Seeing the World on 10 Coffees a Day
By 9:10 a.m., John "Winter" Smith—just Winter to those who know him—had already been up for three hours, visited four Starbucks, eaten one Starbucks doughnut, and downed a Starbucks DoubleShot espresso and 12 ounces of regular Starbucks coffee. He's jittery, but he's still on his game: Standing at the counter of Starbucks No. 5 for the day, an unremarkable strip mall location in Scottsdale, Winter realizes something is amiss. "These cards are different!" he says, staring at the store manager's business card, which he's grabbed from a stack at the register. "I haven't run into any other cards across the country that have this on the back." He analyzes the flip side, which uses an acrostic of the word "partner" to spell out why working at Starbucks is so rewarding. Holding the card up to the manager—who offers a confused smile—Winter continues, "And the card stock, it's thinner." He then asks for, and receives, a complimentary half-cup refill of a Starbucks cup he's brought with him, darts in and out of the bathroom, snaps a photo of the store, stows the camera in his car, and declares, "That's it here."
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Now I love Starbucks but this guy is a nut. And I'm sure all you Texans, and Longhorns to be exact, are so happy to claim him.
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