Originally Posted By wonderingalice SPP... Our twin-ship just hit a wall... A wall built from hotel in-room coffee machines... BLEECCCHH!! The WORST ever. Which segues into my next note: The majority of hotels in Las Vegas don't have coffee makers in the rooms - for precisely that reason... the coffee made by those tiny, mass-produced pieces of junk is watered-down, bland, disgusting swill. It can in no way be considered "coffee." *LOL*
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<The majority of hotels in Las Vegas don't have coffee makers in the rooms - for precisely that reason... the coffee made by those tiny, mass-produced pieces of junk is watered-down, bland, disgusting swill. It can in no way be considered "coffee." >> And here I always thought it was because they hoped people might stuff a little coin in a slot machine on their way to buying a cup of coffee!! LOL
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Hotels in Reno also tend to not have coffee makers in the rooms, hmmmm
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* RT! You and amazedncal2 aren't completely "off" either... You know that everything in gaming destinations, is ultimately geared toward getting you to play. But seriously, they do have a point on not bothering with the expense of that in-room, watery bleccch. After one or two attempts at making it at different hotels/motels in the DLR area, I never bother with it anywhere now. I'm sure the housekeepers appreciate never having to replace our supplies. *LOL*
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I take it back. Our room at the El Dorado in Reno had a "one shot" coffee maker. I gave it a spin just for the heck of it. May I say gak! DH then went downstairs for coffee, not Starbucks but they roast their own beans Hmmmm, seems to me it took a bit longer to get that coffee than it should have I did have a somewhat successful ordering experience at the Starbucks on the way home After schooling DH in the proper ordering procedure (so he didn't look at me weird) I said "Iced, Grande, Coffee" with great conviction. When the guy said "do you want room?" I felt like I missed the mark but he was nice about it.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney ^^They are just wondering if you want room for cream/milk, otherwise they fill it to the top!!!
Originally Posted By mj9401 <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvbJgz4smwipQkAFJ-8xJk1Qn4DAD927DJL80" target="_blank">http://ap.google.com/article/A...927DJL80</a> >Starbucks closes 61 stores in Australia By ROHAN SULLIVAN – 1 hour ago SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Starbucks will close more than two-thirds of its 84 stores in Australia by the end of the week under a restructuring plan announced Tuesday that will put almost 700 people out of work. The surprise announcement came a few weeks after the global coffee shop franchise that has become ubiquitous around the world announced it was closing 600 company-owned stores in the United Sates to bolster its business. Starbucks Coffee International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seattle, Washington-based Starbucks Coffee Co., said it was closing the Australia stores to concentrate its business in the country's three largest cities. There are 84 stores operating in six of Australia's eight states and territories, but 61 will close by Aug. 3, Starbucks said on its Web site. Twenty-three stores will remain open in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The company said 685 jobs would be lost because of the closures, Australian media reported. Starbucks will post a list of stores that will close on its Web site as soon as it notifies all the employees that will be affected. "We would like to thank all of our customers for your continued patronage and support during the past eight years," Starbucks said. Starbucks Co. is due to report its third-quarter earnings in the United States this week. The company has spent recent months attempting to reinvigorate its U.S. business by introducing new products and scaling back its plans for growth. While the company's plans to close stores in the United Sates led to criticism that the company had grown too quickly, the scene internationally has looked better. The company says it plans to open 975 new international locations this year.< Hope it isn't my local SB. I feel bad for the employees only having less than one weeks notice. I am shocked at how many they are closing seeing as we don't have many stores here.
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow. 2/3!! God I hope this doesn't happen in Japan, I go there at least twice a week! (don't care if they close em, as long as the one near my house stays open...and the one near my work...and the one I often pass by between home and work lol)
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains They did list the closures for the East Bay here near SF... None close to me --- I think it was Benicia, Berkeley, Richmond, and Oakland... Here's a link and list - <a href="http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/USStoreClosureInfo.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.starbucks.com/about...Info.pdf</a>
Originally Posted By beamerdog I'm with you, llanatoye. My mother's coffee could dissolve a spoon, but it was delicious. Starbuck's tastes burnt to me, too. And I drink my coffee black, so I really can taste the coffee. The Starbucks in the local market closed. But, wait! They didn't miss a beat - the generic Starbucks had opened the next day. I found it difficult to see the difference; even the signage used the same design and colors. I couldn't figure out why they bothered keeping a cafe there. It always seemed empty.
