The no. of tees they sell here with the branding,
esp down in SG. WowWee! Every mall in Sing hosts one. Yr pal here even must own
having maybe 7 - 8 cafes within the walls, digitally remastered Satchmo &
Frankie easing the ride, lie to pretend otherwise. Can’t quite recall, but
think it was the Maccas franchise HQ
from Arizona whatever that praised Sing for being per capital global leader in
its outlets, KFC, Dunkin Dos & Starbs junior grade jerks trailing far
behind. Yr never far from a double burger or cheese in the Republic; they have Deliveroo and all the others if yr
time-pressed, straight to yr door. Corporate capture state of perfection, U
degrees devoted to the manipulation of the markets: how to sucker the Joes and
Jennies? reel in the hesitant customer, lick bums clean for the loose change
rattling in pockets. (Never under-estimate the worth of a few loose pennies.)
And etcetera. Post-grad. studies and scholarships offered, export Ed. of course
like down there. (Did you notice, Victoria’s largest econ. sector of late was
not tourism, agriculture, mining or the service industry. No, Ed. Ed. Ed. They
can’t get enough of it the foreign kids while living in the world’s most
liveable.) What happened to the flagship Swanson Street store down there, esp with
all the foreign students up the road? Mugs they sell here at the counter, toys, blow-up dolls.
They just re-deco-ed the outlet in my neighbourhood down in Sing, doubled the
seating after they muscled out Superheroes
next door. Super had been flopping of
late, they’d squeezed the market about as far as it would go. The excitement
over the Batman spin-offs wearing
thin, range of colours of the big SSSS that Lois patted in her wet dreams
had been tried in Sing. Even the kids were jaded. So, Starbs. doubles its floor space, signs plastered No Lingering At
Tables. The conglomerate owns Super
of course, as well as Diggersite, Yankie
Candle &etc. wasn’t hard switching. Here in JB walking through the mall
for some aircon you stiffen as you pass the Maccas
queue, the lucky people on the bench looking out from their shelf and the young
kids in the red & yellow livery readying smiles for the White guy
approaching. Whiteys patronizing adds glamour, encourages all the brown and
yellow. Jaws dropping to the floor at the pass. Typing this at J. Coffee & Donuts at the said City
Square mall couple of doors from Starbs.
Frequented in Jogja too for the wifi and aircon and assumed they were a Sing
chain — in fact, surprise, surprise—Indonesian, though that means little in
this global network. Congrats to old Melbourne for riding those hombres outta
town. No one kidding themselves though, the battle for a half tolerable cafe
down there has been murder the last 20 years. Therefore the African where women
were excluded and that pokey room on Barkly Street. Certainly wouldn’t buy the
story we resisted down there bc of all the class and discernment we’re always
oozing. (I’m assuming that might be a big part of the ABC feel-good line. Can’t
actually bring myself to read that kinda palaver.)
NB.
A friend fwd-ed the news of Starbucks failing down in Australia. (Not just
Melbourne in fact.)
Why
Starbucks Failed In Australia | CNBC
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