Have a Coffee - On Starbucks

Perhaps to commemorate the recent loss of a main character on Battlestar Galactica, Starbucks is having a free coffee day.

An Open Letter to the A**holes Holding Up the Line at Starbucks

I like the way this guy thinks.

Dear A**holes Holding up the Line at Starbucks...

Excerpt:

I also happen to live presently in a part of Manhattan that is tourist heavy. One of the unfortunate circumstances of such is having to suffer in line while you folks gaze in bewilderment at the menu on the wall as if it were written in hieroglyphics. Inevitably your efforts to interpret the menu fail miserably, or perhaps you just give up altogether, thereby you must berate the poor Starbucks employees with a game of 20 questions.

Thirsty for Starbucks? Send a text message.

Coffee behemoth Starbucks has launched a new cell phone-based service that lets you efficiently locate the nearest store and feed your addiction get your caffeine buzz on. Starting today, when you send a text message with the ZIP code of your location to the number "MYSBUX" (697289), you'll receive another text with the addresses of the three nearest Starbucks locations. It won't cost you anything besides your cell phone plan's normal texting fees.

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