I am more than a little perturbed with Starbucks. There will be a price increase on October 6th, once they hold their customer appreciation day on September 29th. That, I hear through the Starbucks grapevine, is just the first of two price increases. Raising the price of a mocha incrementally will only exacerbate the impact on the old budget, not act as a palliative.
I stopped at my regular Starbucks last night. They didn't have any of the insulating sleeves. This is a bummer because I order my venti, two-pump, non-fat, no-whip mocha extra hot. Of course, the new teenaged employee behind the counter giggled and gave me another cup so that I could "double-cup" it. Not the same, I tell you.
Today, I stopped on my way back from court. Different Starbucks ... no venti cups.
Are these the reasons for the price increases? No sleeves, no cups.
In local news, the mayor of the suburb East Cleveland, Emmanuel Onunwor, resigned after he was convicted in federal court of accepting bribes and shaking down developers. It turns out that his replacement, Saratha Goggins, isn't a thief, like her predecessor, but a killer, having stabbed a guy named O'Neal Price to death in 1982. That's politics.
Posted by Bill at September 27, 2004 06:10 PMSo that's what you have to do to get into politics in your neck of the woods.
Posted by: Anji at September 29, 2004 03:54 AM