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Tag Archives: Starbucks
Please have your mask on for us
“Please have your mask on for us.” That’s what they say at the Starbucks Drive-through where I get my coffee in the morning. I really like it and I’d like to think about it a little today. [1] I … Continue reading
Posted in Living My Life, Words
Tagged good coffee, good words, identified beneficiaries, no judgments, Starbucks
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A Klan of “Karens”
You may have heard about the fuss kicked up by Amber Lynn Gilles at the Starbucks in San Diego. The short version is that she didn’t wear a mask, as store rules required her to do, and was not served. … Continue reading
Posted in Living My Life, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Words
Tagged calling them out, entitlement, harassment, Starbucks, wear your mask
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A Sign of the Times at Starbucks
Over the years, Starbucks has made me happy in a lot of different ways. They did it again this morning and I’d like to tell you about it. Here in Portland, Oregon, we have begun to take the Coronavirus seriously. … Continue reading
Posted in Living My Life
Tagged affirmation, customer service, Starbucks, stimulation
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There is no Starbucks in Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Sigh.
Bette and I went to see Won’t You Be My Neighbor yesterday, as good a way to begin a July as I could think of. I knew I needed to see it, but I was hesitant, too, because Mr. Rogers’ … Continue reading
Starbucks and racism
Let me put that another way. How about “Starbucks OR racism?” I suppose offering those two versions of the question is going to offend some people. I hope so because their being offended is what I want to write about. … Continue reading
Posted in Political Psychology, Sustainability
Tagged corporate image, police brutality, racism, simple meliorism, Starbucks, trespassing
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Tidings of Delicious
There is a bright red banner across the glass front of the pastry case at our Starbucks in Multnomah Village. It says, “Tidings of Delicious.” Every time I see it, I think of Matthew’s strategy for placing the birth of … Continue reading
Thanksgiving at, and for, Starbucks
Tomorrow morning, Thanksgiving morning, Bette and I will go over to “our Starbucks” and meet friends who will have family obligations the rest of the day. I am tempted to say that we will all have “other family obligations” that … Continue reading
Why the NCC Works
One of the groups I belong to calls itself, modestly, the Northwest Corner Caucus (NCC). We meet at “our Starbucks” most mornings. We solve problems; we cause problems—it’s your ordinary group of guys (mostly) sitting around with too much caffeine. … Continue reading
Posted in Living My Life, sociability
Tagged colleagueship, conversation, friendship, Starbucks, the craft of argument
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