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Starbucks email Hoax

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~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 10 Nov 2008 20:54

Having received this in my inbox today, I checked on snopes and it has declared it as false. Given the time of year, fair treatment of our troops is highly topical at the moment and this email is doing the rounds I'm hoping to stop anyone spreading the rumour. Apparently Starbucks weren't approached but had they been then they would have to refuse due to their donations policy BUT they would have passed it to any one of a number of staff who are interested in making such donations, and whom are given a pound a week of coffee and often donate to troops. According to snopes this originally started life as a rumour about Kraft and hotdogs. The thing about the water is true but that was an employee not Starbucks themselves and they did refund the money in they end (although only when it came to media attention - maybe they didn't know about it before then)


"Recently, Royal Marines in Iraq , wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees, and to request that they send some of it to the troops there. Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone in it, and that they would not send
the troops their brand of coffee.

So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should support them by NOT buying any of their products! I feel we should get this out in the open. I know this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the boys on the ground, fighting street-to-street and, house-to-house.

If you feel the same as I do then pass this along. Thanks very much for your support. I know you'll all be there again with your support when I deploy once more.

Sgt. Howard C. Wright 1st Force Recon Co 1st PLT.


PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS. .. PLEASE PASS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR E- MAIL LIST, IN MEMORY OF ALL THE TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED, SO THAT WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE!

Also, don't forget that when the Twin Trade Towers were hit, the fire fighters and rescue workers went to Starbucks, because it was close by, for water for the survivors and workers, and Starbucks CHARGED THEM! ! !

AN ADDED NOTE TO THIS: STARBUCKS HAD STORES ON SEVERAL MILITARY BASES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE NOW BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF THIS. "


Just to repeat...it's a hoax.