In some ways my relationship with Starbucks reminds me of the typical domestic violence relationships I use to work with on police calls. After suffering abuse, a domestic violence victim often returns to the relationship only to suffer more abuse.
Letter: Human Speed Bumps
If walking into a lamppost is labeled an insurable injury, what do you call a misappropriation of funds?
Feeling run down?
Letter: Once Upon a Dime
Speeding is bad, except when it’s not.
And not a dime more than $15,000 will be spent addressing it in Tillicum.
If that.
Letter: You Lie Like a Dog
National Honesty Day, April 30, is a day to tell the truth about dogs.
And cats, their counterparts from hell.
If there’s one thing that dogs do not do its lie. Lie around but not lie.
Letter: Heart Burn
They say it’s what you eat.
It’s not.
It’s what eats you.
Westside Story – Starbucks Customers Walk Out
Sunday morning around 10:00 am, I stopped in at Starbucks for a cup of beverage, some fun talk with friends and to do some writing on my laptop.
I suffered a long wait. While standing in line, 4 customers became frustrated and left the store without making their intended purchase.
Westside Story – Starbucks 3rd Place is Dying
Howard Schultz, had a dream. He took an idea found in Europe, the sidewalk coffee shop, and imported it to America and then spread his wonderful idea around the world eventually returning full circle establishing Starbucks stores in Europe where his idea was born.
Letter: Sunday, Sunday
Do we still call it Sunday if the sun’s not shining?
“Blur” is not only the name for the alternative rock band that featured their song “Sunday, Sunday,” but blur, blurry, and like-focus-fogging, life-doesn’t-make-sense terms will just as surely as the sun rises descend on and describe us someday – whether a Sunday or perhaps a Monday.
Westside Story – Jury Duty
I received a little blue postcard announcing I had been selected for Pierce County Superior Court jury duty.
In America we are promised the right to a trial by a jury of our peers. This sounds good in one way and admittedly works better than any system in the world, but there are problems with the system which makes it less than perfect.