Brother, Can You Spare 200 Dimes?

 


The first time I walked into a Starbucks I felt sick to my stomach because I had $10 for the rest of the week and I was going to spend $5 on a cup of coffee. I wanted to feel like a hipster, be one of them, but as I looked around, I noticed that they looked like a bunch of people waiting in line for a cup of coffee. I'll admit the coffee is good, but I didn't go into another one until I re-entered college and needed that coffee. It was a nicer atmosphere, too. A bunch of young people just needing some caffeine while they joined friends and studied.

So Starbucks has these mugs or cups they promote during the year. I'm not on the notification list so by the time I read and see the latest cup they are sold out. Then you go to eBay and spend 👇


That's a damn cute cup. I can get one at Walmart for $18, which is still a ridiculous price. It doesn't have the Starbucks logo and that is what you're paying for. I understand all about collecting things. I was a big collector of stuff until I continued to lose that stuff due to moving, breaking, losing and simply getting tired of it. I must have spent thousands of dollars for stuff. I have a box of Funko Pops somewhere. Aaron Rodgers and Clark Griswold mingle with Romy and Michelle. 

It's hard to believe this country is on the brink of collapse when people can buy $25 coffees and hundreds for a status symbol. This is Starbucks, who frown on unionizing. They used to be cool, so I was told, but now they're just another company trying to make a profit. Go figure. 

In some ways seeing people go nuts for these expensive trinkets. (Do they actually use them?) sort of gives me some relief. Lots of folks with disposable income. Hey, that's nice. But, it only shows the huge disparity between those standing in bread lines and those bidding for a bear cup.

Gahd Bless America.

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