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lalaland13
06/08/09

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I had a McCafe today because I was tired and wanted to perk up. I might have had Starbucks, but they've all closed around here, it seems. Kidding aside, there's one in my region. There are about 10 McDonalds. Sometimes it's a convenience thing.
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badasscat
06/08/09

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Starbucks remains the only coffee shop on earth that brews a half-decent cup of decaf.

(And yeah, some of us need decaf for health reasons, but actually like the taste of coffee.)
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Cheap Shot
06/08/09

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Burger + Coffee = McDiarrhea.
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Motoko Kusanagi
06/08/09

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I prefer my coffee with a side of bum-askin-for-change.
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VoxPopuli
06/08/09

@Motoko Kusanagi: pushcart coffee?
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Xylo
06/08/09

@Motoko Kusanagi: Haha! Tim Horton's??
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HiredGoons
06/08/09

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There's this invention, called a cofeemaker...
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VoxPopuli
06/08/09

@HiredGoons: Heh. I know - I usually make my own. But I live across the street from a Starbucks, and if the coffeemaker is dirty and I'm running late, well, I cave.

I also live across from a McDonald's, but I think their coffee is kinda gross. I'd grab a Red Bull from a bodega before I got a McD's coffee.
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Astigmatism
06/08/09

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I tried an iced latte from McDonald's a month ago, figuring that if it tasted the same and cost me a buck or two less, why not? But it was the bitterest shit I've ever tasted, and cost me nearly $4. By my math, they're selling a worse product, in a worse environment, for at least as much money. Where's the enticement in that?

Also, no chai.
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Tara Incognita
06/08/09

@Astigmatism: It's the "no chai" that has me trekking a bit out of my way to find the nearest drive-through Sbux. WHY NO CHAI?!?
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Mama Penguino
06/08/09

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Two coffee establishments have sought my cash. After a lengthy flirtation with the Seattle crowd, I gave back my promise ring and went back to the arches of my youth. Why did I turn my back on the cool kids to feed the creepy clown? Because of the long line of Starbuckian douchebags working the drive-through window. I've been sneered at for the last time by some be-ponytailed jerk who acts like I'm not good enough to sip Starbuck's brew handled by his superior, artistic hands. When even tiny Little P would laugh and say, "There's that guy you hate, mom" as I'd close in on the drive-through window, I knew it was time to leave the green aprons with their bitter angst. The middle-aged women working my McDonald's morning drive-through are cheerful, smiling, and wish me a good day. I'm going to stay with the one who loves me rather than going back to the one I love.
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britneyspearstears
06/08/09

@Mama Penguino: That was beautiful. Thanks.
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britneyspearstears
06/08/09

*no sarcasm
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HiredGoons
06/08/09

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Stacy Davis
06/08/09

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I've had three friends laid off from Starbucks in the last couple months. In Seattle they are a major employer, they treat their employees very well with excellent health care and tuition reimbursement. Say what you will about the Starbucsification of the yuppie set, but we can't afford to lose more jobs here. I'd take Starbucks and their efforts to create a good work place and green practices than McDonald's any day.
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Nice Beaver
06/08/09

@Stacy Davis: I'm certainly glad that Starbucks treats its employees well and is going green, but I think that argument ignores the point I try to make whenever possible: Starbucks just makes the best fucking coffee! I know others disagree, but for me, it's no contest. Dunkin' Donuts? Boiling light-brown water. Wawa (Philadelphia region only)? Weaker version of Dunkin' Donuts. Peet's? Where the fuck is Peet's? Local hipster coffee hut with male barristas in skinny jeans? No thank you. Give me Starbucks or give me death [by headache, which is what I get if I drink coffee from anywhere but Starbucks]!
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Nice Beaver
06/08/09

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McDonald's is also offering a damn fine knockoff of the original Chik-fil-A sandwich. It seems they just observe what works and copy it. I can't wait for the day when I can wash down a McKFC bucket with a McFrosty.
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Mo MoDo
06/08/09

@Nice Beaver: Sorry. The "southern style" chicken is a pale imitation of the Chick-Fil-A flagship. It's part of Mickey D's all-things-to-all-people strategy where they do everything competently but nothing well.

And nothing beats a Mrs. Winners chicken biscuit. Dang, I feel so Consumeristy.
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VoxPopuli
06/08/09

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Good. Maybe Starbucks can scale back and be more of a niche establishment instead of ...well...the McDonald's of coffee.

The service at Starbucks in general has gone way downhill over just the last five years. It used to be that you would get good service and a decent atmosphere for your overpriced coffee, but now the workers are much more surly.
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VoxPopuli
06/08/09

@VoxPopuli: ...and full of children. Finish your thoughts, Vox.
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skahammer
06/08/09

@VoxPopuli: Are you implying that Starbucks employees have added children to their daily diets?
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allyzay
06/08/09

@skahammer: maybe they are all pregnant?
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Understater
06/08/09

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Portrait by Edward Whopper.
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VoxPopuli
06/08/09

@Understater: A pun before noon? Well done.

I so love this rendering of the automat.
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contradicto
06/08/09

@VoxPopuli: I agree.
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depardoo
06/08/09

@Understater:

Night Hacks.
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naugahydeinplainsight
06/08/09

@Understater: HA! *Heart*
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Understater
06/08/09

@VoxPopuli: It's actually "Night Hawks", unless you were being sarcastic in a cryptic way.
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harumph
06/08/09

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Inedible?

Inediblé!
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Mount_Prion
06/08/09

@harumph: Your name is perfect for this comment.
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