Free Starbucks for Voting!

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Ted

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I got a notice on Facebook that if you walk into Starbucks tomorrow and say you've voted, you'll get a free coffee (some restrictions may apply).

I'm voting anyway, so I'll just have to stop by on my way home from the polls. :yes:
 
Yesterday, the Omni served what was claimed to be Starbucks at the last half of a FIRC I was invited to sit in on. It was good but there's no way in San Francisco I'd spend three bucks for a cup of any of it.

No such notice on invites for a cup after an election. I voted a week ago last Friday. I guess my loss since I don't subscribe to Facebook. I've never been to the site and the only thing I really know about it is the founder is now a very wealthy "kid" after repeated investments in the business.
 
woodstock said:
Hey, your new name is way too short. Any chance you could make it longer? ;)
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How's that? ;)

KennyFlys said:
No such notice on invites for a cup after an election. I voted a week ago last Friday. I guess my loss since I don't subscribe to Facebook. I've never been to the site and the only thing I really know about it is the founder is now a very wealthy "kid" after repeated investments in the business.
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There's no coupon you need to print out or anything, it looks like you just walk in and ask for it after you vote.

Also, I resisted the scurge that is Facebook for several years. Then I started dating a girl who wanted me to be on it so she could list me as her boyfriend. Well, several years later she and I are no longer together, but it's been a nifty thing for me, I have found a number of friends who I'd lost touch with through it.
 
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From Facebook:

Starbucks on Facebook said:
What if we all cared enough to vote?

Not just 54% of us, but 100% of us?

What if we cared as much on Nov. 5th as we care on Nov. 4th?

What if we cared all of the time the way we care some of the time?

What if we cared when it was inconvenient as much as we care when it’s convenient?

Would your community be a better place?

Would our country be a better place?

Would our world be a better place?

We think so, too.

If you care enough to vote, we care enough to give you a free cup of coffee.

Come into Starbucks on Nov. 4th, tell us you voted, and we'll proudly give you a tall cup of brewed coffee on us.

You and Starbucks. It's bigger than coffee.
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KennyFlys said:
Yesterday, the Omni served what was claimed to be Starbucks at the last half of a FIRC I was invited to sit in on. It was good but there's no way in San Francisco I'd spend three bucks for a cup of any of it.

No such notice on invites for a cup after an election. I voted a week ago last Friday. I guess my loss since I don't subscribe to Facebook. I've never been to the site and the only thing I really know about it is the founder is now a very wealthy "kid" after repeated investments in the business.
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I saw the advert for it watching McCain on SNL online (www.saturdaynightlive.com). As Ted (who's name I'd complain about being too long but I won't, or he'd make it even longer, much like this very long sentence that really bugs me too) said, just mention you voted. I have no idea what the restriictions are. According to http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/11/03/daily9.html, you do need to show your "I voted" sticker, though since I voted over a week ago, I no longer have it. :(
 
I think Ted may be writting something but I can't see his posts due his hunormous screen name. Well I guess he is using something that big for a reason, can you say 'compensating' ;)


:rolleyes::rolleyes::eek::eek::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
smigaldi said:
I think Ted may be writting something but I can't see his posts due his hunormous screen name. Well I guess he is using something that big for a reason, can you say 'compensating' ;)


:rolleyes::rolleyes::eek::eek::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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Ahh yes, I have a big and manly display name to compensate for the little engines in the airplanes I fly! :D

Elizabeth, before Jesse and Greebo punished me, I'd changed it to "
iAmMooneyAndIHaveApprovedThisDisplayNameThatMigaldiHates(andNowSoDoesElizabeth)". That lasted all of about 5 minutes. :devil:


Grant, if you'd complained I might have shortened it, but Scott is another story. ;)

We now return you to your regularly scheduled iMooney.
 
I voted and they didn't give free coffee today! :mad3: Bastards !:lol:
 
Better deal yet:
So, did you vote for the shifty one, the flip-flopper, or the guy with no eyebrows?

It doesn't matter who you vote for on Election Day; just get out there and pull that lever! When you come to our place that night sporting your
"I Voted" sticker, we'll reward your patriotism with
Option A- Buy one entree get one 50% off (equal or lesser value)
Option B- Buy one entree get a FREE dessert
Without active Americans like you, the democratic process can't work, and there'd be nobody in office to go back on their campaign promises...so decide and make something good happen!
Your choice Option A or B!

Which one will you vote for?
Valid only on Election Day (November 4,2008)
with your "I Voted" Sticker!
Present coupon to server- Dine in OR Carry out!
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Anyone wants to fly down to SBY after voting, we'll give you a ride to Boonies.
 
Free Ben & Jerry's around here. Free donut @ KK. Starbucks, as noted.

Wonder if Taco Bell will give out a free taco if someone steals the election..:D (as they did in the World Series..)
 
I got a free iced coffee at McDonald's this morning. Nope, it wasn't for voting.

I'm glad it was free because anyone who pays for one is a candidate for a used car salesman!
 
I got my free Starbucks and was again reminded how simply awful Starbucks coffee is. I got their mildest one (because the lattes/mochas aren't free) and even with two packets of sugar and about an inch of half and half, it's nearly undrinkable.

I can only drink their lattes (about HALF milk) or a mocha, because the chocolate kills the bitterness.

All that said, Starbucks is a good place to hang out with a laptop if you want to get some work done but don't want to be isolated in your home office - I can see why work-from-homers might like it as a break.
 
starbucks - bleah ... I tried it once, after nearly getting ejected (like the Seinfeld Soup Nazi). After being totally dazed and confused by all the choices, I asked, quite innocently "Don't you have just some plain coffee? You know, like Folgers or something?"

ACHHHH! OUT OUT OUT!!! NO COFFEE FOR YOU! OUT!
 
gkainz said:
starbucks - bleah ... I tried it once, after nearly getting ejected (like the Seinfeld Soup Nazi). After being totally dazed and confused by all the choices, I asked, quite innocently "Don't you have just some plain coffee? You know, like Folgers or something?"

ACHHHH! OUT OUT OUT!!! NO COFFEE FOR YOU! OUT!
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Me too Greg. The kid with the dreadlocks behind the counter just looked at me like I had three heads. I asked for a "large coffee, black". He didn't know what it was. Now, he knew what the woman in front of me wanted "a Venti, non-fat, decaf, latte with two shots and....oh well I forget what she was talking about. :rolleyes2::rolleyes2::rolleyes2:
 
There are no "I voted" stickers in my county, at least for early voters. They are too cheap. No wait, I guess that's good. They are being fiscally responsible. :idea:
 
offering incentives to vote, even a free cup of coffee, is against state and federal law.
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I think that's only true if the offer involves advocacy of one candidate or the other. Seems pretty weird that companies as big as Starbucks, Ben&Jerry, and Krispy Kreme would be doing this if it were illegal.
 
Ron Levy said:
I think that's only true if the offer involves advocacy of one candidate or the other. Seems pretty weird that companies as big as Starbucks, Ben&Jerry, and Krispy Kreme would be doing this if it were illegal.
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The Republicans tried to get Micheal Moore charged in 2004 with violating this statue when he was giving away ramen noodles and underwear to people if they would go out and vote as part of his Slacker Uprising tour.

The Michigan Republican Party dispatched letters to prosecutors in four counties, seeking action. The party wants Moore charged with violating election law by buying votes — a misdemeanor that could get him 90 days in jail or a $500 fine. Or both.
Rather than resort to a spirited response — humor, say — the party opted to condemn Moore for “making a mockery of the election process,” as Chris Paolino, a spokesman for the state party, said.
“While ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ was an abuse of the editing process, this was an abuse of the election process,” he added.
So far, none of the prosecutors has taken the bait.
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http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikeinthenews/index.php?id=196

just background info.
 
smigaldi said:
The Republicans tried to get Micheal Moore charged in 2004 with violating this statue when he was giving away ramen noodles and underwear to people if they would go out and vote as part of his Slacker Uprising tour.
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Moore should be giving his underwear out to the homeless. One pair could act as a tent for several of them.






:D
 
KennyFlys said:
I got a free iced coffee at McDonald's this morning. Nope, it wasn't for voting.

I'm glad it was free because anyone who pays for one is a candidate for a used car salesman!
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They should hand you $2 to take one. :D
 
Washington, DC - where people come to try and get free stuff. KK had a line out the door and had run out of free donuts... 45 minutes to get more. Starbucks had lines out the door.
 
Hehe a friend of mine walked into Intelligentsia Coffee in Chicago, and asked for some girly flavored coffe drink, and the Barrista flat out told her "We don't do that to our coffee".

Usually I just order some black coffee in most coffee shops. I never got the whole $5 lattee thing, as I rather enjoy the taste of a GOOD cup of (Preferrably Ethiopian) coffee.
 
Anthony said:
Me too Greg. The kid with the dreadlocks behind the counter just looked at me like I had three heads. I asked for a "large coffee, black". He didn't know what it was. Now, he knew what the woman in front of me wanted "a Venti, non-fat, decaf, latte with two shots and....oh well I forget what she was talking about. :rolleyes2::rolleyes2::rolleyes2:
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Did ever tell you what "Venti" means? I asked my Italian "Pavarotti fan who cut his hair" barber, who once visted the Starbucks at O'Hare and pronounced the Cappachino OK.

It's as clueless and pretentious as you think.
 
FYI

Seattle-based Starbucks had originally planned to give away the "tall" brewed coffees to anyone who reported that they voted, saying in an ad: "If you care enough to vote, we care enough to give you a free cup of coffee."

The company broadened its offer to all customers to ensure it was in compliance with election law, spokeswoman Tara Darrow said Monday evening.

"We hope there is a record turnout on Tuesday and look forward to celebrating with our customers over a great cup of coffee," she said in a statement.

David Ammons, spokesman for the state elections division of Washington state, had said earlier that a promotion tied to whether people voted could be construed as rewarding someone for voting and could violate federal and state law. He said the state's attorney general's office contacted Starbucks about the issue on Monday.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-free-stuff-for-voting-081104-ht,0,6152523.story
 
I have never trusted deals since the time we followed up on a coupon claiming the same. Hubby and I each got a steak dinner and we got a small dish with mashed potatoes and gravy for the baby.
Option A- Buy one entree get one 50% off (equal or lesser value)
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OK. So you already guessed which meal they insisted was the discounted one.
 
AuntPeggy said:
I have never trusted deals since the time we followed up on a coupon claiming the same. Hubby and I each got a steak dinner and we got a small dish with mashed potatoes and gravy for the baby.

OK. So you already guessed which meal they insisted was the discounted one.
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:idea:Sorry, the baby's on a separate check!


And I happen to like Starbuck's coffee. Black, without all that crud in it.

Got mine free this morning, even without a little sticker.
 
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