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I pretty much kicked the habit too about 2 months ago. My reasons were I knew all the milk, sugar, high fructose corn syrup isn't that great for one's health, and I really got tired of standing next to the register waiting to place my order while 10 or more cell app orders came in. They place the app orders priority most, if not all of the time.
Every great once in a while I may get nostalgic and say what the hay and get one, but that will be once in every 2 to 3 blue moons.
They don't use HFC in their syrups. They use cane sugar.
You are correct that there's too much sugar in most drinks, though.
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I am again reminded of why I don't live in a big city.
I hear you. Well, I don't live up there, I just sometimes go up and visit, which gives me the experience on why I know about the situations up there. Where I live no Starbucks have codes on their restroom doors anymore. I'm a 40 mile drive East from there.
When I was in Italy one could not even sit in a chair on the sidewalk cafes. You had to order something first or move along. The toilets---as they call them---were paid ones under the streets. No money? Too bad. You could not go into the restaurants if you were just going to use the facilities. One time we just bought an ice cream cone to use the toilet. The owner yelled at us when we were making a beeline to the toilet. We said---"we are gong to buy something."
We were in a tour group. We had to lean on buildings or sit on the ground and we aren't spring chickens either. I didn't see anyone protesting. Americans are spoiled. Go to Europe to learn real life.
It's just nice knowing homeless people will have a place to when it gets cold outside. The government won't let them hang out in public libraries. Good Job Starbucks!
Actually they do hang out in the public libraries. Free wifi, bathroom access and outlet to charge their cell, ipod, etc. Not all homeless do, but the ones that conduct themselves in a relatively respectable manner do.
They don't use HFC in their syrups. They use cane sugar.
You are correct that there's too much sugar in most drinks, though.
It's the caffeine in the coffee----addicting. Yesterday I saw cars wrapped around Starbucks and it was 3 in the afternoon. People had to get their caffeine to stay awake for the afternoon work they had to do.
When I was in Italy one could not even sit in a chair on the sidewalk cafes. You had to order something first or move along. The toilets---as they call them---were paid ones under the streets. No money? Too bad. You could not go into the restaurants if you were just going to use the facilities. One time we just bought an ice cream cone to use the toilet. The owner yelled at us when we were making a beeline to the toilet. We said---"we are gong to buy something."
We were in a tour group. We had to lean on buildings or sit on the ground and we aren't spring chickens either. I didn't see anyone protesting. Americans are spoiled. Go to Europe to learn real life.
Well that's the way it is with pretty much 90% of restaurants up in San Fran. Some even have a sign on the front door saying that the bathroom is for paying customers only. Starbucks is sort of like fast food restaurant chains though, in the sense that you can just go in to a, for example, McDonalds, and use the bathroom without buying anything or asking for a code. However, the McDonalds on Haight street near a few doors down from Ameoba Records used to have a keypad on their bathroom doors. Not sure if they still do or not, as I've not been there in about 10 - 15 years now. But they did back then.
We were in Hollywood and just got off the tour bus. My hubby had to use the restroom. The facilities were like 3 blocks away. They do have a public restroom but only one place along that street. You know, where the theatre is.
Well, I thought I would help my hubby and went into a store to ask if he could us their restroom. My hubby whispered for me to look where we were. It was a porn shop. I won't describe what the coffee table looked like. LOL, we got out of there and kept walking.
It's the caffeine in the coffee----addicting. Yesterday I saw cars wrapped around Starbucks and it was 3 in the afternoon. People had to get their caffeine to stay awake for the afternoon work they had to do.
The drive-thru at In & Out burger at 0030 hundred hours, same thing, line of like 20 cars wrapped around the building and snaking through the parking lot. Nuts!
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