You forgot the $5 cup of latte once or twice a day.
That one, I'll never understand.
I drink coffee. I drink it black. At home.
If I think I might want coffee after I leave my house, I take a small THERMOS® with me.
The only times I've ever spent money at a Starbucks outlet is at an I-80/90 rest plaza.
Always, the same order: "Coffee. Black.
That size [points to cup stack matching Clem's desired volume]."
It gets me what I want, with a minimum of dialogue... and I don't need to learn a second language to get my caffeine fix.
Starbucks: the perfect example of the power of marketing: giving consumers permission to spend outrageous money on unhealthy luxuries that they've been convinced are daily necessities.
People are dumb.
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