The 'Starbucks Sourpuss' hates it when SBUX stores are closed -- even during hurricanes

A writer for Forbes observed New Yorkers badly needing their Starbucks fix during last week's storm.

Glass was showering down from a construction site, and yet one man insisted he stop by the nearby Starbucks. A cop said no. The man pleaded: "It’s still open and I need a pumpkin latte."

“No, sir. You can’t go that way,” the cop replied. "It’s too dangerous!"

The Forbes writer says of the man denied his Starbucks: "And then he flashed it, in all its glory: The Starbucks Sourpuss. He was denied his fix and his face said it all."

The Starbucks Sourpuss -- the downside of a ritual brand

Comments

[Patricia]

I wish my problems could be as simple as this. If a guys biggest problem in life is not getting his coffee..ask him if he wants to trade. We had no power for 2 days, so our SB was closed. Some employes lost homes snd power, yet when we opened, travel issues forced us to open late. Some of these elitist idiots actually complained UNBELIEVABLE.

[Tim]

The fact that that guy thinks he NEEDS a pumpkin spice latte says it all - humanity has failed itself.

[Ms. Barista]

A better comment on humanity might be why was Starbucks open in the first place? As a former "partner" I worked in lots of bad weather. While we did close early for storms, we were open a longer than we should have been. The main criteria seemed to be how many customers were still coming in.

[Baristajack]

This just proves the partners lives mean less than getting a drink , doesn't shock me at all

[Jesse]

I worked in a double-sided drive-through for quite some time, and we worked the better part of a blizzard, walking out into the snow to get to the cars and back. I wore 2 coats, a pair of fingerless gloves, a huge scarf and a hat, and was chastised multiple times for "snotting" on my scarf as I huffed through the snow to the vehicle.