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Probably some greedy sawdust Aug 2014 #1
She said she wanted to pay for her own drink CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #48
Gee, you must be a lot of fun at parties HERVEPA Aug 2014 #77
Yes, but . . . gratuitous Aug 2014 #89
I suppose if it were at some place other than Starbucks. davidpdx Aug 2014 #2
How about tea? Agschmid Aug 2014 #3
On a very rare occassion davidpdx Aug 2014 #6
Tea at Starbucks sucks. Neoma Aug 2014 #61
That's annoying! Agschmid Aug 2014 #64
You can make your own tea pretty easy anyways. Neoma Aug 2014 #66
After an Occupy protest in L.A., some other DUers and I popped into a McDonalds pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #4
That really moving, Agschmid Aug 2014 #7
that's really cool! frylock Aug 2014 #9
I think I was with you that time. Was it after the M1GS protests in Downtown? U4ikLefty Aug 2014 #11
That's right, The Three Amigos at M1GS :) pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #12
What a great day!!! I totally forgot about it until you posted about it. U4ikLefty Aug 2014 #15
That was really sweet of you. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #52
Absolutely! Flyboy_451 Aug 2014 #5
Idiots... Never... EVER, go to the drive thru!!! VScott Aug 2014 #8
LOL ! BlueJazz Aug 2014 #10
Out of those 400 people, only one was actually generous. Xithras Aug 2014 #13
+1 linuxman Aug 2014 #14
lol. For me it would feel too awkward ecstatic Aug 2014 #43
How do you end up with the exact same amount of cash you start out with? nt kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #20
Simple. Xithras Aug 2014 #91
Exactly. It is pointless. LisaL Aug 2014 #23
And Starbucks shouldn't be doing this to begin with. LisaL Aug 2014 #24
+1 magical thyme Aug 2014 #30
human beings interacting on any level in a positive manner is NOT POINTLESS. KittyWampus Aug 2014 #51
+1,000,000 Trajan Aug 2014 #71
Thank you. Very well said. HERVEPA Aug 2014 #78
That's a matter of perspective, I guess. Xithras Aug 2014 #97
Buying the next person's coffee is considered "helping others"? Iron Man Aug 2014 #112
+1 - This is bullshit. chrisa Aug 2014 #70
The jerk isn't the woman who broke the chain the 1st day. It's the blogger who did it on the 2nd day Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #90
+1 Agschmid Aug 2014 #95
Right on, Xithras! LloydS of New London Aug 2014 #100
That would only be true if evetyone's order cost the same... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #102
No, the second did. They pulled up and their coffee was paid for. treestar Aug 2014 #103
Exactly. This whole thing is stupid alarimer Aug 2014 #109
I like your answer. Iron Man Aug 2014 #111
the lady's Niceguy1 Aug 2014 #16
No more Mr. Niceguy. JaneyVee Aug 2014 #17
Good point. Also, someone has to be last eventually. JVS Aug 2014 #19
This was a great story and gesture. I wish we could get a pay forward chain in a grocery store for kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #18
You do understand what a chain means? LisaL Aug 2014 #25
Don't just Ask your supermarket or grocery store. merrily Aug 2014 #68
Ridiculous to call one person a jerk. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #21
I don't think it's unique to Catholicism. Or even to Christianity. merrily Aug 2014 #47
Not the Jews. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #58
Jury Results: stevenleser Aug 2014 #72
Wow! Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #74
The issue was that your comment wasn't clear. stevenleser Aug 2014 #82
Thank you for for the careful consideration. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #86
I wouldn't play it forward. LisaL Aug 2014 #22
Let me get this straight: merrily Aug 2014 #26
Wa it the last customer of the day? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #27
It does not matter if Drucilla was the last customer of the day or not, merrily Aug 2014 #31
The reason I brought up exact change was that my assumption Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #53
I don't think the story was about paying for the next customer's order in full, only a free cup of merrily Aug 2014 #57
Oh, in that case, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #60
I am starting to wonder how much of the story ever happened. merrily Aug 2014 #65
+1 I was thinking the same thing. nt Javaman Aug 2014 #28
What if I just wanted a $2 cup of coffee tammywammy Aug 2014 #29
sounds like not so much of a jerk as a dummy treestar Aug 2014 #32
She didn't ask anybody to pay for her order. LisaL Aug 2014 #33
She didn't get the concept of the chain treestar Aug 2014 #37
Well, I get the concept of the "chain." LisaL Aug 2014 #38
Well then people are going to consider you a killjoy treestar Aug 2014 #40
See if I care. LisaL Aug 2014 #45
The real dummy was the manager. merrily Aug 2014 #46
Where is the goldmine? LisaL Aug 2014 #56
A potential goldmine in goodwill. Ever own a business? merrily Aug 2014 #59
We do this at a Starbucks near where I live - TBF Aug 2014 #34
Jeezus, people, it's not the $2.25, it's the feeling of connecting. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2014 #35
Hey it's so unfair! Their order might have been a quarter more! treestar Aug 2014 #41
Have you seen starbucks prices? LisaL Aug 2014 #42
It worked for several hundred people treestar Aug 2014 #44
No one is knocking connecting. The math bit comes in merrily Aug 2014 #55
I didn't know it was possible to buy anything at $tarbuck$ for $2.25 Orrex Aug 2014 #67
So let me get this straight... pipi_k Aug 2014 #36
The chain did get broken, but not by the customer who paid for her own coffee. merrily Aug 2014 #49
i'd not call her a jerk, just wanted to pay for her own coffee by herself. What did she ruin? uppityperson Aug 2014 #39
First world problem LannyDeVaney Aug 2014 #50
She may not have had enough money to pay for someone else's Evergreen Emerald Aug 2014 #54
Or maybe she just didn't want to do it. LisaL Aug 2014 #62
that's why I wonder how it worked so long treestar Aug 2014 #93
Starbucks is expensive so usually I feel like the more affluent go there... Agschmid Aug 2014 #96
If you want to pay it forward, you don't do it by paying for pricey coffee at a trendy Skidmore Aug 2014 #63
Kind of dishonest, the person said they just wanted to pay for their drink. dilby Aug 2014 #69
I don't know what to call a bunch of Starbuckers buying gifts for each other. NCjack Aug 2014 #73
That's a good story. Agschmid Aug 2014 #75
+1 nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #76
Agreed. But, Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #79
True treestar Aug 2014 #94
Isn't that a standard scam? oberliner Aug 2014 #106
No, for the same reason I don't participate in "waves" at stadiums... brooklynite Aug 2014 #80
Lol, you sound like a blast! nt Logical Aug 2014 #83
Funny, I was going to mention the wave upthread. Demit Aug 2014 #85
Except that the pleasant visual is a distraction from the game.....which is why I'm at the stadium. brooklynite Aug 2014 #88
Oh, right, the frenetic pace & nonstop action of baseball. Demit Aug 2014 #92
LOL! Friend has a story he was watching a baseball game on tv and channel surfed KittyWampus Aug 2014 #107
No bigwillq Aug 2014 #81
Sorry to ruin the feel good circle-jerk, but I just want to pay for my own stuff and leave. Throd Aug 2014 #84
Classy lingo nt Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #87
Regarding the untenable jury decision reached re NOT hiding a certain post, IrishAyes Aug 2014 #98
What if the next person ordered three drinks or pastries and drinks together? oberliner Aug 2014 #99
exactly, my drive thru starbucks sells expensive sandwiches and brownies Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #101
Being the drive through I'm assuming it was mostly just coffee treestar Aug 2014 #104
Even so - some drinks are double the price of others oberliner Aug 2014 #105
My guess - an upscale neighborhood where treestar Aug 2014 #108
I'll find something else to be upset about. Iron Man Aug 2014 #110
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