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2011-03-25
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The SettingNews had reached me that Starbucks would donate all (as in, every single dollar) proceeds from sales between 3pm~5pm on Friday to Japan via World Vision. How could I, being so close to Japan not do my part and help? I couldn't, and neither could all the folks from my office. So off I went at 3:20.I expected a line, but nothing like this.I ended up waiting for 40 minutes to get to the counter. It was drizzling and cold outside, yet all these people were lining up, waiting to donate
News had reached me that Starbucks would donate all (as in, every single dollar) proceeds from sales between 3pm~5pm on Friday to Japan via World Vision. How could I, being so close to Japan not do my part and help? I couldn't, and neither could all the folks from my office. So off I went at 3:20.
I expected a line, but nothing like this.
I ended up waiting for 40 minutes to get to the counter. It was drizzling and cold outside, yet all these people were lining up, waiting to donate their money for a good cause. It was really a great sight to see.Once inside, I was once again greeted with a huge crowd, patiently waiting for their drinks.
While I was waiting for my nine drinks (always for for their short espresso-based drinks; the flavour's better and stronger) I saw a lot of people making multi-drink orders. Some orders were into the thousands of dollars, which again is a heartwarming thing to see.This post is less of a food review and more of a supportive shout-out to Starbucks and Maxim/Coffee Concepts for doing the right thing and using their brand to get the community involved.
The only thing they could do better is to start recycling!
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