Comments on: My Black Eye http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/ Brandon J. Carr is a Cartoonist Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Overheard at Hangover Sunday http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Overheard at Hangover Sunday Fri, 05 May 2006 20:43:37 +0000 http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/#comment-443 [...] Brown-eye: A cup of coffee with three added shots of espresso. comp. redeye, blackeye. [...] [...] Brown-eye: A cup of coffee with three added shots of espresso. comp. redeye, blackeye. [...]

]]> By: Brandon J. Carr http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Brandon J. Carr Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:31:48 +0000 http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/#comment-392 Keny, you're definitely a Gargoyles guy. In fact, it's your involvement with Starbucks that made me mellow out a bit. Especially when you sent me coffee. ;) I think that out of all the large corporations, Starbucks really does take the time to give back to not only the community at large, but the communities that surround it. I know that the smaller coffee shops might feel some pressure for them, but there are always going to be hardasses like I was who will be devoted. Besides, for me, the local non-Starbucks coffee shop is in walking distance whereas I have to drive out to the closest Starbucks. So out of sheer need to save gas money, I'm more likely to hoof it over there. Ed, I think that's really cool about people working in the store and also working in the Starbucks stand. That was one of the neat things about working at Borders...I could sell coffee half my shift and help people find good music for the rest. Variety, especially in a retail setting, is vital to not going insane and finding yourself throwing random things at potentially pesky customers. b Keny, you’re definitely a Gargoyles guy. In fact, it’s your involvement with Starbucks that made me mellow out a bit. Especially when you sent me coffee. ;)

I think that out of all the large corporations, Starbucks really does take the time to give back to not only the community at large, but the communities that surround it. I know that the smaller coffee shops might feel some pressure for them, but there are always going to be hardasses like I was who will be devoted. Besides, for me, the local non-Starbucks coffee shop is in walking distance whereas I have to drive out to the closest Starbucks. So out of sheer need to save gas money, I’m more likely to hoof it over there.

Ed, I think that’s really cool about people working in the store and also working in the Starbucks stand. That was one of the neat things about working at Borders…I could sell coffee half my shift and help people find good music for the rest. Variety, especially in a retail setting, is vital to not going insane and finding yourself throwing random things at potentially pesky customers.

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]]> By: Ed http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Ed Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:39:49 +0000 http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/#comment-391 I actually work at Target, and I can tell you that, at least at the Target I work at, the people who work there are pretty fun people, and are willing to chat you up. Also, that person quite possibly is the same person that restocks your shampoo. I actually work at Target, and I can tell you that, at least at the Target I work at, the people who work there are pretty fun people, and are willing to chat you up. Also, that person quite possibly is the same person that restocks your shampoo.

]]> By: Keny http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Keny Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:59:04 +0000 http://brandonjcarr.com/blog/2006/03/02/my-black-eye/#comment-390 Well, I was a Gargoyle guy too. Never worked there but, it was the first coffee shop in our town AND one of my best friends worked there. So, my introduction into coffee started at 15. I was thourghly addicted by the age of 16 and then discovered, I couldn't afford it anymore. So, I had to give it up, if only for a time. I got a better job, had my fancy coffee from time to time and then I moved to MN. Now, I became a dirt poor college student looking for work. I had the same feeling about Starbucks that Brandon had. My Big Companies Bad. Small Compnaies Good. It was simple to think that because I had other things to think about, like women and the various ways to impress them. But, now I needed a job and I had no one to help me because I was someplace completely foriegn and all the natives talked about stuff like ice-fishing and hockey (stuff I was aware of but had no idea that others were passionate about it). Then I saw something that intrested me greatly. Starbucks was hiring. I still had some resentment towards big corporations but, I needed to eat. I applied and was hired. Money problem solved, for the most part. Starbucks was really good to me. I learned a TON about big business and the responsibility that they have. A big company has a choice about how they can do business. What I love about Starbucks was the fact they had decided to make some very ethical and moral decisions about how they treated others. I had a 401k, stock options, stock investment and a discount that kept me caffienated all the time. I learned about crema and the importance of steaming milk properly. It was fantastic! I discovered that this company not only treated its people well BUT also was working hard to treat the Global Community well. Wherever they do business they try to do things that will positively affect those people's lives. I knew that this is what a large company should be like. It is a shame that the Wal-marts of the world have to give other large companies a bad name. So, there ya go. It's not about Black-and-White with large companies. I still love small business. There is a small coffee shop I go to every morning before work. I just think that if they had the opportunity to grow and become the next Starbucks, that they would. It would be a great thing to have more folks out there that wanted to do the right thing and had to ability to do it. Well, I was a Gargoyle guy too. Never worked there but, it was the first coffee shop in our town AND one of my best friends worked there. So, my introduction into coffee started at 15. I was thourghly addicted by the age of 16 and then discovered, I couldn’t afford it anymore. So, I had to give it up, if only for a time. I got a better job, had my fancy coffee from time to time and then I moved to MN. Now, I became a dirt poor college student looking for work.

I had the same feeling about Starbucks that Brandon had. My Big Companies Bad. Small Compnaies Good. It was simple to think that because I had other things to think about, like women and the various ways to impress them. But, now I needed a job and I had no one to help me because I was someplace completely foriegn and all the natives talked about stuff like ice-fishing and hockey (stuff I was aware of but had no idea that others were passionate about it). Then I saw something that intrested me greatly. Starbucks was hiring. I still had some resentment towards big corporations but, I needed to eat. I applied and was hired. Money problem solved, for the most part.

Starbucks was really good to me. I learned a TON about big business and the responsibility that they have. A big company has a choice about how they can do business. What I love about Starbucks was the fact they had decided to make some very ethical and moral decisions about how they treated others. I had a 401k, stock options, stock investment and a discount that kept me caffienated all the time. I learned about crema and the importance of steaming milk properly. It was fantastic! I discovered that this company not only treated its people well BUT also was working hard to treat the Global Community well. Wherever they do business they try to do things that will positively affect those people’s lives. I knew that this is what a large company should be like. It is a shame that the Wal-marts of the world have to give other large companies a bad name.

So, there ya go. It’s not about Black-and-White with large companies. I still love small business. There is a small coffee shop I go to every morning before work. I just think that if they had the opportunity to grow and become the next Starbucks, that they would. It would be a great thing to have more folks out there that wanted to do the right thing and had to ability to do it.

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