This is a wonderful book! 
I bought it yesterday and can not stop reading it! 
Has anyone heard of it or read it yet?
I bought it yesterday and can not stop reading it! Has anyone heard of it or read it yet? "How Starbucks Saved My Life"
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Okay, have to confess I skipped church on Sunday several weeks ago. Anyway, while I was home that morning I was watching CBS's "Sunday Morning" program and they had a segment about the guy who wrote it. It seemed interesting from the short segment they had on him and his story.
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Yeah. From the CBS segment (I've not read the book myself). The author of the book was some high-paid guy (marketing if I recall correctly) but he got divorced and then shortly thereafter at the age of like 45-50 he was fired from his high-paying job. The manager at a Starbucks randomly asked him if he wanted a job, he accepted. He now lives in a much smaller residence, a studio vs his old 4-bedroom house, but he says he is happier now than he ever was when he was making alot more money with a huge house.
Note: this is all from memory, I may have some of the specifics slightly wrong.
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Michael Gates Gill was raised in a wealthy family (his father was a writer for the New Yorker; his father also wrote a book "Here at The New Yorker"). He attended Yale and then worked for over 25 years at J. Walter thompson Advertising as a creative director. The company down sized, so he was let go. Shortly after that he had an affair, in which he had another child (making 5 total children....4 from his marriage). His 20 year marriage ended then. He let his wife have the big house and moved into a small apartment. He was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor and had no money or health insurance. One day he was sitting at a Starbucks store in Manhattan and there happened to be other Starbuck store managers there doing interviews. One happened to ask him if he wanted a job. He said yes, had an interview, and the manager said she would be in touch in a few days. A few weeks went by and the manager finally called and offered him the job. He accepted. The store is located at 93rd and Broadway. I am only at the first day of his job. But I do know in the end of the book he transfers to another store that is located close to where he lives (within walking distance I believe). It is a wonderful book! I don't want to stop reading it! I know he learns so many things from working at Starbucks............basic thing being cultural differences, diversity, etc.! Wow..........excited to get done with it and then give it to a friend to read! WOOT!!!!!
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Yay...........big deal!
I did not start this so it could turn into a "lets bash Starbucks" thread! Starbucks is a huge international corporation. If they have copyright on the phrase "Christmas Blend", then it is protected by copyright laws. They must have it if they were willing to sue a monastery over it. And I suppose many of you believe the whole "Starbucks doesn't support our troops". That is pish posh too! All of the Starbucks here (and others in other cities) collect bags of coffee and send them over to our troops. They even have pictures of troops hanging up and letters of thanks from soldiers. It's awesome.
Anyway......................forgive me!
I did not start this so it could turn into a "lets bash Starbucks" thread! Starbucks is a huge international corporation. If they have copyright on the phrase "Christmas Blend", then it is protected by copyright laws. They must have it if they were willing to sue a monastery over it. And I suppose many of you believe the whole "Starbucks doesn't support our troops". That is pish posh too! All of the Starbucks here (and others in other cities) collect bags of coffee and send them over to our troops. They even have pictures of troops hanging up and letters of thanks from soldiers. It's awesome.
Anyway......................forgive me!
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I don't know when this suit was filed, but Starbucks has been making "Christmas Blend" for some time now (they apparently trademarked the name in 1992), and it's a big money-maker for them due to its popularity and its limited-time availability.
It appears Starbucks dropped the lawsuit when the bad publicity was seen to be not worth the fight.
I don't blame Starbucks for trying to stop the sale by others of coffee called "Christmas Blend," but I don't see how one can trademark "Christmas (anything)" unless there is more to it than "Christmas" plus a generic word.
It appears Starbucks dropped the lawsuit when the bad publicity was seen to be not worth the fight.
I don't blame Starbucks for trying to stop the sale by others of coffee called "Christmas Blend," but I don't see how one can trademark "Christmas (anything)" unless there is more to it than "Christmas" plus a generic word.
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See, personally that really isn't negative to me. One has to understand trademark law. If the owners of a trademark do not actively prohibit people from using their trademark, in that case the "Christmas Blend" name for coffee, then the company owning the trademark automatically loses any trademark protection despite the fact that they may own the trademark. Thus, since Starbucks owned "Christmas Blend", legally Starbucks was obligated to take all legal action necessary to stop any use of that name or else they essentially would have willingly given away the rights to the name.
Now, from what I've read the courts finally decided on the side of the monastery at least in part because they had been using the title prior to Starbucks gaining rights to the name. Personally this is a case of misplaced animosity. The court battle did not occur, in my opinion, because Starbucks is a big bad corporation. Rather, it occurred because that is the way trademark law forced them to act considering the the fact that in their opinion they had exclusive rights to the name "Christmas Blend" and they needed to protect that ownership lest it become diluted and legally worthless.
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Jacob4707 and furein................thanks for your information! I am glad someone researched and explained it here!!!!
But let's get back to the wonderful book now!
But let's get back to the wonderful book now!
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I just realized that I hijacked this thread, and I feel bad about it. If we want to talk about Starbucks suing the Orthodoxy, can someone make another thread?
Back to the book now.. sorry about that Bushmasterswife.
Back to the book now.. sorry about that Bushmasterswife.
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Thanks! It is ok! I feel like a jerk for getting upset! Forgive me too!
You're not a jerk... I'm the jerk, I hijacked your thread, Forgive ME!
Okay, I'm doing it again, I'm changing the topic.
Back to the book now~!
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Yeah, I thought I had some of the facts slightly wrong. Thanks. What I saw on CBS did make it seem an interesting story though.Michael Gates Gill was raised in a wealthy family (his father was a writer for the New Yorker; his father also wrote a book "Here at The New Yorker"). He attended Yale and then worked for over 25 years at J. Walter thompson Advertising as a creative director. The company down sized, so he was let go. Shortly after that he had an affair, in which he had another child (making 5 total children....4 from his marriage). His 20 year marriage ended then. He let his wife have the big house and moved into a small apartment. He was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor and had no money or health insurance. One day he was sitting at a Starbucks store in Manhattan and there happened to be other Starbuck store managers there doing interviews. One happened to ask him if he wanted a job. He said yes, had an interview, and the manager said she would be in touch in a few days. A few weeks went by and the manager finally called and offered him the job. He accepted. The store is located at 93rd and Broadway. I am only at the first day of his job. But I do know in the end of the book he transfers to another store that is located close to where he lives (within walking distance I believe). It is a wonderful book! I don't want to stop reading it! I know he learns so many things from working at Starbucks............basic thing being cultural differences, diversity, etc.! Wow..........excited to get done with it and then give it to a friend to read! WOOT!!!!!
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That is pretty sad!
I wonder if they still sell the coffee - I might have to get some.
I wonder if they still sell the coffee - I might have to get some.
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Oops, didn't finish reading the rest of the posts before I spoke - shame on me! Sorry, back to the book now. It sounds interesting!
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