Comments on: My Starbutts Drive-by

By: financia at FinancialFreakShow.com

financia at FinancialFreakShow.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:06:35 +0000

Too funny!
True some Starbucks look like the Sunday line at the Old County Buffet and in other neighborhoods it looks like the line at the Gold’s Gym. I guess it depends what part of town you’re in – it’s defiantly a weird phenomenon!

I do agree it’s a bit extravagant for a cup of coffee everyday both money and calorie wise. Though the atmosphere is a reasonable spot to hang out and get together away from the house without dropping the cash for an entire meal – clean, fairly quiet, comfortable etc, You know what your getting. At least that’s what I see here in Seattle.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:28:40 +0000

@Fabulously Broke: Now and then is one thing – daily habit is a whole other thing. I occasionally go to SB and pay $4 for a frozen coffee drink. Maybe once every six weeks or so, and it doesn’t break my budget.

It’s the same mentality as diets – most people suggest having a “free” meal built into your diet, so you don’t go crazy. There’s nothing wrong with a juicy burger or chicken wings, as long as that isn’t your nightly dinner.

By: Fabulously Broke

Fabulously Broke — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:25:07 +0000

I love their chai lattes. If I could make them at home instead, I would. But it never turns out the same

Anyway, what’s the harm in a little treat now and then?

By: katy

katy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:58:19 +0000

You are on the money. I have a neighbor who probably lives on credit cards and says ‘I like to treat myself’! I don’t ask her why she’s pissing away her money. The same people who play lotto at my last workplace go to sbux twice a day. Single mothers…I think it makes them feel special.

I’ll make Bustelo at home.

By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove

Mr. ToughMoneyLove — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:16:04 +0000

Funny: Thanks for helping making the point of my article: There are better places to spend your money and your calories!

TMN and others: I will grant you that my personal survey was far from scientific. And I could probably find a high percentage of overweight people walking into and out of lots of different food establishments. It’s just that Starbucks as a concept has always bothered me. It’s kind of like buying gas at a full-service station (do we still have any of those?)

Thanks for visiting.

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:53:30 +0000

LOL! There’s a reason Starbucks tends to be populated with megafauna: the coffee itself is awful — too awful to drink unless you dilute it with cream and saturate it with sugar. Once you have your sicky-sweet drink in hand, you see there’s nothing to eat at Starbucks but…yes! MORE sweets. So if you go in there hungry, you come out with a sweet gooey drink and a sweet gooey foodoid thing to stick in your mouth.

I gained 15 pounds after Semi-Demi-Exboyfriend and I got in the habit of visiting Starbucks and Starbucks knockoffs every day or two. I’d never had a weight problem in my life…but then I’d never put cream, chocolate, and sugar in coffee before, either. Atkins took it off, but two years later it came back, unassisted by caffeinated confections. It’s true that once you put fat on, you’re unlikely ever to be truly rid of it.

A plague, I say, upon Starbucks and all of its imitators.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:10:56 +0000

I don’t recall seeing any ‘Starbutts’ at the only Starbucks in which I spend any sizable amount; in fact, most of the females I saw getting coffee were slim, fit, and most definitely not carrying any extra ‘anatomical luggage’. (I regret that, given my personal preferences, I didn’t give a rat’s patoot about the physical appearance of the male customers.) However, as a caveat, the only Starbucks I spend any time at happens to be in my girlfriend’s college library, and thus is almost entirely frequented by coeds. So, the only real conclusion there is college-age Starbucks customers are more in shape than middle-aged Starbucks customers (an observation that could easily be extended to frequenters of other establishments, I would think).