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When BobG sent me this I thought it was a scam or at best a Starbuck’s promotion that was meant to look viral. I read the article, and the original website and even did a web search before I decided it was legit and that I should post it. The bottom line here is you can use the image to the right to attempt to purchase coffee at Starbucks.
Hi! I’m Jonathan Stark. You can download this picture of my Starbucks card to your phone and buy coffee at Starbucks with it. Seriously. My card gets charged, you don’t. Details are here.
You can also add to the card if you are so inclined and keep an eye on the balance by following @jonathanscard on Twitter.
I am pretty impressed with the Twitter feed and really like the concept. Having a good day? Add $5 to the card and give a random stranger a good day too. Having a bad day – have a cup of coffee from someone that feels a little more fortunate. At least conceptually it seems like a good idea.
The twitter feed is pretty impressive too – “I wrote a bot that scrapes the Starbucks site for the card balance and posts it whenever the amount changes so you can tell if there’s any money available before heading to your local S’bux.”
If you happen to use the image to get a cup of coffee report back and let me know how it worked for you. Or if you happen to feel generous and add to the card let me know about that as well. Pretty interested to see how long this sustains itself.
The Planet Earth Celebration (aka Earth Day) in downtown Raleigh is a very cool festival “showcasing all the ways to love the Earth – from repurposed art and music to expert advice on sustainable living.” It is also a great time to stock up on discount Burt’s Bees products, score a free bag of compost and make decisions that ultimately take you out of the path of the storm.
We’ve been to the festival, music, make-shift parade before and it is always a good time. This year after we’d had our fill of “corporate-hippie-save-the-planet-do-gooding” we decided to skip Cuegrass (it did look like rain) and go grab some lunch and a beer. First thought was Backyard Bistro just outside of downtown where they have good food, beer and are not usually crowded. In transit on Wade Avenue we saw signs for the sidewalk sale at the Go Pack Store in Ridgewood Shopping Center. This triggered us to remember NCSU’s spring football game and made Backyard Bistro seem a little less inviting (being across from Carter-Finley meant either fighting a crowd inside or outside of the restaurant). The quick decision was made to turn down Ridge Road and go to La Racherita at Crabtree Valley Mall. One thing lead to another and when the worst of the storm hit we were shopping.
Yes – this means I bought more bricks. It also means on Foursquare day I took back over mayor-ship of the Lego Store. No – I will not admit to having fun at the mall with Cara and Courtney. That being said they did go to the Lego Store with me and fed me Starbucks and maybe in a group think way kept us out of the line of the storm. No – I didn’t complain at the time about going into the Limited and am very glad I “took one for the team.” Had we left earlier we might have been driving down South Saunders when the storm hit. The pictures after the jump are of Earth Day and a few shots from the ride home which was a little scary until I talked to Champ (neighbor across the street) and learned that despite what we were seeing on the road and hearing on the radio the home front was in good shape.
So what is the moral of this long story? Had we learned anything at Earth Day (Planet Earth Celebration) we likely wouldn’t have gone into the mall for fear of destroying the planet with our coffee cups, shopping bags and non-biodegradable Lego bricks. We would have left the mall earlier and might have found ourselves in harms way. Did consumerism save our lives? We may never know.
We’ve all been there. You’re walking down the sidewalk with a huge craving for Starbucks coffee with no time to find a location and buy one (no “there’s a Starbucks on every corner” jokes, please).
What if the solution was as easy as whipping out your smartphone to have one delivered to you without missing a step?
Well now it is that easy, inspired by your ideas on MyStarbucksIdea.com we’re proud to introduce the exciting new Starbucks® Mobile Pour service that puts baristas on scooters. In seven of the largest cities around the country, we’re sending out two scooter baristas per every square mile to ensure speedy service.
We found these for the first time in Starbucks and immediately saw the overwhelming utility in the small plastic device. I wondered why no one had thought of it before now. The best way to describe it is a short (maybe 4 inch long) stick that will block the tiny hole that you drink from while transporting your coffee. Yes – I know BobG just said “that’s what she said” and even I am not sure why.
I know these aren’t new. A little poking around the internet showed me that they date back to at least 2008. This might be the first time I noticed them but I am shocked that I am not seeing them everywhere that serves coffee. No – I don’t spill much and unless the drink is unusually hot I don’t have to worry a lot about it splashing out. That being said anyone picking up coffee for someone else would likely appreciate having the “splash stick” in the cups they are carrying. Again – maybe late to the party but no less impressed with this innovation. Other coffee places should take note.
So I heard about this new size at Starbucks the 31oz Trenta and immediately thought what a great idea. Then I remembered even with the amount of coffee I like to drink anything over a medium there makes me shake and gives me really bad caffeine withdrawal – sometimes a headache.
Then I saw where it was being released first – (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona) and thought is it just me or are most of those states south of the Mason Dixon line?
That brought me to only one logical conclusion. In “Starbuckese” (which I refuse to speak even in their store – they know what I mean when I say medium) the word Trenta must mean Bubba-sized or Redneck-big.
Figure it this way a Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte (Whole Milk / Whipped Cream) at 20oz is 510 Calories 20g of Fat. Increase that proportionally to the new Trenta size and you get approximately 760 Calories and 30g of Fat. Not saying it isn’t a good way to die but is Starbucks really trying to kill us here in the South? Check the video to the right to gain some perspective on how large the cup is – a bottle of wine has less liquid. Maybe the Krispy Kreme Challenge should make a detour past Starbucks – as long as you are going out may as well go all the way out. And while you are at it – quit wondering why we are fat in the south.