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Originally Posted by barbino
I haven't had Gold Coast Blend for awhile, maybe I'll have to get the beans soon. I worked for SB for a few months many years ago when I needed a second job, so I'm pretty familiar with their coffee & products. The thing that I liked the most about working there was that we got a pound of coffee free each week. Since I was single then, I could not possibly drink it all. So I started giving it away to my friends, and I was suddenly very popular.
One of my real estate friends worked there part-time just to get the healthcare benefits, which used to be available to anyone who worked there, even part-time. I don't know if they still have these same benefits, but at that time it was a great part-time job. I knew an art-history PHD who taught part-time & ran the community-college art museum. What was her other part-time job? You guessed it- a Starbuck's barrista. She did this for a long time, too. 
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I, too, worked as a barista at Starbucks, while I was in college. Always gave away my beans, too. Starbucks still has those health bennies for part-time employees.