long lines at a Starbucks? I have never had to wait more than 2-3 people, even during rush hour.

Dunkin Donuts though I have waited 20 minutes.

We have been able to do this via e-mail at the Starbucks in the Chicago loop for about 3 years.

Is it that hard to walk up to a barista and order a drink?

Apple should have put that in the iTouch instead of buying the current music

First of all, shouldn't this post get filed under "Java Applications" or "Hot Coffee Mod"?

Second, I don't know about y'all, but here in NYC, where there is a Starbucks on every corner, the lines at 3 are insane. That's what happens when buildings full of cube jockeys all go down at the same time for overpriced coffee.

/signed

the corner of Wall and Water

I know I have been in awkward situations at Starbucks when I want to order a second beverage but because of an obscured line of sight, I did not want to leave my laptop and I did not want ot lose the comfy chair I was in. This would definitely increase fillow up sales for me!

I have yet to hear a decent reason why anybody would willingly suffer Starbucks coffee.

We need more eating establishments to implement a similar setup. This will revolutionize the restaurant culture and eliminate wrong orders and incompetent wait staff. Just hit the wireless for the place and order your meal. Some food server will bring out the goods. Sweet!

Why yes I fancy a craptastic caramel macciato, I want to leave my table to get up and get it and have my computer swiped.

Coffee puts the system under the strain of metabolizing a deadly acid-forming drug, depositing its insoluble cellulose, which cements the wall of the liver, causing this vital organ to swell to twice its proper size. In addition, coffee is heavily sprayed. (Ninety-two pesticides are applied to its leaves.) Diuretic properties of caffeine cause potassium and other minerals to be flushed from the body.

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My local subways lets you order online. I've never used it though, I should.

You can get a beautifully poured latte like that one at a plethora of one-off coffee shops in Seattle--but never at starbucks. The morons just take a scoop of foam off the top. That kind of ruins it.

I hope that hits the States soon. I would love to enter the end of a long line with my Tablet PC in hand, place my order via wifi, and have it ready by the time I reach the counter. The people before me in line still waiting for their drinks would be so pissed. Nothing better than pissing off a whole lot of Starbucks customers.

"I have a tall machiato for 192.168.1.14"

How do they know where to bring it? Are you sitting at the table with your hand in the air?

Also, I would DETEST being the baristas. The one thing lineups do is regulate the orders coming in; people start their entitlement stopwatch from the moment their order is taken. In that situation where there would have been a long lineup, instead now 75 people will simultaneously order... and you have no idea if you will get yours soon, or in a half-hour.

reeking like coffee? I despise the taste of coffee, but I have always looooved its smell (which is weird, really, but omg coffee smells awesome. why does the taste not match?!).

@islandmonk:
Vivace is my favorite in Seattle. Cafe Del Doge in Palo Alto is better though.

"And why not try a caramel macchiato if you fancy a treat..."
Yes, then after my tongue and brain have been numbed by the tremendous sugar amount, I will fancy a treat no longer.

@xenobread: If you gave this kind of treat to an animal, PETA would own your ass.
Yet Starbucks expects you to pay ridiculous amounts of money for them to give it to you.
The world is insane? I rest my case.

@Hvedhrungr:
I once gave my friend's cat a lick of (unfortunately starsucks) coffee, and he went crazy and jump and run around the house all day long...PETA don't come!

There needs to be a place in Wichita, Kansas where I can order a blue cheese burger and seasoned fries for delivery to my house. I have a whole bag of Starbucks Coffee sitting on top of the fridge, but I want a juicy burger.

*cries, continues drinking white grenache*

Don't care, I just love the chocolate webbing design in the mug.

@Lody:

good coffee tastes almost exactly how it smells. dont let folgers tell you how coffee tastes.

starbucks espresso is absolutely terrible, though some of their lighter drip coffees aren't that bad. Peets is better all around, but since no coffee joints i know of use a french press, it all tastes like rotgut maxwell house to me.

@deusdiabolus: Come now. You're living in Wichita. In the ten years we lived there we never got anything better than Sonic. :)

@nutbastard: So you buy the Starbucks coffee and put it through your own Aeropress. Problem solved. :)

@nutbastard:

Try Cafe Del Doge in Palo Alto, they are straight from Italy and specializes in expresso, but their coffee is french pressed. I prefer a good drip personally though.

@Falconfire: I guess that must be a San Francisco specialty, I am always standing in line forever.

@nutbastard:
Forgot to say I assumed you live around the Bay because you go to Peet's...

That person clearly ordered a carmel macchiato with cross hatched foam, and received one with a starburst design... must of been packet loss from using the wireless?

Starbucks is a bit too generic for my taste. And besides, the Free wifi access they are going to offer is NOT free--will only be to access itunes as far as I know (could change?).

There are lots of other hidden coffee houses with much Better coffee and FREE Wi-Fi other than star bucks.

I can see the advantages and disadvantages of ordering coffee from your seat--but my local coffee house has a coffee bar--you can sit at a bar, use Wifi, order coffee, and EVEN get alcohol--yes, alcohol at a coffee house. You've got to try an expresso shot with guiness!

soon enough they'll have a barista feed you those biscottis so you don't have to even move your fat digits off the keyboard.

UK has now out-lazyassed us!

this is still too much work.

It's good that it's on the store's log-in page so you don't actually have to pay for a hot-spot account! Now, if they would take payment via Paypal/Google Pay, that would be great, especially since you can now SMS the payment. Ain't tech grand? :)