----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 6:08 PM Subject: Re: Fast Food, was Bleacher Bums
> 003701c15825$f4223000$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > Starbucks = crap > > Krispy Kreme = crap > > > > How in the world does this crappy stuff get so popular? > > Well, Sturgeon's Law says that 90% of everything is crap. So 90% of > what's popular has to be crap, right? > > I think that maybe Starbuck's was better than a lot of what else was > around when it was founded, but that a lot of places are better than > Starbuck's now, but anyone who got familiar with Starbuck's when it was > a better coffee place probably goes there because it's familiar and they > don't feel like trying something new. (Kind of like the way we tend to > go to chain restaurants that aren't going to be as good as the local > joints when we're travelling, but it's a known quantity and better than > a rude surprise, even if it's much worse than a pleasant surprise.) Hmmm.......Not only is Starbucks crap, its overpriced crap. If I'm going to spend Starbucks kinda prices for a cuppa joe, I expect it to taste better than what I make at home. And all I use at home is an el cheapo Mr Coffee knockoff. There are some other chains here but their coffee is almost as good as homebrew with prices better than Star bucks. > > (And I have no clue on the Krispy Kreme. I guess it appeals to *some* > palate or another. They tried opening one in Austin in the 1980s and it > failed, but they opened one here last year and it's been doing a booming > business. I think that says more about Austin in the 1980s vs. Austin > now than it says about Krispy Kreme.) Krispy Kreme does not seem to understand that the secret to Great doughnuts is to have a rack of hot kolaches next to them. Especially sausage and cheese. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....YUMMY!!!!!! xponent rob
