Lance: Yeah, I cruise in sometimes before a workout, get myself energized

Brittney: He comes in every single morning and orders a Half-Caf Frapachino mixed with a Tazo Tea latte, 7 pumps, no fat, no foam, no sugar, while he looks for a job because his mother wants him out of her basement.

Lance: Sometimes I get a muffin

Brittney: He likes blueberry, it's the only fruit in his diet.

Lance: If I have the time, I will read the paper.

Brittney: He sits in an French Provincial Chair and has the Wall Street Journal on top of his Archie Comic book.

Lance: I am Lance Bergman and my Starbucks is at Yorkville

Brittney: and I am his Barista.


PUKE!!!

First of all, Starbucks, like Krispy Kreme will be out of Canada with the next wave of fads when we realize that it's not trendy to spend $7.00 on a drink and a muffin.

I worked with, what I can only refer to as an wasteful use of oxygen, named Ann.
She loved her Starbucks and I made up a combination that pays homage to her skinny assed "I want to be trendy because it makes me feel like I have friends" drink

Even when we had to go to the US for business, she bought this combination and it was $4.59 US at the time, I have no idea what it is now. I haven't been in a Starbucks (from the Latin meaning you have to be a Star to have the bucks to afford this crap) ever, and they don't put prices on their website (probably because it would require a long integer).

Let's just say that this beverage is about that price and given their expensive price for coffee, I assume their food products are the same, so let's call it $7.00. (Second Cup costs $3.33 for Hot Chocolate too)

Lance goes in everyday to be one of the beautiful people.
By the way, $7x5 = $35 and $35x52 = $1820.00

You see, Lance spends more on Starbucks than I do on Auto Insurance AND property Insurance COMBINED.

And ya know those comfy chairs, well, you are paying for them. You are paying through the nose for all that trendy crap and what does that poor Barrista get, probably minimum wage.
You pay for the paper, you pay for the Tazo, you pay for the use of the term Latte.

What you get though, is just the same in the end, had you gone to Tim Horton's, something that ends up in the septic system.
But, you get to keep most of your money, because a coffee at Timmy's, costs about $1.25

And that probably saves $4.50 a day (at Timmie's) and let's face it, that's $1170 a year. Enough to buy your own arm chair and a subscription to Archie.

Little Chris, saying goodbye to his favourite Custodian almost made me cry.

ALMOST.

Two types of commercials piss me off,
1) political party commercials where one party attacks another. Instead of saying what you are going to do that is good, you want to concentrate on what others don't want to do. Why, because you aren't going to do anything either but that's not a selling feature.

2) commercials paid by unions.

Chris, saying good bye to his favourite custodian for all the little things he did, getting the balls off the roof, fixing his crutch when he had a broken leg. .
But my mom said you lost your job because some guy named McGuinty kept $375 million from education.

You see, CUPE really cares about the cleanliness of schools, well, except when they are on strike. Then, they want them SO DIRTY that parents become outraged. They will stop vehicles and hold up people from their daily routine to get you on their side.

When I hear of people running strike lines and someone getting hurt, don't get me wrong, it's a tragedy. However, if you aren't working, you should be at home.
But no, you want to protest. I will tell you from my experience if you stop me from doing my daily routine, I will not be on your side. I would be more likely to be one of the ones that sneak in to do your job.

Life outside a union is so much easier. If you don't like your pay and think you deserve more, you have that leverage to find another job that pays you for your perceived skills.

If you get a job that pays more for your set of skills, then you were right. If you don't, then it's double jeopardy. You aren't worth that and you are out of a job.


People, anyone really, like to value the job they do above their salary, it's natural. I know I don't make what I contribute.

Unions are special that way (not in the same way your best friend is special, more in the way that the little boy on the bus with the bike helmet is special)

Both my two best friends work in unions.
One is staffed at a time that there really isn't work to do. So, guess what, sometimes, he can take a nap.
The other is staffed in a company that can't fire people for theft.

Please don't let CUPE fool you into thinking they care about your children any more (or less) than the government does. If they cared about your kids first, they wouldn't prevent the schools from being cleaned for the health of the kiddies.
A CUPE head even had the nerve to say (of the Durham school board) that they don't think the schools can even stay open a week. Last time it was 8 days and it was a mess and a health concern.

My daughter is doing what she can. Bringing back every scrap of garbage home to make the best of a bad situation.

In closing, everyone needs raises, raises that are ABOVE the increase of inflation and the cost of living.

What we don't need is Unions and their leaders making $150,000 a year and pushing you to think you are not replaceable.

Teachers, I luv ya. When you go into teaching for the right reasons, you are the most valuable people in the world and I will agree, give you good money so you aren't forced to leave teaching.
Those that go into teaching so they have 11 weeks off a year. We DON'T need you. Unions won't let us get rid of people like you that go into such a valuable profession for the wrong reasons.