Subdeacon Joe Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Missouri Bar Responds To Cease And Desist From Starbucks With Epic Letter And $6 Check When one of the largest companies in the United States serves you a “cease and desist” letter, there are various ways to approach it. One way is to give in to any demands in fear of powerful lawyers and millions or billions of dollars, forgetting whatever you were doing that got you in that predicament in the first place. The other option is to write a mocking apology letter and send a check for an extremely small amount of cash to prove a point. The Exit Six Pub and Brewery in Cottleville, Missouri, chose the latter, taking on the coffee behemoth that is Starbucks. So what would turn the two unlikely entities into enemies? Exit Six was serving a beer called “Frappicino,” which bears quite a similar name to Starbucks’ signature coffee drink, the Frappucino. Starbucks sent Exit Six a cease and desist letter, to which Exit Six replied with this Facebook post on Thursday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 A spew alert would have been in order my dear Joe!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Attaboy for Exit 6 Pub and a sense of proportion and humor! I do not partake of any of Starbucks overhyped and overpriced inventory of designer drinks (almost none of which are real coffee), anyway. Tried it just once, couldn't even get the waitress (barrista) to understand that I wanted a plain, black cup of regular coffee without being insulted. Next time I'm in Cottleville, I'm stopping for a beer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 A spew alert would have been in order my dear Joe!!! Only if you drink too much of the beer, Yul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Cottleville isn't far from me. I'll have to stop in on my way back from the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Infringement issues aside....if anyone drinking an F Word beer in a pub confused it with overpriced coffee....they probably were drinking heavily somewhere else earlier. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 You beat me to it, Joe! Down to the title of the thread! I wonder if they had the gall to actually cash the check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Starbuck coffee buyer are in a status qualm. Overpriced, colored boiled water with soapy dishwater taste. MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 Starbuck coffee buyer are in a status qualm. Overpriced, colored boiled water with soapy dishwater taste. MT Around here the plain brewed coffee is usually pretty good. Been a few years since I bought any, but I think an imperial pint is about $2.25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I try the stuff every now and then... the black coffee is really bad. I am guessing the stuff is brewed to be really strong and bitter to stand up with sugar and carmel and cream and other flavors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Their Pike Place coffee is pretty good and it's less than 2 bucks a cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Anybody remember the phrase: "That and a DIME will get you a cup of coffee?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coconino Pistolero, SASS # 72432 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Howdy Harvey, As long as it is a pre-64 silver dime, that phrase still applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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