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[–] 90 points 6 days ago (19 children)

making me pay more

No, you're choosing to pay more. Make your own coffee at home. Or hell, don't drink coffee. Nobody's making you do that, either.

A slightly better example might be convenience stores in low-income areas where many people don't have access to transportation to the more affordable grocery stores. The fact that you immediately jumped to Starbucks (something many people consider a treat of sorts) as something you're forced to buy out of convenience shows how privileged you are to have this "problem".

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  • [–] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (8 children)

    privileged people don't see themselves that way. they don't see buying starbucks as a choice, they see it as a necessity for living. the choice to make coffee at home does not exist for them. they also would not want to associate with someone who makes coffee at home, because that's what poor people do and the last thing they would ever want to be like is a poor person.

    the price increase of SB to make addicts stop buying it would have to be massive, like double or triple, not a 30% increase.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    It's adorable how people taking a left turn out of coffee shops at rush hour think I'm going to let them in.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    My brain can't parse this, what is this supposed to mean?

    I thought people are leaving the store, why would they think you're letting them in? Also what does the direction they're going have to do with anything?

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