On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 6:59:27 AM UTC-10, 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

There's nothing wrong the the drink. What's not to like about a mango, coconut, and lime, concoction? I feel for those baristas though. How humiliating!

Those guys are really going to hate making one of these. OTOH, Starbucks has got to change with the tastes of the young Americans.

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