There's a Starbucks just off one corner of my office parking lot. Those people are complete pigs. They throw their shit, empty and otherwise, everywhere, sometimes just a few feet from a marked trash container. They parked in assigned parking spots clearly marked "No Starbucks Parking - Towaway" because it was a few steps closer than the Starbucks parking lot. People who left notes got their cars keyed. Now we have an automatic gate, accessed from inside the lot only, that keeps most of them out. Those people are trash!!!

 

Amen to that! I remember the CEO of starbucks saying, "The average income and education of our customers has declined in the recent years..." His direct words, but im sure what was really on his mind wouldnt have been good for PR.

You white trash, stop loitering and F-ing up my stores. I mean jesus christ, I paid off McDonalds to make coffee to contain you inbreds.

 

Hmmm...reminds me of when Tommy Hilfiger said that thing about his clothes and customers...

I have to say, I like Starbucks. I'm not in love by any measure...and I don't consider myself a "Starbucks Whore." However, I get pretty consistent service and product everytime. Considering I visit a Starbucks about 10x a week...sometimes more (hell, I visited a Starbucks 3x today alone...)

I travel a lot for work and use Starbucks as a great "reward" for my dealer locations. They love it and typically order the iced $4~5 drinks. I stick to my usual Grande Mistos.

I will say that I like Dunkin's coffee better...but they don't have nearly the amount of convenient locations...and service can be VERY inconsistent.

If Dunkin could get their folks on board the "customer is #1" wagon, then they'd have a chance to make some headway... Oh...that and add some more locations. Guarantee they have a stronger profit margin on their coffee than those donuts.

 

You F'd up. You insist on going to the best-paid hourly job in the area to get your coffee.

Next time, go to McDonald's.

 

i go there for a latte once every couple weeks.. if that. for regular plain old coffee, i think starbucks tastes like crap. i'd rather have UDF coffee or mcdonalds. for the other drinks, i'm with airgate... good consistent product and service.

 

Excerpt: Where to start? Well, ever heard the phrase: "latte-drinking liberal"? Evidently there's something to it. Among self-described liberals, Starbucks carries the day, 46%-33%. Among conservatives, McDonald's prevails, 50%-28%. Moderates, you guessed it, fall in between: McDonald's draws 44% and Starbucks 37%.

The pattern by political party is similar, if not quite as polarized. McDonald's wins among Republicans, Democrats and independents. However, its margin is much greater among the GOP (+20 percentage points) than among the other two groups (each +3 percentage points).1

How about the demographic differences?

Let's take a tour:

* Gender. McDonald's has a 16-percentage-point edge among the guys, while the two icons battle to a virtual tie with the fairer sex.
* Age. McDonald's carries the day by a whopping 30 percentage points among adults 65 and above. But Starbucks has a 13-percentage-point edge among 18-to-29 year olds.
* Income. For a lot of consumers, especially in today's hard times, McDonald's is a staple while Starbucks is an indulgence. No surprise, then, that people with annual incomes of $75,000 and above tend to choose Starbucks, while those with incomes below $30,000 go with McDonald's. (No surprise, either, that in the midst of a recession, McDonald's has been having a banner sales year while Starbucks has had to lay off thousands of employees and close hundreds of stores.)
* Education. Does it take a college degree to appreciate the subtleties of an espresso macchiato? Apparently. College grads prefer Starbucks by 47%-32%, while those who have a high school degree or less give the nod to McDonald's, 50%-26%.
* Region. Perhaps out of loyalty to Starbucks' Seattle roots, Westerners favor the home team by 19 percentage points. Adults in all other regions go with McDonald's -- though by a narrower margin in the East (+7 percentage points) than in the South (+17 percentage points) or Midwest (+19 percentage points).
* Race. Blacks are much more partial to McDonald's (+29 percentage points) than are whites (+8 percentage points). Hispanics split their ballots evenly.
* Religion. Protestants and Catholics both favor McDonald's. The religiously unaffiliated choose Starbucks (+13 percentage points).
* Lifestyle. If you're someone who likes a fast pace of life, Starbucks is your cup of joe (+17 percentage points). However, more than seven-in-ten Americans prefer a slow pace of life -- and among this group, McDonald's gets the nod (+16 percentage points).


Source: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1111/starbucks...es-demographics

^^There's a pretty graph for the visual folks around here

 

port city java FTW

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i only get regular coffee nowadays, and starbucks regular coffee really isn't that good, it costs ~2.15. however, mcdonalds tastes better, is quicker, and only costs ~1.40, so i always go with mcdonalds when i have a choice.

 

Waffle House is only $1.25 + tax. Total $1.34

 

Gas station coffee. I want the buzz. I drown it in milk and sugar so who cares what it tastes like. $1.09 ftw. That's only if my coffee pot doesn't make some delicious community dark roast or cafe special.