Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/17

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Subject: [Leica] Starbucks
From: daniel_ridings at yahoo.se (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sat Apr 17 22:15:57 2004
References: <v10og7pi51hxx4u.170420040934@server1> <4081655A.1030803@pobox.com>

I know nothing about their policies (but they sound good).

I have nothing against them though. I remember the visits to
the US before Starbucks expanded. You couldn't get a good
cup of coffee _anywhere_ :)

Daniel

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, David Mason wrote:

> Joseph Codispoti wrote:
> > I spell it not with a "B", but with an "F".
>
>
> Actually, despite the number of starbucks that show up, I don't find
> them offensive at all. The great thing about them is that they treat
> their employees the way companies like Microsoft SHOULD. Even part
> timers get good benefits there - great for struggling artists... like
> say, photographers. The other thing is that it turns out that when a
> coffee shop moves into an area with another coffee shop the first one
> actually *increases* business. It has to do with signifying a cultural
> area designed around a drug addiction - or some such.
>
>
> Dave
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In reply to: Message from joecodi at clearsightusa.com (Joseph Codispoti) ([Leica] Starbucks)
Message from dcm at pobox.com (David Mason) ([Leica] Starbucks)