Raking in those starbuck
"No free water!" the restaurant bosses tell their employees.
They drill it into their heads. "Make them pay for water."
So when the World Trade Center towers fell and thousands of
victims were overcome by smoke, ashes and debris, the manager
of the nearest Starbucks made rescue workers pay $130 for three
cases of water used to treat people for shock. The ambulance
workers had to take up a collection among themselves to get the
water.
After this example of fanatical capitalist greed got around
and complaints poured in, the president of the
multimillion-dollar chain sent a refund and free coffee to the
ambulance crew. Gee, what a patriot.
Thanks to the Guardian of England, Sept. 26, for publishing
this item. It didn't appear in the U.S. press, to our
knowledge. --Deirdre Griswold
Reprinted from the Oct. 11, 2001, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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