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I go to Starbucks every now and then to get regular coffee or pure espresso. I just go to whichever one is most convenient at the moment. I notice that each location seems to have a unique personality.
Springfield Plaza: Ghetto
Burke Centre Pkwy near Roberts Rd: Depressing with a hospice-like atmosphere
Burke Centre Pkwy near Ox Rd: Laid back and transient
Old Keene Mill and Rolling: A little snobby and stiff for Springfield
Main St. Fairfax near TJ Maxx: casual and college'y "hip"
The ones in any Safeway: Stale
McLean branch on Old Dominion Dr: Clubbish
Any Tysons corner location: Pretentious and stuffy.
The Safeway branches: understaffed and terrible customer service. Last time I was there, they were OUT of coffee. The barista musta just been sitting around with his thumb up his ass all day. I had to friggin wait for him to make it.
Also, the McLean Starbucks is on Chain Bridge, not Old Dominion. Or did they recently build a new one?
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The Safeway branches: understaffed and terrible
> customer service. Last time I was there, they
> were OUT of coffee. The barista musta just been
> sitting around with his thumb up his ass all day.
> I had to friggin wait for him to make it.
>
> Also, the McLean Starbucks is on Chain Bridge, not
> Old Dominion. Or did they recently build a new
> one?
There are two in McLean; the one on old dominion/chesterbrook has been there for at least a decade, if not longer.
TheMeeper Wrote:
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> The Safeway branches: understaffed and terrible
> customer service. Last time I was there, they
> were OUT of coffee. The barista musta just been
> sitting around with his thumb up his ass all day.
> I had to friggin wait for him to make it.
FrostedMiniWheats Wrote:
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> I go to Starbucks every now and then to get
> regular coffee or pure espresso. I just go to
> whichever one is most convenient at the moment. I
> notice that each location seems to have a unique
> personality.
>
> Springfield Plaza: Ghetto
> Burke Centre Pkwy near Roberts Rd: Depressing with
> a hospice-like atmosphere
> Burke Centre Pkwy near Ox Rd: Laid back and
> transient
> Old Keene Mill and Rolling: A little snobby and
> stiff for Springfield
> Main St. Fairfax near TJ Maxx: casual and
> college'y "hip"
> The ones in any Safeway: Stale
> McLean branch on Old Dominion Dr: Clubbish
> Any Tysons corner location: Pretentious and
> stuffy.
>
> Feel free to add to this list,
> Cheers!
The only time I go to Starbucks is when my program director gives out Starbucks gift cards for Christmas. I usually try to sell the card to someone I know that goes there but if I can't I like to go order the hardest thing to make that falls just under the amount on the card, when they call me to pick up my coffee I get it and toss it in the trash right in front of them.