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"ice vente caramel macchiato"

7/9/2008 9:54:13 AM

the calorie/fat content doesn't matter to me. maybe it will catch up with me one day but for now i'm good...

plus i only get 1 a month, IF THAT b/c of the price.

[Edited on July 9, 2008 at 9:59 AM. Reason : yea]

7/9/2008 9:58:53 AM

the free water

7/9/2008 10:07:56 AM

i hate that they don't have fountain drinks. sometimes when I meet customers there in the afternoon, the last thing I want is coffee. I always have to settle for that shitty peach iced tea or whatever

7/9/2008 10:11:17 AM

either caramel frappuccino or iced peppermint white chocolate mocha (also good without peppermint, and also good hot)

7/9/2008 10:47:18 AM

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"sometimes when I meet customers there in the afternoon, the last thing I want is coffee. I always have to settle for that shitty peach iced tea or whatever"

It would behoove you to find a good, independent coffee shop in GSO (on par with global village), and suggest clients meet you there.

You have a say in where yall meet, they're exposed to incredible awesomeness, you aren't going to starbucks, and the little guy gets some new business.

I would be willing to bet that at least a few of the customers you're meeting at $bux are mentioning it simply because everyone knows starbucks. Not everyone knows where the little guy is, or notices them.

"Hey, let's get up for coffee!'
"Sure. When?"
"Uhm, tuesday? Meet me at the cameron village starbucks?"
"Oh, no! Global Village"
"Where's that?"
"Across from campus"
"You mean that hippy place? Sure - sounds good"


And then they're hooked, and mike has a new customer


It helps a lot if you can find a shop that's in the same area as a starbucks, since location is another reason people seem to name starbucks as a meeting place.

[Edited on July 9, 2008 at 10:52 AM. Reason : lkjd]

7/9/2008 10:51:57 AM

I don't drink cooperate coolaid

7/9/2008 10:52:52 AM

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"ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPACINO!!!!"

hahaha how did I not think of this first!!!

Let's go to the gas station

7/9/2008 10:53:16 AM

corporate...not cooperate??? lol^^

[Edited on July 9, 2008 at 10:54 AM. Reason : maybe?]

7/9/2008 10:54:27 AM

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"It would behoove you to find a good, independent coffee shop in GSO (on par with global village), and suggest clients meet you there."

Well I am not a big coffee drinker anyway, so i don't know a lot about the local coffee scene. Plus, I am usually meeting with custmers in surrounding areas outside of Greensboro, and it is always easy to find a Starbucks. Shit, my GPS takes me right to them.

7/9/2008 10:57:38 AM

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"oh, and i refuse to order using their shitty sizing system. fuck your venti bitch, give me a large."

They're not the first coffee shop to use Italian size words for their sizes and they won't be the last. I hope you're not an asshole about it to the cashier and/or barista because they certainly didn't decide the size names.

Frappuchinos are TERRIBLE for you but one way to make them not so bad is to leave the whipped cream off. That automatically cuts at least 100 calories if I remember correctly. You can also throw in a shot of espresso, which means less of the mix, which also will cut some calories and make it taste better (unless you're one of those people who order Fraps because you hate coffee )

Yeah, the white mochas are one of the worst things on the menu. And their white chocolate sauce is shit anyway. Caribou Coffee has a much better white mocha and it has less calories.

7/9/2008 7:27:52 PM

i need 'em, calories

115lbs ftl

7/9/2008 7:29:49 PM

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"i hate that they don't have fountain drinks."

They don't do fountain drinks because the machines are a bitch to keep clean and they take up too much space. That's why they have all of those bottled non-coffee drinks instead.

7/9/2008 7:30:08 PM

just because you're drinking it doesn't mean it isn't dessert

Global Village has Italian sodas that I'm sure you would enjoy very much
take your customers there

[Edited on July 9, 2008 at 7:32 PM. Reason : -]

7/9/2008 7:32:01 PM

WHITE MOCHA CARAMEL FRAPPUCHINO!!!!! (without whipped cream sometimes and with extra caramel drizzle) YUMMMMM!!!!

7/9/2008 7:35:16 PM

^^

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"I am usually meeting with custmers in surrounding areas outside of Greensboro"

[Edited on July 9, 2008 at 7:36 PM. Reason : ..]

7/9/2008 7:35:30 PM

the overpriced corporate whore

7/9/2008 7:36:49 PM

i do not like starbucks.

7/9/2008 7:39:57 PM

iced
no-whip
two-pump
vanilla
mocha

i just had them put it on a ticket for me so i could hand it to them and say "that"

7/9/2008 7:42:54 PM

But all iced drinks come no whip anyway

7/9/2008 7:57:32 PM

regular coffee

tall

3 splendas

at 2pm



heaven

7/9/2008 8:01:16 PM

the same thing I always get.

Venti Ice tea lemonade, no sweetener, light ice, 10 splendas.

7/9/2008 8:07:56 PM

10 splendas --> loss of purpose

7/9/2008 8:09:14 PM

my large coffee with 3-4 spelndas is sweet enough

10 makes me scared

7/9/2008 8:10:38 PM

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"But all iced drinks come no whip anyway"

not true

7/9/2008 8:12:10 PM

grande triple iced nonfat caramel macchiato or whichever variation the pretentious barista decides to repeat it back to me as.

7/9/2008 8:14:13 PM

no it comes out to like 50 cal. and I don't get this drink every week.

7/9/2008 8:14:30 PM

not calories....too sweet that it is

7/9/2008 8:15:16 PM

um growing up in NC you become very use to sweet tea. you ever tried bojangles.

7/9/2008 8:15:58 PM

attn starbucks people who use quicken or money, or any other financial tracking software: run a report to see how much money you've spent at Starbucks

7/9/2008 8:16:30 PM

^

7/9/2008 8:16:42 PM

they always asked if i wanted whipped cream

STUPID STARBUCKS BARISTAS DON'T KNOW BOUT TWW

7/9/2008 8:18:30 PM

water pulled extra long

7/9/2008 8:41:45 PM

If you're going to starbucks fairly often I'd say 80% probability you're in the overweight-obese range.

7/9/2008 8:43:17 PM

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"attn starbucks people who use quicken or money, or any other financial tracking software: run a report to see how much money you've spent at Starbucks"

mint.com ftl

7/9/2008 8:45:30 PM

vanilla bean or chai frap

but I never really go to one unless I'm in an airport (same goes for cinnabon)

7/9/2008 8:49:17 PM

i'm apparently a minority

7/9/2008 8:49:24 PM

either a cold can double shot, or a cappuccino

7/9/2008 8:56:38 PM