It's RED again...

Good morning... What can I get for you?

Well, I'm on my last day here at the Lodge on Lake Quinault. They serve Starbucks here so that's why I even mention it. Sadly there was no Starbucks next to the World's Largest Sitka Spruce Tree...

So, now that Q4 is winding down, I'd like to shift gears and start talking about the color RED. Soon we'll see if Starbucks will post the all too familiar "It's Red Again" site and give us an opportunity to interact with the Starbucks Traditions Keeper. I got a chance to visit him last year and he was quite a sight. All of the children sat around the computer for their chance to type in obscene words... to see if the little snowman or gingerbread man would say your obscene message so you could then e-mail it your your friends. Yes, and then you could share your own holiday tradition story in hopes that it would be posted. Little did the children know that the content for the site was pre-determined, pre-approved and implemented months before.

I can remember a day when partners measured their tenure by holiday seasons. Back in the days when the gift packs were assembled by a partner at the store... where they took care to lovingly place the sticker on the side... Christmas Blend Sampler, Starbucks Blends Sampler, etc... We would all sit around the register and drink real eggnog and eat holiday markouts. I loved holidays at Starbucks...

Merry Pre-Approved, Pre-Determined Holidays everyone... It'll be Red again soon...

We'll see you tomorrow for your usual. Hand me the half-n-half would ya? It's out again.

Pat Nerr...