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I got this article in an e-mail today and it totally angered me. It seems to be that nowadays marketers are getting into religion to proscribe their competitor's products, as they had done with COCA COLA, and now are aiming at Starbucks.
I think some people are seriously trying to put Starbucks out of business, by boycotting them and spreading rumors. So what etha the name is derived from 'Ester'? not that that's true. Otherwise they would have callen it EsterBucks :P
To set the facts straight, assuming you had read the article above, I have come up with some facts that have been copied here from the original sitings:
"The first Starbucks was opened in Seattle, Washington in 1971 by three partners—English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegel, and writer Gordon Bowker. The three were inspired by Alfred Peet, whom they knew personally, to open their first store in Pike Place Market to sell high-quality coffee beans and equipment. Entrepreneur Howard Schultz joined the company in 1982, and, after a trip to Milan, suggested that the company sell coffee and espresso drinks as well as beans.
The company was in part named after Starbuck, the coffee-loving first mate character in the book Moby-Dick, as well as a turn-of-the-century mining camp on Mount Rainier, Starbo or Storbo. According to Howard Schultz's book Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, the name of the company was derived from Moby-Dick, although not in as direct a fashion as many assume. Gordon Bowker liked the name "Pequod" (the ship in the novel), but his creative partner Terry Heckler objected: "No one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!" Heckler suggested "Starbo." Brainstorming with these two ideas resulted in the company being named for the Pequod's first mate, Starbuck.
The company was in part named after Starbuck, the coffee-loving first mate character in the book Moby-Dick, as well as a turn-of-the-century mining camp on Mount Rainier, Starbo or Storbo. According to Howard Schultz's book Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, the name of the company was derived from Moby-Dick, although not in as direct a fashion as many assume. Gordon Bowker liked the name "Pequod" (the ship in the novel), but his creative partner Terry Heckler objected: "No one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!" Heckler suggested "Starbo." Brainstorming with these two ideas resulted in the company being named for the Pequod's first mate, Starbuck.
Esther has nothing to do with the logo, the picture in the article showed of a Siren.
Appearance
In early Greek art the Sirens were represented as birds with large heads and scaly feet, and sometimes manes, of lions. Later, they were represented as female figures with the legs of birds, with or without wings playing a variety of musical instruments, especially harps. The 10th century encyclopedia Suda [1] says that from their chests up Sirens had the form of sparrows, below they were women, or, alternatively, that they were little birds with women's faces. Birds were chosen because of their characteristic beautiful voice. However, later in history Sirens were sometimes also depicted as beautiful women (whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive), or even as mermaids (half woman, half fish).
In early Greek art the Sirens were represented as birds with large heads and scaly feet, and sometimes manes, of lions. Later, they were represented as female figures with the legs of birds, with or without wings playing a variety of musical instruments, especially harps. The 10th century encyclopedia Suda [1] says that from their chests up Sirens had the form of sparrows, below they were women, or, alternatively, that they were little birds with women's faces. Birds were chosen because of their characteristic beautiful voice. However, later in history Sirens were sometimes also depicted as beautiful women (whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive), or even as mermaids (half woman, half fish).
I rest my case.
Starbucks is one of the most successful businesses in the world. It would take more than some stupid silly lies to stop them from pioneering into this world.
P.s I dont give two shits etha initially il salfa fekrat Yahoodi. SO WHAT!!
9 comments:
YO!
Malich shighil feehom! :P
It's a matter of customer satisfaction. If I open a coffee shop bs gahwa 3arabiya o0 starbucks with a huge variety next door; people are bound to choose the better one or else they'd be economically retarded. (Bain elbaye3 wel mishtiri yefta7 allah). Starbucks want to make money, and they did. You know what we do?
We say ridiculous stuff like we're buying zionist bullets to kill our muslim brothers. LOL
So people basically there are many people with free time on their hands to make up outrageous claims and spread rumours. Like arabian scientest eflan liflani invented the question mark! or the color purple! etc.. :P
and u care so much because?
coolfreak: LOL! u always have a comment that cracks me up! Exactly as u said, free time does the crime! (yaay I came up with a slogan)
anonymous: and you are? and molazim I say my reason :) (That is if I had one)
E3jibatni: free crime does the crime! 3adi atsalaf`ha? :P
lool some people need to HAVE A BREAK...seriously!
coolfreak: sure bs its patented :P
Brava valentia: Tell me about it!
Dam isalfa feeha patents o0 qathaya. HAWANT! :P
Wallah ana wa7ed mo thak el zod ma3a Starbucks.. I prefer CBTL to it but the thing is...
They want cheaper coffees :P So ga3ed ehajmon el amaken el ghalia hal ayam ;)
zizotime: 7atan ana a7eb CBTL! 3ajeeeb! Thegt el hot chocolate malhum? Order it in a glass mug o ed3eeley
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