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I -hate- Starbucks. As much as I hate, well, Vegemite and those horrible musk flavored Life Savers.
Bad news for you, Jag, Vegemite was here long before Starbucks was over there. If Australia Fair wants to achieve cultural dominance by means of dead yeast and meat-flavored candy, I'm afraid it deserves Starbucks, and White Castle, and Chia Pets, and Beadazzlers, and Cabbage Patch Kids.
Nobody deserves the Starbucks System, though, which is to set up right next door to the competition and not have anyone inside (ever try to -relax- in a Starbucks? They are the antithesis of a decent cafe) so harried commuters will go to the Starbucks instead of having a decent cup of coffee in a place that welcomes them.
I keep going to Peet's, even though I pass two Starbucks' on the way, because Peet's is a -cafe-.
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