"Video Guy" gkasten at brick dot net wrote in message ...
Pardon the failing memory of his non-coffe drinker. What did the NYC
Starbucks do that caused the fiasco?

I believe some Starbucks near the WTC refused to give out water for free. I'd hardly
claim this to be a corporate wide defect. The local Starbucks here, equally without
corporate input, supported various efforts like the Northern Virginia blood banks
(people forget that Virginia was also attacked) with free coffee and other stuff during
the emergency.