How gay is it if I work at Starbucks?

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12-01-2004, 05:42 PM
hardrider

How gay is it if I work at Starbucks?

That is all.
12-01-2004, 05:43 PM
tuffy109

hella

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12-01-2004, 05:44 PM
KQ

Serious? I dunno - from what I hear even part time workers get full benefits. Sounds pretty good for what you have to do there.

If I didn't "require" the level of income I do at present I'd probably work there. Seems a lot better than fast food.

Edit: and I would like to add, the crew that works at the Starbucks in my building are great.
12-01-2004, 05:46 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by KQ

Serious? .

rarely

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12-01-2004, 05:46 PM
char

I equate working at Starbucks to working at Walmart.

They have a similar effect on local coffee shops. The new Starbucks on the Ave in Seattle actually had a window broken out shortly after it opened. There are 3 local shops within a block.
12-01-2004, 05:47 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by char

I equate working at Starbucks to working at Walmart.

They have a similar effect on local coffee shops. The new Starbucks on the Ave in Seattle actually had a window broken out shortly after it opened. There are 3 local shops within a block.

I have very flexible principles on this issue.
12-01-2004, 05:49 PM
char

Quote:

Originally Posted by hardrider

I have very flexible principles on this issue.

Slow pitch?
12-01-2004, 05:49 PM
Woodsy

the way they treat their employees is stellar,
full bennies etc.

good tips too.

some shops are real generic but some, like the one in my old Marriott hae some great vibes to em.

your call.

they do play not so fair with local coffee shops, but its an economy of scale thing not as exploitive as walMart
12-01-2004, 05:50 PM
KQ

Quote:

Originally Posted by char

I equate working at Starbucks to working at Walmart.

Mebbe but mebbe not. Starbucks is a local boy who made good. They used to have just one store and they expanded. At what point did they turn into the big bad boy? Kinda a fine line in my book - we applaud businesses making it but only to a point.

Starbucks certainly isn't cheaper than other stores.
12-01-2004, 05:52 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by KQ

Mebbe but mebbe not. Starbucks is a local boy who made good. They used to have just one store and they expanded. At what point did they turn into the big bad boy? Kinda a fine line in my book - we applaud businesses making it but only to a point.

.

Wal-mart started the same way, KQ. One store in bum-fuck Arkansas is what started the whole thing.
12-01-2004, 05:52 PM
TheDingleberry

Q: "How gay is it if I work at Starbucks?"

A: It's completely fucking gay.
12-01-2004, 05:54 PM
char

Quote:

Originally Posted by KQ

Mebbe but mebbe not. Starbucks is a local boy who made good. They used to have just one store and they expanded. At what point did they turn into the big bad boy? Kinda a fine line in my book - we applaud businesses making it but only to a point.

Starbucks certainly isn't cheaper than other stores.

Same with Walmart....

I guess I'm biased against Starbucks because I dislike the way their coffee tastes.

At anyrate, lets stay on topic. How gay would hardrider look in those green aprons?
12-01-2004, 05:55 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by char

How gay would hardrider look in those green aprons?

Might look nice if I wear my red ski pants at work. :the_finge
12-01-2004, 05:55 PM
homerjay

Gay to quite gay.
12-01-2004, 05:56 PM
char

Quote:

Originally Posted by hardrider

Might look nice if I wear my red ski pants at work. :the_finge

Only if you do a 100 ft backflip off the espresso machine.
12-01-2004, 05:57 PM
el_jefe

[cartman] gay. totally gay. liberace gay. [c]
http://www.liberace.com/images/postcard6.jpg
12-01-2004, 05:57 PM
The AD

I believe employees also get one free lb of coffee per week, too. If you can manage to use one pound per week you're one wired mofo.

Bottom line is it's a job to pay your bills. Who cares how gay it is? OK, the line is crossed if your job is a fluffer, but short of that...
12-01-2004, 05:58 PM
Arnold Babar

Work is work. I met someone once who asked, "so what do you do?" and I started to explain my lame job, and she said "I don't give a shit about your job. What do you do? Like ski or paint or play music. What do you do?" That will always stick with me. :cool:
12-01-2004, 05:59 PM
KQ

Quote:

Originally Posted by hardrider

Wal-mart started the same way, KQ. One store in bum-fuck Arkansas is what started the whole thing.

yes and I spoke to that in my post - the thing with Wal-Mart is that they undercut their competition - Starbucks does not. I could go to Monorail Espresso and get a cheaper cup o'joe.

In any case - I ask again: What is this line we draw re: positive vs. negative when a business is expanding? That is to say, when do we stop admiring them for doing well and who gets to decide? Do we put a cap on expansion just like we do on building? What about free enterprise?
12-01-2004, 06:00 PM
joshbu

I dunno, I bet you could pull ass both customers and baristas on a regular basis.

You could probably even get with women too. :fm:
12-01-2004, 06:01 PM
KQ

Quote:

Originally Posted by char

At anyrate, lets stay on topic. How gay would hardrider look in those green aprons?

What are you, the topic police?

I think he'd look nice in the apron...nothing but the apron....
12-01-2004, 06:02 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshbu

I dunno, I bet you could pull ass both customers and baristas on a regular basis.

That is a major consideration trust me. :FIREdevil
12-01-2004, 06:02 PM
homerjay

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshbu

You could probably even get with women too. :fm:

oh no you di-int! :fm:
12-01-2004, 06:02 PM
glademaster

really gay. That is all.
12-01-2004, 06:03 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by KQ

What are you, the topic police?

I think he'd look nice in the apron...nothing but the apron....

Works for me. :fm:
12-01-2004, 06:06 PM
Lane Meyer

I put a bukkake-ridden shinjuku on Wal Mart somewhere between here and here.

A point I think being missed in this thread is that Hardrider should work wherever he needs to work for his own economic reasons. Sure, corporations are evil and as such should not be supported depending upon one's morals, but I personally will never be above any job if my need is great enough.

I went to grad school with too many spoiled brats (especially my ex-GF) who refused to wait/bus tables when their $ got tight because it was beneath them since they were pursuing an advanced degree. I say fuck that. If I need $, I'll clean toilets. A job is a job if you need one bad enough. In my opinion, the amjority of unemployed people are nothing more than lazy and arrogant, as employment at McDonalds et al is readily available in almost any locale if one REALLY needs money.
12-01-2004, 06:09 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lane Meyer

I put a bukkake-ridden shinjuku on Wal Mart somewhere between here and here.

A point I think being missed in this thread is that Hardrider should work wherever he needs to work for his own economic reasons. Sure, corporations are evil and as such should not be supported depending upon one's morals, but I personally will never be above any job if my need is great enough.

I went to grad school with too many spoiled brats (especially my ex-GF) who refused to wait/bus tables when their $ got tight because it was beneath them since they were pursuing an advanced degree. I say fuck that. If I need $, I'll clean toilets. A job is a job if you need one bad enough. In my opinion, the amjority of unemployed people are nothing more than lazy and arrogant, as employment at McDonalds et al is readily available in almost any locale if one REALLY needs money.

I really dont care where I work and I dont care if it looks gay, I was just wondering HOW gay it would look.
12-01-2004, 06:09 PM
char

Quote:

Originally Posted by KQ

yes and I spoke to that in my post - the thing with Wal-Mart is that they undercut their competition - Starbucks does not. I could go to Monorail Espresso and get a cheaper cup o'joe.

In any case - I ask again: What is this line we draw re: positive vs. negative when a business is expanding? That is to say, when do we stop admiring them for doing well and who gets to decide? Do we put a cap on expansion just like we do on building? What about free enterprise?

Disclaimer: Blatant stereotype use

Starbucks can put a coffee shop wherever they want for all I care. I dislike the culture surrounding Starbucks. The semi-elitist, SUV driving, soccermom crowd. Or in the case of the Starbucks on the Ave, the frat/sororiety, semi-elitist, look at my fancy clothes bullshit that seems to be present there.

We can stop admiring them when they lose sight of their roots. I personally think Starbucks has.

I guess it boils down to the fact that I don't like the vibe in Starbucks, never have, never will. And I like to support small, local business because I feel that the level of service and quality of goods I recieve is better.
12-01-2004, 06:10 PM
Ubersheist

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshbu

I dunno, I bet you could pull ass both customers and baristas on a regular basis.

You could probably even get with women too. :fm:

Yeah - this is true. This would be a huge time saver for you, HR. You could stop trolling the high school parties for your illegal lovin', and just go straight to the baristas!

Goddamn, I just about lost it here at work when I read that subject line!!
12-01-2004, 06:11 PM
char

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lane Meyer

A point I think being missed in this thread is that Hardrider should work wherever he needs to work for his own economic reasons. Sure, corporations are evil and as such should not be supported depending upon one's morals, but I personally will never be above any job if my need is great enough.

Word. Even though I dislike Walmart and Starbucks, if it boiled down to it I'd surely take a job there, especially if I could pull some ass (thats in the contract right?).

I'd actually like to get a job at a restaurant, seems like a good skill to have.
12-01-2004, 06:12 PM
Lane Meyer

Here's the real question - if you work at the Starbucks at Squaw, will they give you a pass? I'd base my decision on that more than anything else. If I had to dress up like Liberace and paint toenails all night at a place that gave me a $1400 ski pass, game on!
12-01-2004, 06:14 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lane Meyer

Here's the real question - if you work at the Starbucks at Squaw, will they give you a pass? I'd base my decision on that more than anything else. If I had to dress up like Liberace and paint toenails all night at a place that gave me a $1400 ski pass, game on!

alas the 'bucks is at Harrahs in Stateline so no pass.

But I get to work nights only. :fm:
12-01-2004, 06:17 PM
irul&ublo

Quote:

Originally Posted by hardrider

How gay is it if I work at Starbucks?

That is all.

That depends...will you have to blow your boss?
12-01-2004, 06:18 PM
The AD

Quote:

Originally Posted by char

Or in the case of the Starbucks on the Ave, the frat/sororiety, semi-elitist, look at my fancy clothes bullshit that seems to be present there.

Those kind of people actuallyhang out on the Ave with all the other miscreants and misfits? How gauche.
12-01-2004, 06:20 PM
kush1

Can we get free food and coffee before we go skiing every morning of christmas?

If so GAME ON
12-01-2004, 06:20 PM
char

Quote:

Originally Posted by The AD

Those kind of people actuallyhang out on the Ave with all the other miscreants and misfits? How gauche.

No, they park their BMW in front of Starbucks, minimizing their time spent with the miscreants and misfits, to continue my stereotype.
12-01-2004, 06:22 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by kush1

Can we get free food and coffee before we go skiing every morning of christmas?

If so GAME ON

:biggrin: Thats sounds like a hella sick bonus.
12-01-2004, 06:26 PM
Keoni

Still tryin to get that exhaust fixed?

I told ya...MAN-HO!!! 2-3 hour a day tops (or bottoms)

edit: of course, bottoms could be considered gay in some situations
12-01-2004, 06:27 PM
KQ

Quote:

Originally Posted by char

No, they park their BMW in front of Starbucks, minimizing their time spent with the miscreants and misfits, to continue my stereotype.

Keep going - you haven't caught me in any of your stereotypes yet..... :p
12-01-2004, 06:32 PM
hardrider

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keoni

Still tryin to get that exhaust fixed?

$10 and a six-pack was all it took to get her fixed right up.

I would man-ho but I need a man-pimp first don't I?

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