A full uniform comes with the position' date=' of course, including a jacket with "Official Keeper of the Thread" embroidered on the back..................... ;)[/quote']

That sounds...pretty! ;D

That sounds...pretty! ;D

 

It isn't pink, you know!!:P

LOL

Jeez, seriously, did that comment come now just 'cause I'm a girl? Or would you have made that otherwise as well? :P

LOL

Jeez, seriously, did that comment come now just 'cause I'm a girl? Or would you have made that otherwise as well? :P

 

Would you have made your comment if you weren't a girl??:P

^^I'm sure you're aware that this doesn't make any sense :laugh4:

^^I'm sure you're aware that this doesn't make any sense :laugh4:

 

Maybe not to you!!:P

I should print this conversation out and show it to everybody who says women are the complicated sex! :P

I should print this conversation out and show it to everybody who says women are the complicated sex! :P

 

I reckon that would only complicate matters!!:P

The coffee chain has been accused cunning tactics to get customers to spend more

 

Starbucks is 'hiding' its cheapest drink from customers in order to boost profits, it has been revealed.

The marketing ploy known as 'product sabotage', in which consumers are cleverly encouraged to buy more expensive and profitable goods, is being used by many major retailers.

Starbucks, the high street coffee house chain, has been exposed by a BBC investigation as one of the chief culprits.

It sells a drink called a 'short cappuccino' which at 8oz is a third smaller and cheaper than the smallest size on the menu. Staff know what it is and have a button on the cash till to charge customers buying one, but most people are unaware of its existence as it doesn't appear on the menu board.

Profit-making

According to Tim Harford, who presents the new BBC2 series 'Trust Me, I'm an Economist', the 'secret cappuccino' is an example of a profit-making sales tactic by which a firm "deliberately damages its best product."

"Choose something off the menu and you're a more profitable customer: the biggest, most lavish drinks generate the highest profits. Coffee companies hide or downplay the cheaper drinks in the hope that customers will buy something pricier," the BBC investigation reveals.

Coffee Republic, another high street chain, also does the same thing and 'hides' its short cappuccino drink. In Coffee Republic outlets there's a "blank space with no price where this drink should be listed."

According to Mr Harford, an author and economist, it's "all part of an attempt to aim different prices at different types of customer."

Restaurants or travel agents ofer free meals or accommodation for children as a way of charging more to childless people who usually have more disposable income, he claims.

While supermarkets package their products to "look more like famine relief" rather than dress them up with "sexy packaging" because they want to persuade richer customers to buy something more expensive instead.

Sabotage

Computer firms also 'sabotage' their own goods. Mr Harford said Intel and IBM have both been guilty in the past of selling a top-of-the-range model at a cheap price, but with some functions disabled or with a chip added to slow it down.

It's more economical to do this than design two completely different models.

You got it in for Starbucks? They're evil you know. :sneaky:

You got it in for Starbucks? They're evil you know. :sneaky:

 

No - it's just for the attention of Steph!!;)

 

Didn't you say you were working today??:confused:

I worked last night. I just woke up.

I worked last night. I just woke up.

 

I see! The vampire shift!:rolleyes:

Well I did remove blood from several people last night.

Well I did remove blood from several people last night.

 

By mouth??:rolleyes:

By mouth??:rolleyes:

Pleeease, that's sooo 1980's :dozey:

Pleeease' date=' that's sooo 1980's :dozey:[/quote']

 

Thriller??:thinking:

Hi * waves !

hola

hola

 

And the Saints??:rolleyes:

And the Saints??:rolleyes:

undefeated so far this season. And Charlton? :rolleyes:

undefeated so far this season. And Charlton? :rolleyes:

 

The season's only just started!;)

The season's only just started!;)

Usually they save it for the end of the season to cock it up. :laugh3:

hola :D so how's everyone ?

DVDepressed :cry: