{"id":1360,"date":"2008-12-02T00:38:39","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T08:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2008-12-02T00:38:39","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T08:38:39","slug":"two-idiots-at-starbucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/two-idiots-at-starbucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Idiots at Starbucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I stopped at a Starbucks on my way home from an exciting outing to a box store. I checked out the two girls in front of me, who were decked out in a weird combination of work-out attire and leather. They were both tall and somewhat lesbitious looking.<\/p>\n

One of them addressed the barista as though speaking to a member of a lower caste. “We want the coffee that gives money to AIDS,” she explained. “We want to make sure we get that kind, okay? That’s why we came here.”<\/p>\n

(Now, I’ve seen the new Starbucks commercial, announcing that 5 cents from each coffee will go to the Aids fund.)<\/p>\n

The guy looked baffled but game. “Uh, okay,” he said. “I’m not sure what kind that is.” He conferred with another guy and took the girls’ orders. They spoke loudly, like the Martian family on Saturday Night Live pretending to be from Paris.<\/p>\n

“How do we know that the money is going to the charity?” demanded the more lesbitious of the two. The guy fumbled his way through an answer, obviously unaware of how the Starbucks ‘Red’ enterprise was supposed to work.<\/p>\n

Watching this interaction, I was absolutely flabbergasted. I wanted to scream, “I’ll give five dollars<\/strong> to AIDS if you’ll just shut the fuck up and let me get my coffee, you fucking morons! You’re talking about ten cents!”<\/p>\n

After politely ordering a normal cup of coffee, I wandered outside, filled with rage and wonder. Are there really people walking around, expecting the Nobel prize for giving ten cents to charity? This is why I’m better off staying at home and sending the husband to go to the box store.<\/p>\n

I’ve just read about the Starbucks Red<\/a> deal at the Starbucks website, where I learned that:<\/p>\n

“In honor of the 20th World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, Starbucks will contribute five cents from every hand-crafted beverage sold that day at participating stores in the U.S. and Canada to increase awareness of AIDS in Africa.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Hand-crafted beverage?! God. Just yesterday, I realized how much I hate the word “artisan,” thanks to hearing it attached to things like bread. Now I’m ready to hate “hand-crafted” too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"