Jeanne and I regularly laugh about how she always misunderstands names when people call in for contests on the air. To her credit, phone calls aren't always crystal clear; so it's hard to blame her. Starbucks employees, on the other hand, have the benefit of being face-to-face with the person they are talking to. Even with that advantage, it doesn't always seem to matter.
You know what they say -- when in Rome, do as the Romans do; when in Hong Kong, get called "Vagina" at a Starbucks.* That must be how that saying goes, because that's exactly what happened to a woman named Virginia who was visiting Hong Kong recently, and she wasn't too happy about it.
The new seven dollar cup of Starbucks coffee left talk show host Jimmy Kimmel wondering: would people even notice a difference between the regular cup and the premium?
It only comes around once a year and it must be that time, because I've seen several Facebook and Twitter posts along with hearing squeals of joy from various people around the office, of course I'm talking about the Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks. Now you can enjoy this delicious treat all year round with this recipe.
We all get a little cranky before our morning coffee fix, but a teen in South Florida went off the deep end after his mom drank his Starbuck's iced coffee without asking permission first.
Starbucks has been both lauded and lampooned for enforcing its own names for drink sizes -- the "Tall," "Grande," and "Venti." Now the coffee empire is offering a fourth size: the 31-ounce "Trenta," which will be rolled out across the country over the next few months. The National Post created a helpful diagram that compares the Trenta to the other size offe