Eric Scheske

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Free Starbucks

I don't like coffee and I don't like Starbucks and I don't like the consumerist culture it stands for. I don't even have a Starbucks in my home town (no, I don't live in hell). But I offer this, in case any of you Starbuckers didn't see it:

Don't forget about Starbucks' first-ever National Coffee Break on Wednesday (March 15) from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In more than 7,500 stores, employees will pour tall cups of coffee at no charge.

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