Guys,

I would like to offer another topic into this boiling pot of debate.

I work for Starbucks and recently attended a hurriedly put together meeting on the effects of a Bird Flu pandemic on the companies operational strategies.

The company was basically putting together an action plan for when (not if) the pandemic hits.

It would be interesting to here your views, especially at a time when the Bird Flu outbreaks have diminished or appeared to have?

I work for Starbucks
Tell me please - Why do they charge so much for what is basically a cup of froth and very little coffee. Its a rip off. I complained and was told thats what you get.

Bird flu has gone away hasn't it? If not, and we get it, thats just tough I s'pose

Col

Tell me please - Why do they charge so much for what is basically a cup of froth and very little coffee. Its a rip off. I complained and was told thats what you get.

Why go there? I've never understood the allure of Starbucks, then I suppose its not targeted at my sensible generation.;)

Bird flu has gone away hasn't it? If not, and we get it, thats just tough I s'pose
Don't worry Blair and Co will have had the vaccine so the country will still operate as before, ah! yeah worry.:)

Brian

Geuss who just had trouble with the site, I only posted once and I didn't think that had got through, also the thread does not show me as subscribed to it, was that good English?:o

Brian

then I suppose its not targeted at my sensible generation.;)

Brian
Was MacDonalds ?:confused:

Why go there? I've never understood the allure of Starbucks, then I suppose its not targeted at my sensible generation.;)

I only went once - thought I'd give it a try even though it is a Yankee organisation, but it confirmed my thoughts, its a Yankee rip-off.

Col

Was MacDonalds ?:confused:

I don't go there or to any of its derivatives. Your point?

Brian

Geuss who just had trouble with the site, I only posted once and I didn't think that had got through, also the thread does not show me as subscribed to it, was that good English?:o

Brian

Can you delete them?

Tell me please - Why do they charge so much for what is basically a cup of froth and very little coffee. Its a rip off. I complained and was told thats what you get.



Col,

I would tend to agree, they are expensive, but the coffee is good, and they are pretty much in price comparison with the other large coffee outlets.

Although Starbucks are better, I'm not biased on anything though you understand.

They do also have an ethical sourcing policy!

Although they are buying coffee from Rwanda, so not sure where the ethics fit in there!

From my posting you would think that I hate Starbucks, they a pretty cool company to work for though.

The best advice is to get about a months supply of water, food and other necessities. If you hunker down then most likely you will survive.

back to the subject.
So far it would seem more Hysteria than anything else.
Not saying if you were one of those few people who contracted it, it was not a serous reality, but all in all seems more hype than a problem.

back to the subject.
So far it would seem more Hysteria than anything else.
Not saying if you were one of those few people who contracted it, it was not a serous reality, but all in all seems more hype than a problem.


I would agree, so far there have only been cases of bird to human infection, which is not contagious.

If there are any cases of bird flu migrating from birds to other farm animals than that is when we should start to worry.

If it is transferred to pigs from birds then it is enevitable that it will pass to humans and become contagious!

Can you delete them?

Now I can but it was real weird ealier, must have needed a coffee, instant not Starbucks:D

Brian

must have needed a coffee, instant not Starbucks:D

Brian


Brian,

You don't know what your missing until you've tried a double shot Gingerbread Latte with extram cream and toffee nut sprinkles.

Mouthwatering ;)

Brian,

You don't know what your missing until you've tried a double shot Gingerbread Latte with extram cream and toffee nut sprinkles.

Mouthwatering ;)
sounds too sickly. Do the Starbucks do normal coffee? where you get a mug full of coffee flavoured liquid with normal milk, no froth?

Sprinkles??? ugh - another Yankee Americanism creeping in.:rolleyes: You mean hundreds and thousands

Col

Sprinkles??? ugh - another Yankee Americanism creeping in.:rolleyes: You mean hundreds and thousands

You learn well, young Jedi. :D

sounds too sickly. Do the Starbucks do normal coffee? where you get a mug full of coffee flavoured liquid with normal milk, no froth?


Col


Short of advertising Starbucks.

You can have your coffee which ever way you choose, each week there is a different themed coffee which is simply hot black coffee, from a different region of the world, that you can flavour with milk and sugar.

About £1.50 I think for a tall cup.

I personally do prefer the full fat frothy coffee, but that is because I am a full fat git :D

Was MacDonalds ?:confused:

We weren't sensible yet.

You learn well, young Jedi. :D
I remembered;)

(glad we had that conversation a couple of weeks ago Matt:D )

Col

sounds too sickly. Do the Starbucks do normal coffee? where you get a mug full of coffee flavoured liquid with normal milk, no froth?
Col

As I was reading it I was thinking where's the sick bag. :eek:

brian

Short of advertising Starbucks.

You can have your coffee which ever way you choose, each week there is a different themed coffee which is simply hot black coffee, from a different region of the world, that you can flavour with milk and sugar.

About £1.50 I think for a tall cup.

I personally do prefer the full fat frothy coffee, but that is because I am a full fat git :D
I prefer to make my own thanks, about 3p a cup:D

To be fair, most people haven't gotten to the point of hysteria over the bird flu. Some folks may have blown it out of proportion, but it seems most are simply taking it seriously and preparing for the possibility. Which is not a bad idea since odds are sooner or later some sort of disease pandemic will occur, so it makes sense to have a plan in place.

Sprinkles??? ugh - another Yankee Americanism creeping in.:rolleyes: You mean hundreds and thousands
I'd say hundreds & thousands are a specific type of sprinkles...
you don't get toffee nut hundreds & thousands, do you?
or chocolate hundreds & thousands
or... etc

Sometimes I think Australians should be US-UK interpreters... we're fluent in both dialects ;)

You don't know what your missing until you've tried a double shot Gingerbread Latte with extram cream and toffee nut sprinkles.

That actually sounds pretty good to me, albeit not as an every day thing. Maybe once a month or so as a dessert coffee. Most of the time I just drink my coffee black, I grind my beans at home and bring my own jug of coffee to work. ;)

My friend as long as I know the first cases of avian influenza viruses in humans occurred in 1997, when the H5N1 virus triggered an outbreak in Hong Kong, infecting 18 people, six of whom died. The human cases occurred at the same time the H5N1 virus ripped through Hong Kong's poultry population. The human outbreak alarmed public health officials because a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza "jumped species" and caused mortality in humans. Fear about the H5N1 virus resurfaced in February 2003, when a H5N1 outbreak in Hong Kong caused two cases with one death.