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To add to that.

THIS STORY IS OVER A WEEK OLD.


THAT PROVES YOUR SLOW WITTED.

I manage a local coffee shop, and, though I don't frequent Starbucks unless desperate for coffee, I know that my baristas split tips based on hours worked, whereas my tip share comes only from my barista hours, not the time I spend sitting in the office doing paperwork. It's the physical work, quality of drink, and customer service that earns those tips, so they're definitely deserved by the people who do that work. (And yes...I still tip when I go to Starbucks.) :)

Sharing tips with managers is simply a way for Starbucks to avoid paying a management level wage to those people in charge. Instead they let the efforts of lower paid employees save the company money. Of course they should pay it back...and they should be boycotted until they do.

I've never been to Starbuck's, too used to 7-11 coffee I guess. It's not too bad, it's easy to chew.

You are already paying 4 bucks for 30 cents worth of coffee.

McDonalds coffee is just as good, no tip required

Steve & Peggy,

I've been in the restaurant business for almost 20 years. This tipping of people at counters is way out of hand. What's next, tipping the register person at Burger King because they rang up my sandwich or asked if I want fries with that? Or do I tip my Butcher? Or better yet, should I tip my Pharmacist? If I walked into a Starbucks and sat down on the sofa and then got waited on, I would tip them. But to tip someone at the counter, who make at least minimum wage? No way. We should be tipping waiters and waitress’s who make less than minimum wage and really bust their backs on a daily basis to take care of their families.

Jeremy
Firestone, CO

OK- I'm bored enough to chime in. I buy Starbucks coffee- in the bag. I shouldn't- it's almost $9 a pound! It's a good product, but I can't believe that they can't afford to pay their employees enough to avoid this kind of scandal- court time on the taxpayer dime, and you know the judgement will just trickle down to the consumer, somehow. The whole Starbucks phenomenon is a study in corporate greed. FYI- If you go to a Starbucks located in another store, like the one in the Target at the Colorado Mills, they can't accept tips- Target policy prohibits it. Kegger has it right.

Secondly- this is the best QOTD you guys could come up with? Or is it that you think your viewing public is REALLY fluffy? I like blogs- but c'mon, give us something we can sink our teeth into- we can handle it!