Comments on: Paying for your Attention http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5775 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rach http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5775/comment-page-1#comment-12749 Rach Thu, 17 May 2007 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5775#comment-12749 I really think the Starbuck's advertising is ironic, claiming that the "pay" for advertising but their store standards require that all hot drinks (other than lattes... figure that one out) require barista servers to place the sleeve on the drink for consumers. Seeing that it is a company mandated safety prevention tool, I find it hard to believe that the cost of a sleeve isn't figured into a $5.50 tab for a tall caramel macchiato. Just one way consumers are made to pay for the own advertising shoved back in their faces, it's not like Starbucks couldn't save on the printing and dole out plain bits of anonymous recycled cardboard so we don't burn on fingers on our Sumatra. I really think the Starbuck’s advertising is ironic, claiming that the “pay” for advertising but their store standards require that all hot drinks (other than lattes… figure that one out) require barista servers to place the sleeve on the drink for consumers. Seeing that it is a company mandated safety prevention tool, I find it hard to believe that the cost of a sleeve isn’t figured into a $5.50 tab for a tall caramel macchiato. Just one way consumers are made to pay for the own advertising shoved back in their faces, it’s not like Starbucks couldn’t save on the printing and dole out plain bits of anonymous recycled cardboard so we don’t burn on fingers on our Sumatra.

]]> By: YoBimbo http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5775/comment-page-1#comment-12677 YoBimbo Thu, 17 May 2007 14:46:30 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5775#comment-12677 Unfortunately, the video is no longer available. Johnny Cat - you're not from the D.C. area, are you? ;) Unfortunately, the video is no longer available.

Johnny Cat – you’re not from the D.C. area, are you? ;)

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5775/comment-page-1#comment-12434 Johnny Cat Mon, 14 May 2007 21:07:24 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5775#comment-12434 Hmmm. I wonder how much they charged Starbuck's? Hmmm. I wonder how much they charged Starbuck’s?

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