Whoa, whoa, wait wait, WAIT… When you say “do something” do you actually mean as in actually putting some actual effort in actually?
Wow, that’s asking for too much!!!.
Ok, ok, I would fiercely protest…but the country is massive.
Plus I can’t be expected to travel thousands of miles to protest.
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Plus local protests are very difficult to organise, or find (in this age of instant communication).
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Plus, midterms. Just you wait until the midterms happen, then we’ll have so much control. Oh yeah, midterms will straighten all this out!!!
(The above excuses are what have been said to me when I asked the same question over the last few months. I’ve now come to the conclusion that americans are either trapped or evil/complacent/stupid)







I’ve never bought from them. Never been in one. Why? Well, because every time I see a shitty Starbucks open up in my area it makes the other shops put up their prices.
When one opened up near me I could get a latte from Tesco cafe for 37pence, or a takeaway latte from Greggs for about 75pence.
These prices quickly went up and up and within about two months I stopped going to Tesco or Greggs completely.
And I could get a really nice cup from a local cafe for about £1. This went up to about £2 within about 4 months of Starbucks opening.
I don’t believe it was about the extra competition, it was just plain greed of “of they can charge X for a cup of shit then we can charge X for a cup of notshit.”
So fuck Starbucks. Fuck Costa etc etc etc. Fuck most big corporations!!