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The new trend in the US is to ask for a tip on the payment terminal before you can enter your card for payment. Starbucks does this and it’s tricky in the drive through when you’re trying to be quick. Trying to figure out how not to add a tip takes time so you just select one of the three tip amounts on the screen to complete the transaction. Other places are doing this too.

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Weirdly the solution for Starbucks here is to use their app’s barcode for payment; then tipping is buried. As much as I enjoy Starbucks, it’s such a commodity that it seems odd to tip for. They aren’t really bringing anything to you or cleaning up after you.

They do have well designed clean bathrooms and buying a couple of cups of coffee you can work all day on a laptop. Much cheaper than an office without commitment although many distractions.

Is it me or does Starbucks coffee taste burnt? I prefer 711 on taste every time. They need to fix that

Which Starbucks have you been to? All the ones I go to have gross bathrooms topped with whatever heavy chemical smell they use to etch the sins off the bathroom floor with.

I totally hear you on the taste, it comes off as smoky to me. The blond roast espresso is more mild on that.

The Palo Alto Starbucks bathrooms are pretty nice

I pay cash, avoids the terminal entirely.

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