Just coffee, please
Posted by Raven on July 5th, 2008 / ADJUST TEXT SIZE 
Ooy. Ain’t this the cold painful damn truth?
The company hyped its sofa-stuffed lounges as a new, American “third place,” an alternative to work and home. I’m always amazed at the high-class hobos who clutter up Starbucks, the MacBook “novelists,” and the Bluetooth-enabled “consultants,” nursing their lattes and milking the Internet. The Dunkin’ Donuts outlets in my neighborhood offer a glaring contrast. I hit Dunkin’ a few mornings each week after exercising. It’s the only time of day when I interact with men and women who actually work for a living.
Starbucks. The coffee sucks. It’s as simple as that…yes, yes- I know many people who believe the coffee is excellent and worth it’s over inflated price. I say BS..coffee was never meant to be a rich man’s drink. Like beer, coffee is everyman’s drink- and Starbucks tried to create a “classy” brand. It’s pretty obvious the business model here isn’t working out quite the way Starbucks intended. Dunkies doesn’t cater to a higher (lazier) class of peasant. It simply serves up coffee- fast and cheap, without all the drama. That model works. Every time.
July 5th, 2008 at 10:00 am
I personally think Starbucks overstepped its market and opened WAY too many stores. Ya know, with stores across from other stores so that the lines would be shorter, or so their theory went. I personally like and prefer the taste of their coffee. But I am not a coffee snob, and I’ll drink just ’bout any coffee. But I haven’t seen a Dunkin’ Donuts down around these parts for some time… so I can’t compare…