Starbuck's collapse has begun
>>20475005>overpriced>worse than local coffeeshopsgood
>>20475005People have tip fatigue from having an ipad shoved in their face after every purchase.
At one of my local Starbucks, a homeless man used to steal the honey packets and use them as lube to masturbate with under a table in the back while leering at the college girls. They got rid of the honey packets instead of getting rid of the unhoused person.
>>20475030what a chad, girls should not feel safe
>>20475005Good. Can we go the rest of the way and say the same about caffeine itself?
>>20475005>drink is 80% ice>prices higher every time I goOnly a matter of timeThese days I just get a frosted lemonade from Chik fil a instead, but I never get any other food because they're fucking ripoff artists as well
>>20475005Coffee/tea market is oversaturated and they don't have the pull they used to, bound to happen eventually
>>20475005I just use the wifi, shit in the toilet and don't flush
>>20475035>what a chad, girls should not feel safe>sensiblechuckle.gif
>>20475005the porn was good at least
>>20475005Maybe the should have stayed out of the Israel-Hamas issue and focused on selling coffee-flavored sugared water.
>>20475160You forget that their last CEO had a desperately pathetic attempt at running for president killed in the cradle (but they still gave every employee nationwide a script on what to say about it)
>>20475035You got a smirk out of me
Coffee is shit, food looks like it was 3D printed. Never understood the hype
>>20475005I hate this shitty milkshake company
>>20475222>Coffee is shitIndeed.>food looks like it was 3D printedI forgot for a second that this thread is specifically about Starbucks.
>>20475015>Tipping a cashierDo people really?
>>20475005Pretty much everyone giving tips on how to save money starts with "Don't fucking go to Starbucks" and I guess people finally started listening
>>20475242Of course. Tips ensure you receive literally the best customer service anyone has ever experienced.
>>20475242Americanus nobilus
>>20475227I DONT!
>>20475390Based blowjob-in-backroom-for-tips cashier.
>>20475005Don’t think I’ve had a Starbucks since before the pandemic There’s a drive through near here that’s always got a queue and I really do not get it. The quality can’t be any better (probably worse - over roasted and bitter) and I’m sure they charge out the arse for it. Local coffee shops full of wankers but at least the coffee is good
As long as there are white girls Starbucks will be here to stay
>>20475005McDonald's coffee is unironically better. Starcucks are retarded.
Starbucks drive thrus are retardedly slow because everyone buys the sugary drinks that take forever to prepare. I can just go to another local espresso drive thru and get way better coffee cheaper.
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>>20475005I think its more of a matter than Energy Drinks took over the young market and middle aged people are more likely to find, and stay with, a local cafe
>>20475030You can't use honey as lube.I don't know why I had to explain this to anyone, but here we are.
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>>20475005Not many things unite /ck/ but I’m glad to see this does
>>20475677What Starbucks might look like.
>>20475569So not much longer then unfortunately
>>20475677ZESTYESTY
>>20475450>blowjob-in-backroom-for-tipsYes, I suppose the use of freebase cocaine (which "based" is in reference to) would explain such behavior.
>>20475242They're dumb enough to literally wait in line, for ten minutes, to get "meh" coffee and pay triple the price for it. Sure they tip - it's part of the "starbucks experience".
them Frappuccinos are fucking amazing though. they hit me like crack. try the mocha one and you'll have a boner the rest of the day
>>20476485Well, this temporarily unhoused person was definitely squeezing a few honey packets on one hand and then rubbing his honey hand on his erect penis. I saw it happen on one occasion. He was probably 5 inches erect if you were wondering. Very unimpressive.
They need to appeal to changing demographics.
>>20475005they started their downward descent when they offered shitty breakfast. now i have to wait 45 mins for a cup of coffee because 5 assholes in front of me want a nuked breakfast sandwich to go with their $12 venti mocca frappa half caff decaff latte with 4 pumps of caramel, extra cinnamon and fair trade nutmeg
>>20475005I used to go there, but then switched to instant, and now I don't even drink coffee, I just take half of a caffeine tablet.
>>20477892The flaming hot everything meme needs to die
>>20475005what is the concept that could get old? walking into a building and buying a coffee?not that i do that but why would you stop now.
>>20477937I hate when they quote or highlight what a random public retard says. That person has no clue wtf they're talking about and why would we care what they even think
>be batshit insane leftists for years>lose non-leftists customers>also come out against your leftist employees unionizing>lose all the batshit insane leftist customersall they had to do was keep their mouths shut
>>20477937it's just starbucks having lost what little charm they had left. everyone caught on to the fact all their coffee is sour, their "food" is miserably stale, and they're just overpriced amd pretentious
>>20475005>one customer said>Starbuck's collapseplease kys
>>20477964none of this really happened
>>20475005Apparently one of the main appeals was the opportunity to dominate, harass, and humiliate wagies with insanely specific orders. Where else are the sadists and karens going to go?
>>20475005There are less white women, and more mutts instead. Ergo less sales.
for me, it's bottled starbucks iced coffee because my boomers can't afford the real starbucks anymore
>>20478270Those are quite nice, but I had one, liked it, then looked at the back and saw it had as much sugar as a can of coke.
>>20478264Most of those white women were already mutts, being of mixed European ancestry and all.
>>20478283I get just unflavored unsweetened coffee
>>20478283No shit, Starbucks sells 10x as much sugar as coffee by weight. (It's the only way to make their vile burned beans palatable.)
>>20475005I think probably their biggest problem is being a "middle class luxury brand" in a time when a lot of people are feeling the squeeze of the silent depression and looking to cut their spending. >>20478288Wise, frankly. I always take brewed coffee black.
>>20478289>It's the only way to make their vile burned beans palatableSo what makes Starbucks unique?
>>20478289a lot of people enjoy the taste of roasted coffee with dairy. the level of roasting is intentional
>>20478295>So what makes Starbucks unique?Back in the early 2010's, at their peak (and the peak of the hipster subculture), the appeal was honestly the atmosphere. And using their wifi. The coffee was alright but you could probably make it better and cheaper at home. The real sell was having a place where you and your gang of 20-something insufferable hipster friends could hang out and/or work on your university assignments. Ah, those were the days.These days, their differentiation strategy comes from being able to force the wagies to make you some god-awful "I'm definitely not a druggie between fixes" syrupy abomination that's about 60 per cent sugar by volume. Yes, Starbucks sucks. Go patronize a local business instead.
>>20478309You know, you could've read the part I highlighted to know the context of what I was asking and spared me your memoir.
I used to get iced latte macchiato all the time but they got rid of it probably because fatties would order it by mistake and complain it's not a milkshake
>>20478309This guy knows. Zoomers don't even realize that "getting coffee" wasn't a thing outside of certain enclaves (cities, college towns). Starbucks was legit cool for a minute, but they've long since fallen behind the very market they helped to create after becoming a boomer-karen-macbook meme. Hipsters want something better (or at least less commercialized), and old men like me are content with dollar coffee from the gas station.
>>20478353>This guy knowsI consider people with addictions to not be reliable narrators.
Fent zombies closed one Starbucks near me by constantly shooting up in the seating area and harassing customers. The police were hamstrung by a lefty city council and mayor and couldn't do anything except trespass people. A barista who was defending customers was stabbed with a syringe by a fent man and Starbucks said fuck the city and just closed the location. Another local Starbucks closed because the workers tried to unionize and corporate said lol and shut the store down.
When I was a kid their drinks and their breakfast sandwiches tasted great, and now it all tastes like shit. Same with nearly every chain food place. Jersey mikes used to taste like heaven and now it tastes like nothing. Food is much more enjoyable when you make it yourself or you overpay for some local stuff that isnt total sl*p
>>20475005Their coffee is more acidic than xenomorph blood!
>>20475005>The whole concept got old.What concept? Coffee sold 5 times the market price? Using your MacBook in public?
>>20475005I don't know why it took so long. Compared to even a decade ago, now you can pretty much make your own imitation drinks at home.
>>20475015Do Americans really tip at a fast food restaurant?
>>20478222You are in denial.
>>20478284That's not how mullatos work.
>>20475005>collapse they’re just going to close stores down that are too close together and their stock will go up
good riddance. dogshit coffee at insane prices.
>>20475677Cute Girls….
>>20478715fraid soI thought they would just click "no" to "do you want to tip" prompt but they actually do tip and still seethe about it. They feel pressured into it somehow.
>>20478827>mullatosThat would be mixed African and European. Most white Americans are just mixed European.
>>20478822I may be in the amazon, I may be in the mississippi, but I am certainly not in denial
>>20477937>coffeeIf only people did that. No, they get 3lbs of foam atop a milk abomination that might contain coffee.
>>20478889yeah I wouldnt call starbucks coffee. its a fucking milkshake
Starbucks kind of filled the perfect niche, a coffeeshop for rich people who both dislike coffee and cafe atmospheres. The founder is honestly a genius.
>>20475005>"The whole concept got old"What does that even mean?Guaranteed it was a fucking WOMAN who didn't feel "cool, hip & trendy" anymore buying her overpriced PIG SHIT SLURRY for the past entire decade of her life because no one else thinks it's cool anymore; so she now has a Stanley cup in her office cubicleDeath to the West and the white race
>>20478921>a coffeeshop for rich people who both dislike coffee and cafe atmospheresI guess the only thing that's missing is I'm not "rich." That, and my hatred of coffee is more than just taste.
>>20475005only reason starbucks got popular was because yankees are status fags and paying a lot for a shitty cup of coffee that you have to order as venti instead of a real size is a concept made to fail eventuallyadd on top of that their other campaign bullshit and the fact that the stores are filled with pretentious faggots and you have recipe for a shit franchise if someone would have pitched the idea of starbucks with a price tag i would have not okay'd it
>>20475390>pay me the money my employer is ducking from my pay to shave costsi don't think i will, serving tables for a tip is not a fucking job unionize or find a new job
>>20478926wake me up when your opinions matter brownie street shitter
starbucks employees lost their right to customer tips when they decided to unionizenegotiate your own damn pay now, faggots
>>20478942that's the idea
>>20478942>unions are le badthe whole point of unionizing is to strike until you get your demands met, america needs unions so bad that the lack of unions is causing their markets to crash
>>20478337>I used to get iced latte macchiato all the timeNo you didn't, because that drink doesn't exist
>>20475005I started boycotting them because of palestine and have once had it once or twice since
>>20475395Tipping a cashier has never been part of the tipping culture of America until recently in the past decade pushed by corporations. No, you don't tip a cashier, ever. >>20478935She's not a waiter though. >serving tables for a tip is not a fucking job unionize or find a new jobIn the restaurant business, if you're not given tips over or on par with minimum wage, they're obligated to pay you at minimum wage. It's the law. However, it's a good way of telling if your waiter is sort of trash at doing their job if they're coming up short week by week.
>>20478948Unions almost always get super corrupt super quickly. It's why the mafia was deeply entangled into them during the 30-80's.
>>20479034how do you "serve with excellence" as a waiter and how are you as a waiter supposed to effect the money you get from some stingy kikes in suits?tipping culture is literally just another way to piss on the working class>>20479037i thought mafia and organized crime was embedded in unions because they needed muscle to avoid employers hazzling workers to get back to work and threatening them with hired muscleread a bit about american history, they used to beat up niggers, feminists and faggots for trying to get rights, you think the working class was exempt from the baton and the hose?
>>20478833Don't forget union stores.
>>20479017then what was it called
>>20478926If him rawdogging that redhead every night isnt enough to overcome the ennui of modern life then he’s Bad at Sex
>>20475005When they started, starbucks was touting that starbucks university so when you go to the shop the barrista can identify any of their drinks, add ons, and snacks without messing up. Last week I went for the first time in years and saw them training employees. So what am I paying for?
>>20477886>5 inches>impressiveOh hi chang. Please stop staring at homeless guy dicks and just serve the coffees.
>>20479230he said it was unimpressive, ranjeet
>>20477910The spicy meme in general needs to die. I've had way too many conversations derailed into talks of flamin hot by my boomer soyboy dad. Why do people think eating hot food makes them manly?
>>20479230Fantastic reading comprehension, champ. Just the greatest.
>>20476485You can't use real honey as lube. As for what starbucks tries to pass off as honey, well, that's anybody's guess
>>20475005>the whole conceptWhat concept, you buy coffee and then drink it? What are they expecting?
>>20475359I'm actually curious, do Americans overall not have a coffee machine at home? Depending on what you want you can get one pretty cheap, and it's not like Starbucks is some amazing quality that you don't want to spend a couple thousand to replicate. Plus you have to stand in line, isn't it easier to just make yourself a coffee to drink at breakfast at home before leaving?This isn't even me trying to start another eur/us flame war, I'm genuinely unsure if this is just the eternal retard part of the population and normal people make coffee at home or if it's a normal thing there
>>20478715you drop the coins in the box so they don't scratch your phone
>>20479265people go to starcucks for the fancy milkshakes and teas, not drip coffee
>>20478843People have been getting more and more cowardly over the years, to the point that now just staring in someone's eyes is often enough to strongarm them into doing something they don't want to. People aren't used to just saying no anymore and it's hilarious
>>20479265American instant coffee is HORRIBLE to the point that I know people who bring their own coffee from home over to the US to drink while they're there. I'm not sure about the quality of coffee that the coffee machines put out but if people need to have 7 layers of whipped cream and milk in it to be drinkable then I can't imagine it to be all that good either
>>20479284Personally I just have one of those capsule espresso machines and a V60 I bought on clearance for like 150 eur, it's not the best but it gets the job doneI'm pretty sure instant coffee is fucking disgusting anywhere, not just the US
>>20479265americans have drip coffee machine or keurig cup machinesstarbucks is fancier because they have espresso and steamed milk
>>20479288gotcha, thanks
>>20479285Nordic instant coffee is pretty good, probably because they're all at the top of the list of biggest coffee drinkers in the world
>>20479292I always feel Faggy whenever I drink on of those Kofees tho
>>20479317Have you had one today then because you sure act like it
>>20477910This generations bacon fucking everything meme.
>>20477892>Frappuccino>Not a single drop of coffeeDo americans really?
>>20479317is this one of those "smoking weed makes me gay" posts
>>20479265I only go to Starbucks when I'm already out and feel like I need a caffeine boost in the middle of the day. I make my own coffee at home in the morning.
>>20475390she looks too old to be a starbuckes worker
>>20479969There's four fucking shots of espresso in it
>>20475005SlopbucksStarslop
>>20475242american culture should be illegal
>>20479995Just get a coffee from the gas station and save yourself six bucks
>>20479230>>20479247>>20479257kek, this is why I come to this place still
i still have $5 and some change loaded on the app from six or seven years ago and i can't spend it because that's not enough to afford anything at that place
>>20475395>>20475242>>20478715Really? Really? Really? Really? Do they really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Have they really? Would they really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Do they actually? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really?
>>20480847they really do
>>20479194>every nightMore like once a month if that
>>20480847The final death kneel of the common Amerifat...
>>20480470You’re full of shit a regular coffee and half and half or heavy cream is like 2.19 so is an americano and an espresso shot is like 3 bucks
>>20481494No, the final death knell is reminding an American that everything they love caused everything they hate.
>>20475005They're in the middle of constructing & opening one in my shitty old town that hasn't seen business growth in over 10 years. Should've been a Dunkin Donuts, I don't think there's enough high salaried business job stacies in this farm town to keep a Starbucks in business but everyone that works at the railroad could get down with some Dunkin.
>>20479230The least you can do is learn English if you want to communicate with English speaking Americans on an American website, you fucking moron. >unimpressive That means I was not impressed by his five incher. It was pathetic like your small yellow/brown ween. And I wasn't searching for erect homeless penis to stare at. The homeless guy was a known serial public masturbator especially at a particular Starbucks location. He would openly rub his erect penis with honey and the police wouldn't do anything but kindly suggest that he leave. It was impossible to not see a filthy, ragged homeless man rubbing his penis with honey in the seating area that he cleared out because of his smell and public masturbating. He used to masturbate at the female baristas and the feminine looking gay male baristas. It was actually hilarious that a homeless honey masturbator caused Starbucks to completely close a location because the police couldn't stop him. I hope you didn't understand a word of this longpost, Rajesh or Chang or whatever the fuck your dumb name is that you share with 500,000,000 other men.
I used to get a nitro cold brew when I went grocery shopping, they have one in the storeused to cost me $3, no big dealit's $7 now
>>20478893yeah sure, "milk" shakemore like a high fructose corn syrup sundae
>>20475005I never go there. I don't understand why people made a ritual of it.I don't drink coffee. I don't understand why people do.So at least I admire their marketing.
>>20481706Trump is going to win because of stupid shit like this.
>>20481755he'll get the votes, sure, but how is he going to stop the rigging? did you learn nothing from 2020? its the military industrial complex and world banks and all their capital vs. trump and his donators and backers (a bunch of nobodies)he has zero chance
>>20481767>the riggingOnly one candidate has legitimate evidence of actually trying to rig the election, and it ain't the one that doesn't use hair dye. Every accusation is a confession. The Dems wouldn't be accused to trying to rig the election if Trump's campaign didn't try it themselves.Here, how about on your level. Whoever smelt it, dealt it.
>>20481776A non-American typed this. Notice how oddly the post is worded. >and it ain't the one that doesn't use hair dyeThat is some fucked up phrasing, Chang.
>>20481821>has no argument>has to literally make shit up about a sentence so they don't have to accept how wrong they areTwo Presidents have been accused of rigging the election, one former and one current. Only one of the two had staff members actually calling state politicians to try and outright rig the election. Like I said, it wasn't the one with virgin hair on their head, or at least the sides of it.Fucking retardNothing worse than a righty retard that thinks they're smarter than everyone else, when all righty retards are just that. Fucking retards.
>>20481854>Like I said, it wasn't the one with virgin hair on their head, or at least the sides of it.No American types or talks like that. The fuck is "virgin hair"? Your translator is fucking up your idioms.
>>20481882maybe you should google something before trying to act so confident
>>20481882buddy if you lose an argument just close the thread don't start bad jacketing and accuse them of being a chinaman or something you fucking moron
>>20481910>bad jacketingThat's American prison slang and means nothing in the context of internet arguments. What the fuck are you talking about, Chang? >>20481895No one except for old women and faggots have ever heard that term. Fuck off, 50 center.
>>20481776i agree with the poster who replied to you, youre obviously not american and are from some irrelevant country, but ill clue you in on somethingtrump was only able to win in 2016 because israel rigged it for himthats itin 2020 israel turned on trumpthe CIA gave them no choice but to
>>20477892I hate california so goddamn much
