Starbucks asks us are we proud to be British?

MrMatisse

Oh dear

http://twitter.com/#!/starbucksie

Oh dear oh dear

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0605/breaking30.html

Showing a distinct lack of knowledge regarding relations between Britian and Ireland, the well-known coffee chain when one further today when it used its local Twitter account to ask people what it is that makes them most proud to be British.

Probably not the best use of social media.

Ellis Dee

Anyone who thinks that slop they serve in Starbucks is good coffee is probably too thick to know the difference between Irish and British anyway.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Na na na na na na na na na Leader!

MrMatisse

Ellis Dee wrote: »

Anyone who thinks that slop they serve in Starbucks is good coffee is probably too thick to know the difference between Irish and British anyway.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

LA-DI-DA

steveLFC24

Got a latte in there yesterday, think they forgot to add the coffee.

My name is URL

Some of the reaction to this is hilarious. People seem to be genuinely offended by it. Fcukin' idiots. It was a simple and genuine mistake like.

No bother handing sovereignty away to outside influences but a coffee shop accidentally referring to us as British.. well that's the final straw!

davet82

We're not British?









*Sips on a starbucks mocha frappuccino*

Duggy747

Time to show them our Irishness!!

*sets fire to potato and lobs it through Starbucks window*

MrMatisse

My name is URL wrote: »

Some of the reaction to this is hilarious. People seem to be genuinely offended by it. Fcukin' idiots. It was a simple and genuine mistake like.

No bother handing sovereignty away to outside influences but a coffee shop accidentally referring to us as British.. well that's the final straw!

Yes, forgetting what countries constitute Britain the day after the jubilee celebrations, Easily done

flutterflye

Their hot chocolate is yummilicious though

SEPT 23 1989

We are Europeans

Skid

Starbucks Ireland ‏@StarbucksIE
Happy hour is on! Show us what makes you proud to be British for a chance to win. Don't forget to tag #MyFrappuccino http://bit.ly/JlXOcu
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https://twitter.com/#!/starbucksie

They still haven't deleted it, or posted an embarrased apology.

Stupid Starbucks.

Nothingbetter2d

davet82 wrote: »

We're not British?

no we are german now :rolleyes:

Heil Merkel

crazyderk

I dont see what the big deal is, there are plenty of British living in Ireland who are proud to be British!

Maybe they're asking those people to enter the competition and were restricted by the 140 character limit

KeithM89_old

Father Ted writer Graham Linehans' tweet:

you are clueless pricks and your coffee tastes like baby formula.

(i cant believe i got POTD for this shit)

Gummy Panda

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

davet82 wrote: »

We're not British?

no we are german now :rolleyes:

Where is ze Jews?

Riamfada

Ich glaube nicht!?

davet82

Skid wrote: »

https://twitter.com/#!/starbucksie

They still haven't deleted it, or posted an embarrased apology.

Stupid Starbucks.

i think they're pretty smart tbh..


I'm murder a nice tall foamy starbucks latte coffee now come to think of it... :rolleyes:

cocoshovel

I can only assume the guy who writes the tweets is American or something. either that or somebody is a hilarious troll.

jc84

as a british person living in ireland I don't see what the big deal about the tweet is, it hasn't offended me in the slightest

celtictiger32

BOYCOTT STARBUCKS!!!!

Nothingbetter2d

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Where is ze Jews?

out pickin the spuds in the top field.... Merkel needs her bailout money back

celtictiger32

crazyderk wrote: »

I dont see what the big deal is, there are plenty of British living in Ireland who are proud to be British!

Maybe they're asking those people to enter the competition and were restricted by the 140 character limit

ye good man:rolleyes:

ejmaztec

We should all tweet Starbucks and offer our condolences over the death of US President Bin Laden in a hunting accident in Pakistan.

Biggins

LOL

I like the Time's sarcastic bit at the end...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0605/breaking30.html

Starbucks has 17 stores in the Republic. According to its latest figures, Starbucks has turned around the fortunes of its Irish business, making a profit of €490,000 in the year to October 2011, compared with a loss of €3.3 million the previous year.

However, given its marketing failure profits may be down somewhat in the future.

Meow!

biko

Well, are you?

MagicMarker

News just in, Starbucks in Palestine have just posted this tweet...

Starbucks Palestine ‏@Starbucks
Happy hour is on! Show us what makes you proud to be Jewish for a chance to win. Don't forget to tag #MyFrappuccino http://bit.ly/JlXOcu

Tonyandthewhale

jc84 wrote: »

as a british person living in ireland I don't see what the big deal about the tweet is, it hasn't offended me in the slightest

Yeah, asking British people what makes them proud to be British isn't generally considered offensive so I can see why you mightn't be too put out.
However, the problem here is they ask Irish people what makes them proud to be British, not what do you think the British should be proud of, or what do you like about Britain but what makes to you proud to be British. And given the stupidity of the question as well as the history of the two nations I think it's perfectly reasonable for some people to be mildly offended. Not necessarily because there's anything wrong with being British (because there isn't) but because flagrant ignorance is inherantly discourteous.

My name is URL

Would there be such an uproar in the UK if; on St. Patrick's Day, some company tweeted about showing your Irish pride? It certainly wouldn't make the national news! And I doubt too many people would react in such a bitchy way to it.

I'm surprised that such things still draw out such insular attitudes from some.

SunnyDub1

They do a mean frappacino

ejmaztec

The next stage in the marketing strategy will be the launch of the Blackandtanacchino.

Nodin

.....as long as the company you work for provides a kettle and water, I fail to see the need to fork out for a starbucks coffee. Yet every day, they'd arrive in with their coffees....then complain how they'd no money....

DrumSteve

KeithM89 wrote: »

Father Ted writer Graham Linehans' tweet:

Fuckin' hell.

Blackhorse Slim

heh heh, stupid Canadians

Biggins

I just think its funny.
Someone in Starbucks got a poor grade on their geography exam at some stage - but its no reason to get heated up about.
....Unlike their coffee!

Local-womanizer

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

They do a mean frappacino

They use very little coffee?

Tonyandthewhale

My name is URL wrote: »

Would there be such an uproar in the UK if; on St. Patrick's Day, some company tweeted about showing your Irish pride? It certainly wouldn't make the national news! And I doubt too many people would react in such a bitchy way to it.

Dunno, probably not. But then again, the history is different in that context and since Britain is a much larger and more well known country people would be more likely to read that as sort of a 'get into the spirit of Paddy's day' thing than a 'we're not sure if you're a real country or just another Scotland' thing. So it's kind of a mute point you're raising there.

Also, so far we've got one thread on boards which is receiving a lot less attention than the one on spooning and we've got one, not very well written newspaper article (although admittedly there might be one or two others floating about). I'd call that a passing commentary rather than a national uproar. No need to get upset or start calling people 'insular' URL.

Doc Ruby

My name is URL wrote: »

Would there be such an uproar in the UK if; on St. Patrick's Day, some company tweeted about showing your Irish pride? It certainly wouldn't make the national news! And I doubt too many people would react in such a bitchy way to it.

I'm surprised that such things still draw out such insular attitudes from some.

To be honest the most upset person on the thread seems to be you. Do you not like being reminded that Ireland is a free nation or something?

And just to forestall the inevitable gave-away-sovrennity onanism, when you see foreign tanks rolling down Grafton street, that's when our sovereignty is in trouble. Until such time we are quite capable of telling the EU and whoever else to go to hell if it suits us.

Duggys Housemate

Nodin wrote: »

.....as long as the company you work for provides a kettle and water, I fail to see the need to fork out for a starbucks coffee. Yet every day, they'd arrive in with their coffees....then complain how they'd no money....

I lived the US for a while, I estimate I spent $1,500 a year on starbucks ****e.

abouttobebanned

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

Yeah, asking British people what makes them proud to be British isn't generally considered offensive so I can see why you mightn't be too put out.
However, the problem here is they ask Irish people what makes them proud to be British, not what do you think the British should be proud of, or what do you like about Britain but what makes to you proud to be British. And given the stupidity of the question as well as the history of the two nations I think it's perfectly reasonable for some people to be mildly offended. Not necessarily because there's anything wrong with being British (because there isn't) but because flagrant ignorance is inherantly discourteous.

Your sarcasm detector appears to be switched off.

Biggins

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

no we are german now :rolleyes:

Heil Merkel

Ist das nicht die Wahrheit! ...Und wir werden dafür bezahlen, um sicher zu sein!

Ich denke, wir alle sollten anfangen Deutsch zu sprechen jetzt! Holen Sie sich in der Praxis?

swimming in a sea

massive companies like starbucks don't give a **** about nationalism, they will be the coffee supplier in a new one world government.

Superbus

steveLFC24 wrote: »

Got a latte in there yesterday, think they forgot to add the coffee.

Well in fairness a latte is pretty much just warm milk at the best of times.

Mr. Presentable

My name is URL wrote: »

Would there be such an uproar in the UK if; on St. Patrick's Day, some company tweeted about showing your Irish pride? It certainly wouldn't make the national news! And I doubt too many people would react in such a bitchy way to it.

I'm surprised that such things still draw out such insular attitudes from some.

Not a valid comparison. Try asking the residents of Gibraltar how it feels to be Spanish.

Bad Panda

KeithM89 wrote: »

Father Ted writer Graham Linehans' tweet:

What a muppet.

Bet he drinks Starbucks too.

Lyaiera

We should get the Brits in on this too. I'm certain they don't want us back. They've got a good thing going with us: we gave them Dara O'Briain, Graham Norton and Graham Linehan and we get to watch them on channels that aren't as bad as RTE or TV3. Together we can all give out about terrible American coffee.

Irish Guitarist

I find it more offensive that Ireland has been taken over by all these American fast food places than anything.

Duggys Housemate

We should get the Brits in on this too. I'm certain they don't want us back. We can all give out about terrible American coffee.

they'll want us back when we discover oil, oh yes. feckers

Duggys Housemate

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I find it more offensive that Ireland has been taken over by all these American fast food places than anything.

I find it annoying that american diners haven't caught on.

Nodin

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

I lived the US for a while, I estimate I spent $1,500 a year on starbucks ****e.

On the way to work every morning? Very odd.

I can understand people out on a weekend or in their spare time, or stuck in some kettle-barren hell hole of a job, but otherwise it always struck me as an inordinate expense to have daily. Worse than the bought lunch as opposed to the pre-prepared.

(These people were on minimum wage or just over I should add. If you're rolling in it, its obviously no odds).

Diabhal Beag

Giving Starbucks the publicity they want ITT