbucks’. I also am grateful to have, thus far, avoided Walmart, in all it’s corporate intrusiveness.

Thanks for the post. This book sounds like a must read!

jb says: Hi Lizzy. If we could somehow get around the coffee problem, a religion that prohibits any contact with Walmart could see me bringing up some of my mother’s old spiritual texts from the cellar.

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