tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post1692267480651075065..comments2024-03-22T14:40:33.276-07:00Comments on Blood, Sweat, and Tedium: Confessions of a Hollywood Juicer: Another Reason to Hate StarbucksMichael Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-88310160317315921942008-07-13T19:01:00.000-07:002008-07-13T19:01:00.000-07:00One day a week of free coffee for all film/televis...One day a week of free coffee for all film/television workers unemployed due to the strike -- that's all it would have taken for Starbucks to win the hearts and minds of those who carry the Industry on their backs. <BR/><BR/>It's about the principle, not the coffee. Starbucks was in effect rewarding one group of Industry workers for putting many thousands more out of work (for three months) a few weeks before Christmas. Had they delivered free coffee to the picket lines, I'd have no argument with them. Instead, they chose to favor one class of in-store customers over everyone else. <BR/><BR/>That just doesn't work for me.<BR/><BR/>Come to Hollywood sometime, Carlo, and you'll find that most of Hollywood is cracked out on caffeine (and God knows what else) 99% of the time anyway.Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-19444073658720078142008-07-13T12:49:00.001-07:002008-07-13T12:49:00.001-07:00Wouldn't they be giving the whole town free coffee...Wouldn't they be giving the whole town free coffee if they gave everyone who was out of work free coffee?<BR/>And how scary would Hollywood become with everyone cracked out on caffeine? Think, Mike!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-47516152405403700112008-07-13T12:49:00.000-07:002008-07-13T12:49:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com