Starbucks: The Milkshake Shop

Jack has his fall attire going full force. We're talking Ugg's, scarf and he reeks of pumpkin spice. This led to the guys talking about how Starbucks is basically a glorified milkshake shop at this point. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So fall.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
I got my scarf on my hug, my hugs pumpkin
spice everywhere. I mean, I'm wearing Pumpkins spice cologne. I'm
drinking pumps Pumpkins spice body wash this morning in the shower.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
I mean, I'm just a lathered in pumpkin spice fantastic.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
I was in the Starbucks the other day, and now
I would like, I don't. I didn't go to Starbucks
like the first many years it was a thing. And
but I'm guessing that if you want into Starbucks, back
in the day, it was mostly just coffee up there
in the wall. Now you go and it's just nothing
but dessert stuff, all kinds of apple, cinnamon, pumpkin spice cream,
something or other. If you look, if you squint, you

(00:38):
know where to look. You can find where they list
coffee somewhere. But it's mostly just a dessert menu.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Yeah, it's a milkshake shop and very successful one. Did
they know that? Was that? Was that his genius? Whatever
that guy's name is, it started Starbucks. What's his name, shorts?
Howard Schultz? Would you see? That?

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Was that his genius? That he really people want a
milkshake shop? But they're they can't let themselves feel like
they're stopping by to get a milkshake in the morning.
I mean, nobody can allow that with their psyche. If
we call it a coffee shop, they'll buy a milkshake.
Did he know that or did it just accidentally kind
of happen. I think it's probably the latter.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
I think so too, particularly with you know, computerized logistics
these days and inventory control and stuff. You can instantly
see what people are consuming. You don't have to get
a call from your you know, your your branch manager
in Des Moines saying, hey, this is weird. People really
want pumpkin spice stuff. You can see it in real time. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
I think he spread his coffee shop around and they
quickly realized that, hey, hey, boss, there are more people
buying these giant chocolate whipped cream on top desserts than
are buying coffee.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, let's shot it to them and let's charge them
like nine dollars. But what if there's a giant OBC
the epidemic that kills hundreds of thousands, That's not our problem,
and it's not no, well no, no, it's not.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
I don't have any problem with that. But I can't
tell you how many times I've gone to a Starbucks.
It's usually in the afternoon, but still, you're a coffee
shop and I go in and ask for God, we
don't have any, so well, we can make some for you,
but it'll be a while.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Wow, is there? Yeah, because you know they're not expecting
somebody in want.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
I rarely, if ever, have ever gone into a Starbucks
and had either the person in front of your.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Behind me order a cup of coffee like I do.
I don't.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
I don't know how from that happens to day. I
don't know if they like when they leave it. You
just see that an old ball guy ordered coffee, like
just a cup of coffee with whipped cream and some
pumpkin spice.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
No, just coffee. You got any coffee flavored coffee? I
don't know. We'll have to look