Sheer Caffeinated Chaos!
Ok not exactly. Actually kind of a joke. Two of my colleagues wanted to schlep all the way to McDonald's for their FREE LATTE FRIDAY crap, so off we clumped to the one on Redmond Way (passing 3 Starbucks and a Tully's mind you). Seems there was quite the line of fools customers lined up (actually sizeable in the drive through), all having succombed to the hype seen on today's front page of the Seattle Times. What made it such a sham was the amount of time these fools customers had to wait once their order was placed. We nearly gave up after 10 minutes, but held out on principle ("we've come this far, damnit...").
Verdict on the latte? "Meh, ok I guess."
I thought of ordering one, but held strong in my 3-4-5 year (can't remember) boycott since that fateful matinee viewing of Super Size Me while suffering through an intolerably wicked hangover. I ended up back at Starbucks to hang with Amber, my favorite manager/barista.
Bottom line: Starbucks and your local mom'n'pop coffee shops have nothing to worry about.
