When I heard the promo, I didn't think that it was only for their drip coffee. I will never understand why people drink that. Now if it had been for latte's, I would be all in.
Kalev
· 1 year ago
That is quite unbelievable about the gift card thing, especially because they tend not to get re-used like they should. I think Starbucks particularly is all about buzzwords and empty marketing. Like I really believe they are helping farmers in South America. Please.
As for tall/grande/venti, I gave in early because they did that stupid Orwellian mindcontrol thing that McDonald's (yet another truly socially conscious corporation) does: if you actually say the proper words, they have their trained monkeys pretend not to know what you're talking about. So if you say, "medium," they'll have them respond, "Oh you mean grande?" like you're some kind of child-like moron. With Mickey Ds, if you say "pancakes," they'll respond, "Oh you mean hotcakes?"
It is really quite insidious and the worst kind of evil to try to colonise people's minds like that. But then, what do we expect from transnational megacorps? Oh right: free burnt coffee and 5ยข donations for making use of plastic gift cards which encourage more consumption at their non-environmentally friendly premises.
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As for tall/grande/venti, I gave in early because they did that stupid Orwellian mindcontrol thing that McDonald's (yet another truly socially conscious corporation) does: if you actually say the proper words, they have their trained monkeys pretend not to know what you're talking about. So if you say, "medium," they'll have them respond, "Oh you mean grande?" like you're some kind of child-like moron. With Mickey Ds, if you say "pancakes," they'll respond, "Oh you mean hotcakes?"
It is really quite insidious and the worst kind of evil to try to colonise people's minds like that. But then, what do we expect from transnational megacorps? Oh right: free burnt coffee and 5ยข donations for making use of plastic gift cards which encourage more consumption at their non-environmentally friendly premises.