Starbucks May Start Selling Booze, Too
Posted by: Jessica Wakeman
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2:30PM, Friday July 17th 2009
Because Starbucks doesn’t already take enough of my money, the coffee chain announced it may start selling beer and wine in addition to coffee. Starbucks is currently serving alcohol during the evenings at one of its coffee shops in Seattle and if that pilot program is successful, the company could open others. However, their stores which sell alcohol will “look very different from a typical Starbucks,” USA Today reports, probably because there’ll be obnoxious drunk people in them.
The beers and wines, which will likely be local to the Pacific Northwest, will cost $4 to $7 a pop. Hmm, wonder if Starbucks will still make your order your booze in those stupid tall, grande or venti sizes? [USA Today]
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_jsw_
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 04:04 pm: [report]
My concern is for the poor baristas. Guys might start hitting on them if they get drunk, since, of course, no one hits on them at all now. No, no, not at all.
On the plus side, “barista” will become an even more appropriate title.
Ogbu
wrote on July 17 2009 @ 06:51 pm: [report]
As a barista, I am sooo glad this won’t reach the state I live. I have already bought a cheap, fake engagement ring to give a subtle hint to drunks at the drive thru and grown accustomed to my signature line to old men who just don’t get it; “Sorry sweetie, I’m too old for you.”
(I’m 19.)
iamsamkeller
wrote on July 18 2009 @ 09:08 am: [report]
I would be lying if I said I’ve never spiked my frappuccinos. In fact, it’s the only way I’ll drink a frappuccino.