Biz, U.S.: The “Starbucks Dream” is gone, says columnist who doesn’t get it
- Starbucks was the great American backup plan. The emergency exit. The parachute.
- Mary Schmich • Chicago Tribune columnist, on the idea that one could start working at Starbucks as a backup plan to their full-time job. With layoffs even at the Green Menace, that backup plan is looking less likely. Personally, we would consider working at Starbucks to be a nightmare that just keeps repeating itself, “Groundhog Day”-style. • source