OT : Starbucks new policy

They have a menu-hack item available as an 8oz "Short" cup, but it's never advertised. There's also a 3oz "Demi" cup but that's just for espresso shot(s), not any other drink.

I think you can ask for a filter coffee for $cheap. They don't advertise it.

Anyhow, at an airport the toilets are presumably run by the airport not the franchisee, and this policy won't apply?

Theo

I don't like Starbuck's coffee.

I used not to, but I think it's changed for the better. (too many EV charging points are beside Starbucks, so I got a bit forced to re-try.)

No, I was just commenting on my experience with Starbuscks as a vendor of coffee. I, and many other early morning flyers wanted a small coffee, but it wasn't available at the only coffee seller in the terminal.

Yes, I listed those in my OP. but they certainly were not available/advertised in the terminal. The display showed size(s) smaller than the 'Tall', but they could not/would not serve them.

One time flying a very small plane from a very regional airport, they gave us all (excellent) free coffee while we waited. They didnt tell us the plane had no toilet...

As my brother says, I prefer coffee.

They are, or at least were, also good at avoiding UK tax by pretending, quite legitimately, to be operating as a franchise in the UK and repatriating most of their profits as tax-deductible royalties.

The coffee stall had a display

YouTube: Small is Tall.

I feel her pain.

Sometime in the late 20th century, America opened up the skies to smaller airlines. Literally, I checked in my bag at BrittAir, to a guy at the counter, I later saw him carrying our bags out to the

THere's a story about a LoganAir flight (Scottish islands) many years ago, with the pilot separated from the (few) passengers by just a curtain. No specific staff uniform.

Pilot made himself scarce before boardding, then arrived and just sta in a spare passenger seat, constantly looking at his watch and complaining (no other aircraft, and it was a very short flight). Eventually he said, exasparated "Sod this, I'm not waiting any longer" and climbed into the pilot's seat and took off.

Some of the passengers knew him by sight, but some didn't...

Nice one!

When my wife and I were on a local flight from Fairbanks, Alaska, to north of the Arctic Circle, the co-pilot told us to look out of the window so we could see the dotted line as used on maps to show the position on the ground of the Circle.

I flew on one like that! ISTR that it had de Havilland propellers. The pilot flew with the cabin door open, and it was easy to see we were flying at 18000ft, and right next to the altimeter was a notice saying “Air conditioner not to be used above 14000ft”. The aircon was on…but we landed OK at Dulles.

All cups are the same size

Best way to deceive is not show whether the larger cups are empty at the start.