November 5, 200915 yr I've started using my stovetop espresso pot more. I'm tweaking the mix a little, but generally speaking the end product gets a thumbs up. Sodontbesurprisedifyouseemetypingalittlefasterandwithmorefrequency [breath] asivenoticedthatihavealotmoreenergylately!!!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Is it sad that I am jealous? Honey, that makes two of us. Why is it I can go weeks without an urge for coffee then someone will make a coffee related post here and now I'm "feinin"?!! Damn you people!! There's a lot to be jealous of...brown teeth, heart palpitations, stanky breath. Yet each sip is like a lover's embrace. A bitter lover that makes me pee a lot, true, but a lover nonetheless. AJ you are a hot mess!! You do not have to tell me about those heart palpitations! Whew laaawd! Coffee never made me pee a lot. I was so paranoid about "kawfee breath" I would keep cepecal in my bathroom to use before a meeting, as to not offend anyone.
November 5, 200915 yr Is there a new rule at Starbucks that in order to get a refill you must do so at the location at which you purchased your original cup? While I simultaneously revile and consume Starbucks coffee on a daily basis, I’ve gotten into the (very bad) habit of getting refills (as if 20 oz of burnt coffee isn’t enough for one day), which cost only fifty cents, regardless of size of cup; however, I usually do this at a different outlet from the original one as I carry my coffee while walking around from place to place (this is easy to do in Manhattan, with Starbucks virtually within blocks of each other). However, yesterday at a Starbucks in SoHo (Broadway nr. Broome St.) I was challenged by a very officious, humorless martinet of a barista who—after I requested a refill--asked me if I’d bought my coffee at that location and within a 2-hour time frame! She told me this was a new rule, as people were returning from nearby offices during the day with cups they’d purchased in the morning for refills, effectively abusing the policy. Of course I lied (badly and hesitatingly) and said yes, though obviously she didn’t buy it, giving me less than a full cup. I think I’ll have to report her attitude to Howard Schultz!! In the meantime, I’ll try my luck at other branches for a few days… http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 5, 200915 yr Is there a new rule at Starbucks that in order to get a refill you must do so at the location at which you purchased your original cup? While I simultaneously revile and consume Starbucks coffee on a daily basis, I%u2019ve gotten into the (very bad) habit of getting refills (as if 20 oz of burnt coffee isn%u2019t enough for one day), which cost only fifty cents, regardless of size of cup; however, I usually do this at a different outlet from the original one as I carry my coffee while walking around from place to place (this is easy to do in Manhattan, with Starbucks virtually within blocks of each other). However, yesterday at a Starbucks in SoHo (Broadway nr. Broome St.) I was challenged by a very officious, humorless martinet of a barista who%u2014after I requested a refill--asked me if I%u2019d bought my coffee at that location and within a 2-hour time frame! She told me this was a new rule, as people were returning from nearby offices during the day with cups they%u2019d purchased in the morning for refills, effectively abusing the policy. Of course I lied (badly and hesitatingly) and said yes, though obviously she didn%u2019t buy it, giving me less than a full cup. I think I%u2019ll report here attitude to Howard Schultz!! In the meantime, I%u2019ll have to try my luck at other branches for a few days%u2026 ...the wicked lies we tell to feed our caffeine addiction.
November 5, 200915 yr I prefer to call coffee ,my cruel mistress. I love it so much but it does such bad things to me....such as "death breath", shiny yellow teeth and yes hourly trips to the Men's room... Hourly? F---, my trips are half-hourly! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 5, 200915 yr Is there a new rule at Starbucks that in order to get a refill you must do so at the location at which you purchased your original cup? While I simultaneously revile and consume Starbucks coffee on a daily basis, I’ve gotten into the (very bad) habit of getting refills (as if 20 oz of burnt coffee isn’t enough for one day), which cost only fifty cents, regardless of size of cup; however, I usually do this at a different outlet from the original one as I carry my coffee while walking around from place to place (this is easy to do in Manhattan, with Starbucks virtually within blocks of each other). However, yesterday at a Starbucks in SoHo (Broadway nr. Broome St.) I was challenged by a very officious, humorless martinet of a barista who—after I requested a refill--asked me if I’d bought my coffee at that location and within a 2-hour time frame! She told me this was a new rule, as people were returning from nearby offices during the day with cups they’d purchased in the morning for refills, effectively abusing the policy. Of course I lied (badly and hesitatingly) and said yes, though obviously she didn’t buy it, giving me less than a full cup. I think I’ll report here attitude to Howard Schultz!! In the meantime, I’ll have to try my luck at other branches for a few days… Wouldn't surprise me. They're so stingy with the refill / cup reuse policy. I use my own travel mug, and I only get a 10 cent price break from them for doing so. Au Bon Pain used to only charge me a dollar for a refill, amounting to a 50 cent price break. Plus, the Starbucks baristas always sneer at me for using a non-Starbucks purchased cup (I have a generic cup with my kid's baby pic on it...yeah, I'm that dad). P*ss off, wanker. I'm not spending $8 to buy a plastic cup that looks like your cardboard ones.
November 5, 200915 yr >Broadway nr. Broome St. That's the only Starbuck's I've ever set foot in (or one very close to there), and it was to use the bathroom. There was a deep line for the unisex bathroom, and when I got in there the toilet seat had been broken off and the women had somehow been using it that way.
November 5, 200915 yr Is there a new rule at Starbucks that in order to get a refill you must do so at the location at which you purchased your original cup? While I simultaneously revile and consume Starbucks coffee on a daily basis, I%u2019ve gotten into the (very bad) habit of getting refills (as if 20 oz of burnt coffee isn%u2019t enough for one day), which cost only fifty cents, regardless of size of cup; however, I usually do this at a different outlet from the original one as I carry my coffee while walking around from place to place (this is easy to do in Manhattan, with Starbucks virtually within blocks of each other). However, yesterday at a Starbucks in SoHo (Broadway nr. Broome St.) I was challenged by a very officious, humorless martinet of a barista who%u2014after I requested a refill--asked me if I%u2019d bought my coffee at that location and within a 2-hour time frame! She told me this was a new rule, as people were returning from nearby offices during the day with cups they%u2019d purchased in the morning for refills, effectively abusing the policy. Of course I lied (badly and hesitatingly) and said yes, though obviously she didn%u2019t buy it, giving me less than a full cup. I think I%u2019ll report here attitude to Howard Schultz!! In the meantime, I%u2019ll have to try my luck at other branches for a few days%u2026 Wouldn't surprise me. They're so stingy with the refill / cup reuse policy. I use my own travel mug, and I only get a 10 cent price break from them for doing so. Au Bon Pain used to only charge me a dollar for a refill, amounting to a 50 cent price break. Plus, the Starbucks baristas always sneer at me for using a non-Starbucks purchased cup (I have a generic cup with my kid's baby pic on it...yeah, I'm that dad). P*ss off, wanker. I'm not spending $8 to buy a plastic cup that looks like your cardboard ones. How old is your kid? 15? LMAO! I hope your not like my parents. You know the kind of parent that has pictures of you when you were two on their desk. Oh shit, I'm a hypocrite, I just looked over at a picture of my nephews and niece thats 11 years old. Nevermind...... :-[
November 5, 200915 yr Hourly? F---, my trips are half-hourly! That's an age thing, KJP haven't you seen the Flomax commercials? :-D :-D :-D
November 5, 200915 yr Hourly? F---, my trips are half-hourly! That's an age thing, KJP haven't you seen the Flomax commercials? ;D ;D ;D
November 5, 200915 yr Is there a new rule at Starbucks that in order to get a refill you must do so at the location at which you purchased your original cup? While I simultaneously revile and consume Starbucks coffee on a daily basis, Ive gotten into the (very bad) habit of getting refills (as if 20 oz of burnt coffee isnt enough for one day), which cost only fifty cents, regardless of size of cup; however, I usually do this at a different outlet from the original one as I carry my coffee while walking around from place to place (this is easy to do in Manhattan, with Starbucks virtually within blocks of each other). However, yesterday at a Starbucks in SoHo (Broadway nr. Broome St.) I was challenged by a very officious, humorless martinet of a barista whoafter I requested a refill--asked me if Id bought my coffee at that location and within a 2-hour time frame! She told me this was a new rule, as people were returning from nearby offices during the day with cups theyd purchased in the morning for refills, effectively abusing the policy. Of course I lied (badly and hesitatingly) and said yes, though obviously she didnt buy it, giving me less than a full cup. I think Ill have to report her attitude to Howard Schultz!! In the meantime, Ill try my luck at other branches for a few days This is not new. We have a starbuckets in my office building and I used to go down for a cup several times a week and then a refill in the afternoon. About 1.5 years ago I went down for a refill and they wouldn't give it to me, they said I had to physically sit IN one of the sh*tty little tables and consume the coffee there and not leave if I wanted to get the 50c refill, and that it had to be within 2 hours and that I wasn't fulfilling either of those requirements. I talked to the manager as I was pissed as I'd been getting this refill from them for quite awhile, as had other people I work with, and she said they were making people enforce it more now than they used to. I pointed out that ours isn't a "real" starbucks, more like a kiosk and that they don't even have bathrooms and she said yeah, but we do have tables so you have to consume it HERE if you want the refill. That's the last time I went to a Starbucks. For real. I started drinking the free coffee at work after that and have never looked back.
November 5, 200915 yr ^that's funny! It could be the branch that gave me the problem might be the only one enforcing this rule. Like I said, I'll have to try others. I only started getting refills recently so maybe the policy varies from place to place, but this is the first time I was questioned about it. Come to think of it, I propose a new policy: if you can successfully ingest one cup of Starbucks coffee without suffering heartburn or acid reflux you should be rewarded with a second one for free! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 5, 200915 yr >Broadway nr. Broome St. That's the only Starbuck's I've ever set foot in (or one very close to there), and it was to use the bathroom. There was a deep line for the unisex bathroom, and when I got in there the toilet seat had been broken off and the women had somehow been using it that way. this particular Starbucks is always filled with Eurotrashtourists and has the longest restroom line of any one I've ever patronized (I think it's gotten worse since the TopShop opened up the block). http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 5, 200915 yr Is there a new rule at Starbucks that in order to get a refill you must do so at the location at which you purchased your original cup? While I simultaneously revile and consume Starbucks coffee on a daily basis, I%u2019ve gotten into the (very bad) habit of getting refills (as if 20 oz of burnt coffee isn%u2019t enough for one day), which cost only fifty cents, regardless of size of cup; however, I usually do this at a different outlet from the original one as I carry my coffee while walking around from place to place (this is easy to do in Manhattan, with Starbucks virtually within blocks of each other). However, yesterday at a Starbucks in SoHo (Broadway nr. Broome St.) I was challenged by a very officious, humorless martinet of a barista who%u2014after I requested a refill--asked me if I%u2019d bought my coffee at that location and within a 2-hour time frame! She told me this was a new rule, as people were returning from nearby offices during the day with cups they%u2019d purchased in the morning for refills, effectively abusing the policy. Of course I lied (badly and hesitatingly) and said yes, though obviously she didn%u2019t buy it, giving me less than a full cup. I think I%u2019ll report here attitude to Howard Schultz!! In the meantime, I%u2019ll have to try my luck at other branches for a few days%u2026 Wouldn't surprise me. They're so stingy with the refill / cup reuse policy. I use my own travel mug, and I only get a 10 cent price break from them for doing so. Au Bon Pain used to only charge me a dollar for a refill, amounting to a 50 cent price break. Plus, the Starbucks baristas always sneer at me for using a non-Starbucks purchased cup (I have a generic cup with my kid's baby pic on it...yeah, I'm that dad). P*ss off, wanker. I'm not spending $8 to buy a plastic cup that looks like your cardboard ones. How old is your kid? 15? LMAO! I hope your not like my parents. You know the kind of parent that has pictures of you when you were two on their desk. Oh sh!t, I'm a hypocrite, I just looked over at a picture of my nephews and niece thats 11 years old. Nevermind...... :-[ I have three now. The pic is of the first when he was 6 months old. He's 5. I have two pics on my desk, both over 2 years old, none of the third. I'm a bad dad. :oops: In my defense, the kids don't have any pictures of me on their desk.
November 5, 200915 yr AJ don't feel bad the newest picture on my desk is from Christmas 2007. I see enough of my kids, I know what they look like..
November 5, 200915 yr I have three now. The pic is of the first when he was 6 months old. He's 5. I have two pics on my desk, both over 2 years old, none of the third. I'm a bad dad. :-[ In my defense, the kids don't have any pictures of me on their desk. AJ don't feel bad the newest picture on my desk is from Christmas 2007. I see enough of my kids, I know what they look like.. You two are horrible! But don't feel bad, my mother has a picture of me when I was 4 on her desk. I've moved that picture, what seems like a thousand times, and she always seem to find it.
November 5, 200915 yr I have three now. The pic is of the first when he was 6 months old. He's 5. I have two pics on my desk, both over 2 years old, none of the third. I'm a bad dad. :-[ In my defense, the kids don't have any pictures of me on their desk. AJ don't feel bad the newest picture on my desk is from Christmas 2007. I see enough of my kids, I know what they look like.. You two are horrible! But don't feel bad, my mother has a picture of me when I was 4 on her desk. I've moved that picture, what seems like a thousand times, and she always seem to find it. Of course now I have to find your mother and get that picture up on UO!
November 5, 200915 yr Just finished the third large mug of the day. I can feel the sweaters on my teeth..... I can't wait to get home and kiss my wife to share the gift of coffee.
November 5, 200915 yr Hourly? F---, my trips are half-hourly! That's an age thing, KJP haven't you seen the Flomax commercials? :-D :-D :-D Um, be sure you don't cross the street in front my car. At my age, I tend to miss the brake for the accelerator! :angel: "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 5, 200915 yr RnR, I would sit there all day and drink their 50 cent refills until I was like this: Seinfeld: Kramer: The best scene ever!
November 5, 200915 yr I have three now. The pic is of the first when he was 6 months old. He's 5. I have two pics on my desk, both over 2 years old, none of the third. I'm a bad dad. :-[ In my defense, the kids don't have any pictures of me on their desk. AJ don't feel bad the newest picture on my desk is from Christmas 2007. I see enough of my kids, I know what they look like.. You two are horrible! But don't feel bad, my mother has a picture of me when I was 4 on her desk. I've moved that picture, what seems like a thousand times, and she always seem to find it. Of course now I have to find your mother and get that picture up on UO! Oh, there will be none of that! Just finished the third large mug of the day. I can feel the sweaters on my teeth..... I can't wait to get home and kiss my wife to share the gift of coffee. Aren't you romantic!
November 6, 200915 yr Hourly? F---, my trips are half-hourly! That's an age thing, KJP haven't you seen the Flomax commercials? :-D :-D :-D Just make sure you don't get confused between your Flomax and your Flonase. :-o And ask your Doc about TURP.
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