Serving Bread

This should have been a front page lead story, but instead it was buried deep in the newspaper. Starbucks is raising most beverage prices by a nickel starting October 3. Citing the increased costs of fuel (wait, aren’t gas prices starting to come down?) and labor, the company whose stores are like a second home to many good folks will also raise prices on their beans. But I don’t buy their beans, so I don’t really care about that. It’s the increased price of coffee (that by the way is more expensive than gas and water per unit).
I don’t even go to Starbucks for their coffee. I go because it’s like a second home to me. It’s like a safe embassy in a dangerous world. And I for one, am a proponent of paying the rent that is due at using this establishment. I just wish my landlord had given me more time before raising my rent.