On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 12:59:27 PM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
> Can you believe all the brouhaha over Starbuck's UF? Starbuck's
> employees act like they're something better than mere burger-flippers.
> Actually, other than learning how to pour a cute horsey or clown with
> foamed milk, all their espresso machines are super-autos. Which means
> the employee doesn't hafta know spit about espresso. Jes push the
> button.
>
> BUT, some marketing droid decided "barista" would give *$ employees
> more authority/status and now these "burger flippers" think they are
> above pouring a super suger laden drink. Jes look at these tweets:
>
> <http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Starbucks-baristas-don-t-want-you-ordering-this-11093312.php>
>
> Actually, that last tweet, a joke about "barista spit", was pretty
> funny.
>
> nb

Who cares? It's Starbucks.

Cindy Hamilton