Comments on: The Secret To Happiness Is Working At Starbucks (?)

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:02:58 +0000

I HATED STARBUCKS! I am so glad I left recently. Customers are horribly mindless and annouying.
The whole trick to starbucks is that you have control, becuase its for people who dont feel in control of thier lives.

By: artbot

artbot — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:21:15 +0000

Works at Starbucks - at least until his book sells enough copies...

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:56:30 +0000

At one point in my life from a IT consultant position, I had to take a job for a couple of years as an assistant manager at a Walgreen's drugstore.

Best human experience ever.

Hard working environment, basic pay, but I learned that a lot (most?) people without long studies and diplomas and such are way more interesting than your typical soulless manager. Maybe less intellectually gifted, but much more humanly close to you. This makes a difference. Everyday.
And I'll prefer 100 cranky customers to 1 cranky CEO.

I didn't stay at Walgreen's because I found my way back in the corporate world ($ of course...), but everytime I shop there I feel at home.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:28:21 +0000

Maybe it's the brain tumor, and not the Starbucks, that made him happy.

By: L

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:26:11 +0000

I've heard that Starbucks has great benefits. I'm not sure about the job giving you inner peace, though. Trying to remember everybody's order and then getting snapped at if you get it wrong doesn't sound very peaceful.

By: Weakly

Weakly — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:06:28 +0000

Has Hollywood made a movie about a misguided corporate shill who learns about what's really important in life before?

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:12:31 +0000

Talk about a brilliant marketing angle. How long do you think it will be before Starbucks stocks this?

By: chrissy

chrissy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:26:22 +0000

4 years working at starbucks and I still love it!

By: L.B. Jeffries

L.B. Jeffries — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:59:10 +0000

As much as I love to hate corporations or point out how lame it is that they refuse to have cups in Small, Medium, or Large...my two friends who work their have always been reluctantly positive about their benefits and work environment.

That is to say, the customers screaming for coffee is the bad part of the job.