Dear Starbucks,

I'm pretty ticked off at ya'll right now.

You pretend to be this hip happening WeCareSoMuch company but really… well, I'm not impressed.

I like that you use Fair Trade whenever possible but I'd sure be dazzled if you were exclusively Fair Trade. I don't want to drink coffee if there's child labor involved (or slave wages).

But here's the issue. You started out Seattle Tree Hugging and now you're the McDonalds of the coffee industry. Can you explain to me why coffee that's being consumed on premises can't be served in a proper coffee cup? Does it really need to be paper? Heck, you could even provide metal spoons instead of stirrers. I'd use them (well, I would have before I was totally disenfranchised from you).

Here's where I get pissy though. And I'm talking Screeching At You kinda pissy.

What's with the drive through windows? Why do I constantly see 8 or more cars idling at the drive through line? What is with needing a drive through window in Los Angeles? We rarely have weather below 70 degrees and seldom any rain. It's not like we can't get out of our cars.

Maybe something special happens when car exhaust hits coffee and there's a new blend I'm unaware of?

If not I'd sure like to see this trend stop.

I don't really drink your coffee because the only way to get organic milk in it is for it to be full fat and frankly that makes my teeth feel gross, sorta like they're wearing a milk sweater.

But I do like that you'll give me coffee grinds for my roses and azelias.

I just wish you wouldn't be such a massive part of our car culture. Honestly, every time I see the lineup of Super Dee Duper Busy Ladies in their SUVs on the telephone waiting with their cars idling for a cup of coffee in YetAnotherPaperCup I wish you'd go bankrupt.

And I hate being that mean.

But it's really what I'd like to see if ya'll can't won't change.

xoxo

Jessica