I was annoyed enough to write all of this up. I used to go regularly, and the rewards program was genuinely a good deal, and made it worth going to Starbucks. Now, even if I set aside all of the horrible things they’re doing, I wanted to show just what an absolute shit program this is, and why there is absolutely no use in trying to “gain starbucks status”.
I can’t imagine spending $250 at Starbucks.
i can’t imagine drinking a starbucks burnt ass tasting coffee
I think most people go there now to order sugary drinks. I have to be extra clear I don’t want any sugar or syrups. They put sugar in their iced coffee by default now.
Recently I ordered an iced black tea. I said no sugar and the guy then asks “do you want lemonade with that?” 😐
What the fuck are bonus stars. Why do they expire sometimes. And I can get fractions of them? Double star days??? Holy hell I this is the most overly convoluted bonus program I’ve ever seen, my local coffee place gives you a stamp on your stamp card and when you’ve collected 10 you get a free coffee.
Counterpoint: this is airline miles for coffee
Even as an American, I’ve stopped drinking this garbage years ago.
Virtually every Mom and Pop shop tastes better at this point so do yourself a favor and support a local small business instead.
Thankfully there’s more than one Mom and Pop shop. So our sneakers (and Sienfelds) will eventually show up somewhere…
Good memories. Now I have to go full ‘no soup for you’ on my kids tomorrow.
No soup for you, only mutton chops. 😄
Yeah, Seinfeld storylines and quotes are so engraved in my subconscious that for any situation, Seinfeld’s the first thing that comes to mind 😆
I gave up completely and just bought an espresso machine. Sure it’s gigantic and it and the grinder take up a fuck ton of counter space, but turns out making a latte the way I like it wasn’t that hard to learn.
Jealous. I wish I could do that, but I neither have the space nor the money for a good espresso machine. I’m a major fan of Breville btw.
I coveted mine (variations of the LUCCA A53) for about seven years before I could manage the funds. It still feels absurd but I can’t argue with the results.
I started brewing mine again. It’s gonna take me more time to go to a drive through or gas station, while costing me money than it actually takes me to make a cup in the morning.
Plus it’s guaranteed to be made how I like it.
I love my Lavazza coffee blend. I grind and brew it as often as I can. However, I have days where I hit the fuckit button at 5am and have to buy coffee somewhere.
Well that’s a whole nother rabbit hole…
Tastes better and is cheaper.
Like unless your coffee drink is a children’s dessert beverage then I really have 0 idea why anyone goes.
I haven’t been to a Starbucks since 2012
Last time I got Starbucks I foolishly used the card and was rewarded with 6 months of spam that my $0.02c of rewards was going to expire.
The solution was to never go back there.
Most local coffee shops around me have a punch card buy x coffees, get one free deal
Hmm, doesn’t sound profitable enough. Better to enshittify that program and really stick-it to the customers. Also, lets bust some unions.
I don’t even try to minmax these things. If a cashier is insistent and promises an immediate discount I’m fine with giving fake info.
Starbucks is American, not getting a dime of my money.
Starbucks doesn’t get my money because it’s shit.
What, you don’t enjoy the taste of burnt?
Lol, exactly
Starbucks? Ew.
Yeah, this is some shit. I miss the days when you could pay like $50 for a year and got a card that discounted 10% off everything. I abused that thing.
