This article appears in Dec 25-31, 2008.
Starbucks wifi sucks
Since we’re ragging on chains, let me just add that here I am, stuck somewhere, looking for a wireless connection, and all I can find is a Starbucks. Their wireless system completely sucks. You have to buy a card, then register that card, then add a wifi
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TESTIFY!!!…. not to mention their overpriced coffee flavoured iced beverages; they are basically an upscale Dairy Queen these days. They single-handedly destroyed the enjoyability of coffee aaaannnd they are collusive, harmful to our environment, and outside of gold, diamonds and drugs they use the most amount of indentured workers and slaves. Yes…. I said Starbucks uses slaves.
You can betcha Starfucks is going to take a major hit because of this recession. They’ve already had a shitload of stores close so it won’t be surprising to see this franchise tank big time. I, for one, will dance on the ashes of their overpriced swill shops with great pleasure.
Every time I go into Starbucks there is ALWAYS one group of people yapping away like fucking donkeys five decibels louder than they need to be. Also, people bring their kids in there and let them yelp and mess about on the floor running around like it’s McDonalds.Just Us has free wireless. Some don’t even use passwords. Otherwise, it’s written on the wall. They’re also local, and they use free trade coffee. They’re one of the better coffee places in town too.
Well, people have different tastes, ya know? Maybe some people like the coffee and food. But why would a company go to so much trouble to simply annoy some dude who’s looking for a wifi connection?I’ll add that I’m not one of those who thinks it’s OK to camp out in a coffee shop without buying stuff. I left a place across the street, despite having lunch there, because I thought I was overstaying my welcome. Here at Starbucks, I bought coffee and a muffin before trying to navigate the wifi system. But now that I’ve had to pay for the damn thing, I’m staying as long as it takes, and screw buying anything more.
Try the Keshen Goodman Public Library. Theirs is pretty good.
I found this video how to use starbucks wifi by spoofing your mac address – maybe it’ll workhttp://www.metacafe.com/watch/780754/free_wireless_internet_hack/
I went into a Starbucks once…they tried to teach me how to order a medium coffee. There was some mention of a urine specimin cup being “a Tall” ! ! ! I just mumbled something like &*UCK it & left. If I wanted to pee in a cup I would go see my doctor, IF I’ve got to learn a new discriptive vocabulary to order a F^(#ing coffee, I’ll move to the Caribbean, where its warmer .
Thanks for the visual, Viego, ‘yapping like donkeys’ would represent a majority of Starfuck’s customers.
Check this out, all you Starshmucks haters. Put your coffee down first:http://www.illwillpress.com/sml.html
Bahawhawhawhaw!!! Good one, Miranda.
Starbucks has to have the worst drinks I’ve ever had. I prefer Just Us(but I better get my damn pennies back), and that little place just off North Street a tad, that’s been there forever.
McDonalds has great coffee too. Starbucks is very over-rated.
I had their iced coffee one time and almost threw up. Imagine the taste of the bitterest coffee grounds and ice – I threw the fucking thing out after one sip.
Oh no, a successful corporate establishment that the somewhat privileged or middle to upper class can enjoy with disposable income, quick coast readers – bash, bash, bash bash away. Anyone with capital or assets is evil. We should be working for mere survival and never for enjoyment. Anyone who does otherwise and doesn’t give every cent to the EAC or some other self serving organization is a evil Hitler-esque capitalist.PS. Find an old Star Bs gift card and use that to access the net – its free and there doesnt have to be a balance on the card.SignedI make a good living and enjoy my 6 dollar coffee,Tired of hippie coast reading capitalist, success-bashing haters.
Enjoy your $6 latte now, buddy, ’cause high end shops such as Starbarf’s aren’t going to survive unless they can find lots and lots of suckers who have the kind of disposable income to waste on overrated swill. As for the Coast, no one’s holding a loaded eggplant to your head to read it.
There’s two camps of people- those who migrate to corporate type stores like Starbucks, Lululemon, Old Navy, and they feel so good about themselves because they’ve joined the sheeple who think there’s a prestige in going to these places. Then there’s the others who avoid those places like the plague because they’re not mindless sheep who follow the masses and believe that good things can only be found in tiny out of the way one-off stores. Both of these groups believe they’re right. Haha, on both of you. Just go where you want and to whichever place has what you’re looking for. Just don’t adopt a holier than thou attitude when you’re confronted with someone from the other camp.Starbucks didn’t start out as a corporate entity. It was a little coffee shop in Seattle and it became popular. So what? If a person can afford $6 lattes, more power to ’em. I can’t, but I don’t begrudge those who do.I hear their coffee is terrible, but so is Timmies, and it’s cheap. Guess price doesn’t have an exclusive right over crap.
I don’t care if people like Starbucks or not. People have different tastes.I just think it’s a stupid corporate strategy to piss off people trying to get on wireless.
I’m a tea drinker, so as long as you dont think I should pay $2 or more for a tea bag and some hot water, I’ll buy from you. But I also like lattes, and mochas and stuff, and for the most part everyone makes them with the same stuff, unless its a really small cafe that doesn’t use powder based drink mixes. My problem with Starbucks is that you can barely get in the door let alone to the counter! It’s always rediculously busy. I generally just walk in with hopes, then walk right back out and across the street to Second Cup instead.
Second cup pretty much sells the same stuff, yet no one bitches about it!I like both starbucks and second cup. I find though, that second cup’s sizes are bigger than starbucks and their strawberry lemonaid juice blend (second cup’s) is better. But i enjoy starbucks’ frappiccino’s better. What I can’t stand is tim hortons. Stopped drinking it and when i drink it now it hurts my stomach and tastes like ass…best coffee I’ve ever bought was from an Irving Blue Canoe. You’d be surprised! (not that expensive either). Anyway, I don’t see why people feel the need to hate on starbucks and not other chains like second cup or perks (I paid 5 bucks once for this marshmellow drink there once that was filled like half way with coffee and the rest with whipped marshmellow. rip. off. Their ice’d cappiccinos are crap too: they taste like bitter coffee with a few ice cubes thrown in and WAY overpriced). If you do some research in SB you’d find that it’s a very socially responsible company, and unlike some comments here, actually treat their employees decent. They WILL hire full time and provide benefits for both PT and FT. I know a few people who’ve worked and work for SB and they love it there.Still, I agree with Tim that their WiFi sucks. If I’m paying 5 bucks for a drink I should at least get 20 or 30 minutes of free internet (or an easier way to get onto the internet).