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Today, I went to meet a potential client at StarBucks all the way across town about designing his website. I was extremely excited because I really need the work. I sat for an hour. Turns out he was across the street, at the other StarBucks. FML

damn starbucks's everywhere thats too bad.

I'm sure he didn't mention which one?

im replying to the first post to be on top

why didnt you just call him? o hai there :]

Any decent employer will laugh about that. If not, you don't want to work with him...trust me. Nothing says "crappy boss" like 0 sense of humor.

The client said that having a cell phone is too stressful. I tried to include that piece of info, but the 300 character limit caught me.

Just a curious question: Who is tonight's moderator?

Haha, that sucks

There are too many Starbucks's :) Didn't you notice the other one before?

nope, hes an idiot. didnt call, waited an hour, these indicate someone who isnt gonna be bright enough to check peripheries.

You can't find the right store and you're the only person in the world to spell Starbucks in camel caps. I'm sure your potential client is impressed with your abilities and attention to detail. That was SarCasm.

YDI for not double-checking the location. There are probably 439279 Starbucks on that street alone.

Damn that blows. YDI though for not getting a phone number and just not calling the guy after waiting 10-15 mins. Easily sorted out issue you just blew.

Heh. That really sucks. There's two starbucks in my city each on opposing corners in a major intersection facing each other.

You just described the majority of all the major intersections in the US. I find it stupid and redundant.

it's actually a really good marketing strategy in major cities. it has to do with the flow of traffic. use your brain.

If my plan succeeds there will be a Starbucks next to the 7-11 on Mars by 2014.

Oh no bitch we the people of Dunkin Donuts are gettin in space first (smacks w/ a french curler)

A Starbucks across from a Starbucks?! It must be the end of the world.

At a shopping center near a local university, we have two separate Starbucks in the same center... separated by only part of the parking lot (yes, you can see one from the other and there isn't even a street between them).

I loved that joke, ROFL!

HAHAHA! I knew I wasn't the only person who thought of Lewis Black :D

Thank you. I believe this is in Houston, TX. Not Nevada.

Our mall has three all in the same corner. One in the foodcourt, one in the Bookstore, and one in the Safeway. Stand at the Foodcourt one and you can see the other two.

Run away! It's the Giant gingerbreadman! Get a cookie if you know what I'm refering to :)

Well done. Glad someone else instantly thought of that.

Johnny Appleseed is correct. I drove by it today and took this picture of the double StarBucks (ha-ha). Here it is. http://i35.tinypic.com/fokdc2.jpg

Wow, those are actually nice Starbuckses... Starb... Starbuck... Starbuckii?

hehehe. it is nice! thanks :) that's retarded. they are so close together! :D no clue that maybe client was at the other? :P

wow dude that sucks hard

you suck for not specifying an address.

Why didn't one of you call the other? You are either both morons, or one of you doesn't have a cell phone. You: "Hey, I'm at Starbucks... where are you?" Client: "I'm at Starbucks too." You: "Oh, you must be at the other one." Problem solved. I'm pretty sure you both have cell phones. Even people in third world countries have cell phones now.

http://www.fmylife.com/work/6185222#c_4360677 OP: “The client said that having a cell phone is too stressful.”

YDI for meeting at Starbucks. Support the locals! [/hippieargument]

heh.. Not a Star Fucker, eh? Well, good on you :]

Screw the locals. Starbucks is popular because people like it. For instance, I absolutely abhor coffee, but I like a nice mocha frappucino. Find me a local coffee shop that can make me a decent frappucino and I'll patronize it. I haven't found a comparable one yet.

Oh, wow, you definately deserved it. Didn't you think to yourself for one second, "Hmm, maybe I should: A) Ask someone in the Starbucks I'm in currently for (Insert name here) B) Call the client or C) Recheck the address."? Of course not, 'cause if you had, you wouldn't have waited FOR AN HOUR.

YDI for capitalization. Its one word, Starbucks not StarBucks.

YDI. Why did you not check the other starbucks?

He probably was meeting another person to do the designs. One who wasn`t stupid enough sit in a starbucks for an hour without realizing no one showed up.

Isn't one starbucks per block enough? Fuck starbucks and their 3 dollar lattes!

The solution is simple - sue Starbucks. :P

Seriously, it's Starbucks not StarBucks. Dumbass. Who would want to meet with someone who can't even capitilize Starbucks correctly?

It's an honest mistake, but YDI anyway (you should've known the specifics). Of course, you didn't say whether you lost the client or not. If not, why the hell is this on FML?

I think he meant the Starbucks across the street from his house, which was much nearer. Otherwise, there wasn't much point in writing that he drove all the way across town.

No, he meant what he said. There were 2 Starbucks across the street from each other. Likely kitty-corner at a major intersection. Such is the American Way. *eyeroll*

Actually, I know the place in Houston that Lewis Black referred to in his book. My mom and I went to his book-signing a few blocks from that spot. While we were standing in line, we heard the story of how it happened. The guy who owned the first one saw a spot open up in the strip center across the street. (He really wanted to build in that center in the first place.) He built the second with the intention of closing the first when the new one was up and running. After the second was finished he noticed that both continued to do great business so he kept them both open.

26th!

fail.

Epic fail.

That sux

Location fail. YDI for not asking what Starbucks it was.

Im sorry but you had this coming to you because you didnt ask your client for his cell phone number. You always, always, bring your cell just in case something happens. If neither you or your client had a cell phone, try to find some way to get a hold of each other e.g. borrow someones else phone. Seriously, that was quite a idiotic and stupid move you made, and in the end you paid for your own stupidity.

http://www.fmylife.com/work/6185222#c_4360677 OP: “The client said that having a cell phone is too stressful.”

should've gone to starbucks, and not StArBuCkS

Everyone knows ur suppose to give a courtesy call after 15min right? hmmm, obviously not. YDI for not thinking of that :/ next time, buddy :)

He probably got confused because he was at Starbucks while you were at StarBucks, a completely unrelated banking organization.

lol that's a good one :D

it's called a cell phone you can talk over great distances without ever leaving where your at.

there can never be too much starbucks.. when i walked around in downtown vancouver, there was about 10 of them in a block

YDI for not confirming which starbucks.

should have called. and learned how to capitalize properly.

You don't have perfect capitalization either my friend.

StarBucks are way too out of control, and WTF is with them also? I see it everywhere, there are 2 of them that I know of in my area, 4 damn Starf**ks in the same zip code! What's with this asswards logic?

Must just be your zip code. There's only one in mine, and it's in a Meijer. Thus, I don't frequent it because there's no drive-thru.

I think there should be only place to buy coffee in each city. Because otherwise I have to listen to all these idiots complaining about multiple locations. Do you people complain about how there are parking spaces every 10 ft?

This is a Lewis Black joke. You fail.

See, that's the stupid thing. There are Starbucks everywhere. You only need one on a street. But I still feel sorry for you, but I guess it's a YDI becasue you should have said which one.

Ok, did you lose the client? And, did you go over to the other Starbucks eventually? How exactly did you find out that the client was there? If you did go over there and the client was there, what's wrong? I mean yeah, it sucks to wait that long, but its not fml (unless you lost the client).

http://www.fmylife.com/work/6185222#c_4360677 OP: “The client said that having a cell phone is too stressful.”

lmao lewis black has an account here. why am i not surprised?

omg were you at the end of the universe???

My self-diagnosed OCD forces me to inform you that it is Starbucks, not StarBucks; and that an urge to kill you is developing slowly but steadily. Anyways, FYL. Too many Starbucks all around.

So im guessing youre the first business person that DOESNT have a cell phone? YDI

yeah where i am there are 3 starbucks on 1 block 1 on the street side, 1 on the opposite end of the block, 1 in a Vons They r taking over the world

hmmm i wonder how he found out that the was at the other starbucks first half hour "he must be late..." next half hour ".... dang, really late...." after the hour is up, "maybe i should CALL him..." OR employer calls: "where are you i've been waiting an hour?" #77 way to not think for 1 second

It's obviously part of a conspiracy to keep you from getting the job and therefore having to work at Starbucks to support yourself.

1. Starbucks is crap. 2. Your a douche, wouldnt you check both? 3. Your employer is ALSO a douche. 4. Americans...

That sucks. Damn Starbucks on every corner.

you are silly why wouldnt you call him when you saw he was 15min or so late ?

This happened to me actually with a friend. He loves Starbucks, I don't care for it much. We were going to meet up there before heading to the mall, and I waited about 30 minutes before thinking I should check the other Starbucks across the street. The thing is, these were built at about the same time too. One is a full Starbucks attached to a Target, but I remember that was being built at the same time the other one was being built at another shopping center across the street. I don't get it, the same went for Pizza hut. There was a small Pizza hut in the target, still is, along with another same sized one literally in the same parking lot. Weird how this all works.

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