Really ? I love Starbucks coffee. As far as the punk kids at least the have a job and are working.

You are a cruel human being I know alot of professional people with " REAL JOBS" that like Starbucks and the workers there are not "PUNK KIDS" they are adults . I know everyone is entitled to their opinion but attacking the people that work there is juvenile.

I am a punk kid. I am a college student and Starbucks offers me full benefits, a 401k, and competitive pay while I only work part time. I could do anything else but I picked Starbucks because of this. Hate the coffee as much as you want but it is unfair to hate the people who work to make the "Starbucks experience" happen. Trust me, it's not easy.

just relax....with all the things going wrong with the world, like 228 lives lost in a horrible plane accident and we are arguing about starbucks?? number 1 everyone has a right to their opinion and every starbucks is different. there are some that i have been to where the workers are great and others where they are awful.. that is the way it is everyplace. some people like mcdonalds coffee and not burger king or dunkin donuts... chill out people and let's concentrate on the important things in life and be glad we are still here and able to drink or not to drink starbucks!

I would think an Oil Refinery Engineer would have more important things to do with his time than reply 16 times to an article about Starbucks. If you don't like it GO SOME WHERE ELSE. If you make better coffee at home great, MAKE IT! People like you are the ones that service industry people don't want to deal with anyway. So do us all a favor, keep your cranky, self-righteous, bigoted behind at home. No one wants you around anyway!!
And just do you know, no I am not a Starbucks employee. I did however work in the service industry when I was in college. I HATED a-holes like you.

Wow, you've got issues. Yeah, I pour coffee. I make lattes. I likely wouldn't drink the beverages very often if I didn't work there because they're something of an indulgence. But you have no right to knock those of us that do this particular job. At least I have a job! It makes me wonder if you actually have one, since you've got the time to respond to everyone's comments on here.

The baristas work damned hard for every last dime they earn, dealing with the rude, the kind, the obnoxious, the pleasant, the bigoted, the friendly, the haters, the charismatic -- people. Don't knock what we do, or the company we do it for just because you don't care for the coffee or whatever reason your fucked-up little mind comes up with.

i couldn't agree with you any more than i do. i LOATHE starbucks. i hate their coffee and i really HATED working for them. if they hadn't laid me off i would still be there miserably slaving away everyday to promote a product that i really don't believe in for a company that treats it's workers like they are slaves.

If you don't like Starbucks, fine. Don't go. That will make our experience just that much more enjoyable.

One of those punck kids was my daughter who earned $3K in scholarships. Yuppies who don't have real jobs? My wife has her doctorate and is a registered dietician. I am a CPA managing the transportation department of a major hospital. We both seem to have real jobs and work pretty hard to get where we have gotten.

Get a life.

I love starbucks, it makes me happy to be there, I love the kids that work there, at least they have a job and aren't sitting on their asses like Obama's people are. you suck you freak

Any Starbucks I have been to always has had very pleasant employees and if you notice their image is clean cut employees, no tattoos are allowed to show. I don't know any "punks" that work there, only clean cut hard working people that earn a paycheck that also pay their taxes like you and I. I support and respect anyone that works even if it is cleaning the toilet at a rest stop!!!!

excuse me, but i just got a job there and im not some punk kid who thinks im better than you are. honestly, im a fan of dunkin donuts coffee, but who cares? if you hate the product, dont insult the ones who serve it. thats just their job. i dont go insulting you at your job.

WOW. "just servers" ? I'm sorry I didn't realize that a person's worth is based on how much money they make. Speed5984 it doesn't matter what job you have, you are equal to your "servers" and should treat them with respect because all humans are created equal.

Its all about Ma's Donuts guys!!! Come to Newport RI and try it, its a little bit addicting.

I think we live in a generation of haters. I know that sounds juvinille. But if you think about it, all we do is get mad about something, or someone and point fingers. Whats the point? Think about it. We are taught to create conflict. I know conflict is inevidible. Forget it I don't even know what I am saying anymore but maybe someone can elaborate on it for me

Well at least those Punk Kids have a "servers" job unlke all those educated adult starbucks patrons that are jobless and clueless as to how to do something about it. Good for you starbucks , one of the few american companies giving a crap about both their product and patrons. keep trying and thanks for employing so many "servers" and not getting hand outs from our goverment.

Oh please

The employees at the Starbucks I frequent are certainly not punks nor "just servers". They are well dressed, polite, knowledgeable people. These are working people, some retirees, some students, some working mother's, and some full time employees trying to make a living. Don't you have anything better to do with your life than down people who are trying to have a life? I suggest you get a life.

Class has nothing to do with buying an overpriced cup of crappy coffee... And trust me jealousy has nothing to do with it I am completely positive I make way more than you do and could afford it but why would I pay that when I can make a great cup of coffee at home for a lot less...