What the hell is Saxby’s?
I used to have great lighting. Great space. Big comfy chairs. Luxurious couches. Good coffee.
Now, I’m sitting here holding an ugly, maroon, paper cup. It jeers at me with its mediocre contents. My ears are bleeding from the elevator music dribbling out of the speakers overhead. I hum to myself for comfort, borrowing Paula Cole and inserting where have all the good songs goooooonnnnneeee?
Saxby’s sucks.
Their website is obnoxiously snazzy. They’ve gone so far as to draw a map of the United States, label Saxby’s locations, and call it “The Saxby’s Nation.” And every time you click on something, an awful tune blasts through your computer- I think it’s the same one they’ve got playing in their stores. That’s their tactic for maintaining customer flow. Drive us out with the ghastly sounds of the home-shopping network to make room for more customers.
Saxby’s is so bad, in fact, that they know it. And in acknowledgment of their suckiness they have posted a sign over their counter comparing their beans to the old ones, saying, “Same great taste as Bucks!” Newsflash: only crappy, less delicious brands pull that kind of crap advertising.
In the old Bucks, the one that hadn’t yet been taken over by the fancier, snobbier Saxbys franchise, the coffee cups were a calming, dusty blue. People smiled and waved at one another, like it was some sort of alternate universe, Mr. Rogers neighborhood, community gathering place. It felt like my living room.
I half expected to see one of the employees stoking a fire when I came in. Another would be propping my feet up and fluffing my pillows. And the music was always obscenely good. Like, surprisingly fabulous. I’d park for a few hours of schoolwork and get a mix of Bon Jovi, George Michael, Queen, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Eagles, Killers… you get the point. Bucks brewed it right.
The perfect coffee shop is hard to come by. And for college students, who’re always looking for a comfortable workspace with quality caffeine at the ready, Bucks was the golden ticket.
So friends, we’ve got to boycott. Penn students aren’t quick to protest. But I think everyone can agree on this cause. It’s time to sleep late and spend the rest of the day in the picket line. Bucks or Bust.
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November 19th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
If that was not enough to boycott here are more reasons!
http://www.scamfraudalert.com/f90/saxbys-coffee-worldwide-saxbys-coffee-proven-record-john-larson-nick-bayer-11959/
http://gapersblock.com/drivethru/2007/10/17/franchised_coffee_shop_seized/
Saxbys latest move is too not pay its attorneys or ignore discovery in cases in Colorado and illinois. They do this to delay the truth…get the judge to hopefully give them time to find new attorneys..they had money to buy bucks coffee though huh?
Nick Bayer actually sold the territorys in MD and VA to innocent buyers when people had already owned the territory!!! the AG office in maryland had to get involved before Nick paid the original territory owner back… Saxbys has been banned from selling franchises in VA for over a year..
Saxbys has just recently had another landlord file against them in Ontario, CA for break of lease..
They are also trying to scam their way out of a lease in Virginia based on the fact they are not registered to do business there as a deleware company.. the problem is they have known this registration issue for over a year!
Search the web google saxbys scam or saxbys lawsuits and you will find the truth.. rag sheets like the philly business journal will try to spin a positive light but the FBI and a reputable newspaper are investigating saxbys currently!
It is important to point out the local owners of saxbys are good people who dont even realize they mess they bought into. Boycott all the corporate stores!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Well, as you know, I prefer my coffee yellow. Kind of like the cup of apple juice I tried to get you to drink once……
November 20th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Let me tell you a short story about a coffee shop where i live that was warm and friendly, had comfy chairs, great ambience, excellent service, a fireplace, and a musician on tuesday nights. it had all the right moves. and you know what happened to that little quaint coffee shop. IT CLOSED. IT F-ing CLOSED. and it sucked. so i asked the owner what happened. i got a simple, but very obvious answer. basically, people would show up at 6 p.m., buy nothing, set up their laptops, conduct meetings and power point presentations with a group of people who had also purchased nothing, mooch off the free wifi the coffee shop provided, do their homework and leave. so, bascially, the coffee shop made absolutely no money.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Well, I had a favorite coffee shop too. And you know what happened to it? Nothing. It’s still there and functions as a coffee shop. Probably doing even better today than it was before. So yeah, I agree!
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 am
Wait…they played where have all the cowboys gone? I know a couple a dudes that jam out to that but yes Maalkeh (Can I just call you Molly? its easier for me to pronounce..thanks) I agree with your position and my answer to you is - drop your habit. Thats right! Lets really give them something to talk about, I mean how about love love love…sorry I got distracted (I’m in Saxby’s now and they are playing…nevermind) What I was saying is that you should gather your compatriots and for that matter the whole Penn student body and convince everyone that to boycott successfully you must stop drinking coffee! Lets really show those Saxby-Suckholes that unless they change their attitude that we are going to turn this campus into a giant mass of zombie pukers on withdrawal. Its time we take charge of those trying to serve the public a cup-o-crap. I say that everytime some one is feeling like they need to hurl from going cold turkey that he/she spews on the side of the Saxby building. Brilliant! Lets rally the troops in Jefferson’s quad next to the science building by the old medical library and start our revolution at 11:17 AM (its my lucky birth time) what do you say? Are you with me Molkeh?