Posts Tagged ‘starbucks’
Signs should not have attitudes. They should also be grammatically correct.
This is a sign in the parking lot of a local Starbucks. It’s a stupid sign. Signs should inform and instruct. They should not have an attitude, and this one has an attitude. See it? After politely but sternly warning that “Continued use of these spaces will result in your car being towed,” there is…
Read MoreStarbucks offers me one more reason to love my wife
As a follow-up to yesterday’s list of 99 reasons that I love my wife, I thought I’d add this: My wife likes Starbucks very much. She enjoys Starbucks beverages as much as anyone I know. Despite her devotion to the product, she has never whined for it. Never demanded it. Needed it. Lamented its absence.…
Read MoreI already wrote this story.
TIME magazine reports on a funeral home in South Carolina will soon offer Starbucks coffee, lattes and free Wi-Fi for those grieving over their loved ones. Having written an entire novel about a combined funeral home/fast food chicken restaurant (it’s still in the desk drawer), I find this news slightly disconcerting. Did Starbucks just steal…
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