Coffee & Commentary
The Starbucks coffee chain has raised some eyebrows over its "The Way I See It" campaign, which prints quotes from thinkers, authors, athletes and entertainers on the side of your morning machiatto. The goal, according to the company, is to foster "philosophical debate" in its 9,000-plus coffeehouses across the USA."
Imagine if our local Starbucks chain here in Kuwait started a similar campaign. Who would be the local Kuwaiti personalities worth quoting, and what could they possibly say without making us choke on our lattes?
The website also invites anyone to submit opinions for publication on a future cup. The site, as well as fliers available in each Starbucks store, encourage angry customers to lash out if they're upset. What would you say to them?
21 Comments:
that has no way to work in kuwait , and i don't see anyone recent is qoute worthy ( unless you talking funny quote )
and philosophical & Al Franken does not mix
27/3/05 10:15 AM
Mr. Z
تـخيل معاي الإقتباس هذا، المرأة لا حقوق سياسية لديها حسب الشريعة الإسلامية
فيصل المسلم، سوبر مسلم
رحنا وطي
27/3/05 10:17 AM
Why aren't we talking about Baghdadi? He quit writing for good in protest of the sentence he received... supposedly he's seeking political assylum in a foreign country. Its ridiculous that this is happening... people should protest whats going on in this country?!
27/3/05 10:26 AM
wain q8sheikh about this post! This guy hates starbucks with a passion!!
I like it :)
27/3/05 10:55 AM
hwkw because it isn't the first time al-Baghdadi say he is leaving kuwait for good
i do remmber either in one of his article or in a talk that he said he is waiting for his wife to retire so he and her can retire outside of kuwait
27/3/05 11:08 AM
HWKW... We talked about Baghdadi last week
Now back to today's post...
27/3/05 11:20 AM
Quote-worthy Kuwaitis for me are:
عبدالحسين عبدالرضا
حسن العيسى (He's a brilliant columnist, I don't know why he doesn't have more fans)
(حمود البغيلي (شاعر نبطي
د.سعد بن طفلة
د.احمد الربعي
عبداللطيف الدعيج طبعاً
It's a shame I can't think of any Kuwaiti women celebrities that are quote-worthy. I know many individual women that are very much quote-wrothy, but I can't put their names on your blog... maybe they can be mentioned as anonymous on the Starbucks cup.
27/3/05 12:01 PM
أخلاقى أرقى من أخلاقك
فلهذاأنا أستحق حور العين و الغلمان
Vampire Slayer
محمد العوضى -دامت خرابيطه
27/3/05 1:02 PM
1. Why is does Kuwait have the most expensive star bucks?
2. Why do the muffins suck (only in Kuwait)?
3. Why do i HAVE to ask for a hot sleave everytime??
4. Can you please put up a drive through on all the highways?
27/3/05 1:11 PM
Yes Sheba... that hot sleeve thing pisses me off too!
That should be on the paper cup, but it would hide the valuable quotes ;-)
27/3/05 1:22 PM
Quotes ON the sleeve, howzzat?
Also, why does it have to be 'kuwaiti' personalities and thinkers?
I wouldn't mind seeing some quotes from Neruda, Khayyam, Goethe .. etc etc. People who spoke of universal truth and beauty. There isn't a shortage of smart, thoughtful people in the world.
27/3/05 2:02 PM
محمد شرار
عواد برد
and the new kid in the street
أسعد البنوان
zaydoun
it takes so damn long to get to your comment page.
am noticing this since few days.
i dont know why not with the other bloggers
27/3/05 2:33 PM
Philosophical debate at starbucks in Kuwait, yah right
27/3/05 2:49 PM
persusq8 i would guess the reason it would be kuwaiti would be to make it a local advertising campaign..something personal to kuwait and its community...actually i think its a great idea...and i dont' think it has to be someone famous...it could be ur average joe writing their quote of the day and sending it to start bux...i think it would be cool:)
28/3/05 1:12 AM
I think thats such a great idea... but as Illusion said, (though I dont know about Kuwait), the only thing that would spark a philosophical debate from a starbucks cup in Dubai is if the local guys see a picture and phone number of a hot girl on the side of the cup... but that would be more of a biological debate I guess!
the clientele of starbucks in Dubai consists of the bluetooth-ers, who would prob prefer sending nasty messages accross to completely random people! Quite appaling I must say, and sadly, very far far away from philosophy!
Emirienne
p.s. Zaydoun, I started my blogpage and would love if you would have a look and spread the word:) p.s. can I post your name on my page as a fellow blogger?
cheers!:D
28/3/05 2:10 PM
Emirienne, by all means please do.. but please dont add me as a contributor. I barely have time to catch up with this one! ;-)
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