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Originally posted by Cribby You should've came to mine!

Maybe you should call me!

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Originally posted by Jayx1 how is it retarded? Everyone has raised their prices because the wage increase has to be paid for somehow! This is why dalton's idea of 10.25 per hour by 2010 is going to hurt everyone more than it will help.

Goodness. Well it was already established that Starbucks employees don't get paid minimum wage - unless they got an increase aswell - but i doubt that.

I understand if they are paid minimum - the company needs to keep their margins. But to me its just a good excuse to increase profits. I do accept the "coffee" is a comodity and prices have gone up but that is not the line that was fed to me when I noticded.

Honestly I don't care it's a few cents I just thought it was interesting.

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Originally posted by Cro_Addict too bad their coffee sucks major asshole

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Originally posted by Time2Burn Goodness. Well it was already established that Starbucks employees don't get paid minimum wage - unless they got an increase aswell - but i doubt that.

actually everyone there did get an increase in line with minimum wage.

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I understand if they are paid minimum - the company needs to keep their margins. But to me its just a good excuse to increase profits.

Of course cost increase will be passed on to the consumer and yes the motive is to keep up the profits. Profits are why businesses are in bussiness. Starbucks wasnt opened so that fine folk could be supplied with coffee at a subsidized rate, or free no less. Free coffee is only handed out by the government in the US at rest stops as fars as i know.

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I do accept the "coffee" is a comodity and prices have gone up but that is not the line that was fed to me when I noticded.

Who told you? some employee that doesnt know much better? For sure the 2 main reasons are cost increase involving food and salary. For the food increase you can blame it on various things from the high cost of oil and the really ill conceived idea of ethanol which is actually starting to cause food shortages in some countries.

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Originally posted by Time2Burn Did anyone notice that they raised their prices when minimum wage went up? I thought this to be be pretty retarded.

Timmy's did too, well at least around my area anyhow.

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Originally posted by Cribby It's true. I'm getting my 2nd promotion to ASM and I haven't even worked there for a year.

YaY... Congrats
Celebrations?? lol

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* HAhahaha I thought you just said a "Venti Chinamon"

rofl.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Darling... don't drink those smoothies anymore especially if you don't *really* want them they are nothing but sugar sugar sugar in hot water plus some good old fat in the condense powder (it's not even milk!) get a herbal tea! Or like you said, walk for the sake of walking. I do that sometimes... you need to clear your head - just do it

Yeah, for sure - I only drank them a few times, but the last time I tried it, the bottom (last little bit) of that smoothie tasted a bit like if they had accidentally spilled some cleaning liquid into it - granted, it might have been my overworked senses fooling me, but nevertheless, that's enough of an incentive not to drink them for a while. And besides, it's getting warm out there now, so hot smoothies are not necessary anyways

Thanks for the warning about the ingredients too, I definitely do not want many of those going into my system

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Music of the future
And music of the past
To live without my music
would be impossible to do
Cause in these times of trouble
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Originally posted by Rodrico To be honest, I dont mind the big guy up there, I just hate all his fanclubs.

***I've got hairgel in my bathroom and Tylenol near my bed***

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Originally posted by Cribby You obviously have a horrible coffee pallet/have bad taste in coffee.

oh excuse me.... i apologize..

starbucks coffee rocks my socks!

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Originally posted by Irishaddict

LOL