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Gross....before you go get that next Starbucks latte, read this (or don't) your choice.?

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/444195p-373976c.html Starbucks faces buggy rap BY PAUL H.B. SHIN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Thursday, August 17th, 2006 Should it be Starbucks or Star...bugs? Current and former employees of the gourmet coffee chain filed a federal complaint yesterday claiming their corporate bosses have refused to heed repeated warnings about inadequate training and chronic infestations of roaches, rats and other vermin in New York stores. But the company strongly denied the allegations, noting the complaints were coordinated by a handful of activists who are trying to unionize the chain's normally merry band of baristas. Out of the 201 Starbucks stores in the city, the Department of Health issued notices of violation to 44 for rodent or insect activity in the most recent round of inspections, city records show. The complaints filed by Starbucks employees with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration focus on three stores - at Union Square Eas

Public Comments

  1. u want us 2 read all this?? i'd rather die.. so what's the question?!!!!!!!
  2. Jeez - at 5 bucks a cup you'd think they could hire some proper cleaning staff.
  3. i'm live in singapore and i find the starbucks here very clean... anyway i don't go there often haha..... and i don't drink any latte or whatever drinks they have..... their stuff are soo expensive!!!
  4. Yep! That is gross..gives a whole new meaning to caffiene high! No wonder people drinking their stuff can "climb the walls"... LOL!
  5. Ah, new flavors of coffee-dark roach roast, lice latte, and rat dropping delight.
  6. Its a good thing I do not live in New York, although I believe most food establishments probably have this problem and we just don't know about it. It is interesting though that at 4 dollars a pop for coffee that the businesses cannot staff their store or provide cleaning equipment or even mouse traps and roach bait for that matter. LOL
  7. Yeah, good thing I don't live in New York. I live in Mexico City, and down here we actually ENFORCE the health regs. (Besides if I DID live in NYC, I'm sure I could beat the living crap out of ANY damn New York rat to get my morning Starbuck's fix!)
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