Customer Review: PUH-LEASE! Spare me the all too predictable story line. Educated yuppie loses high powered job- obtains employment at retail foodservice (in this case, coffee) outlet- learns to appreciate and live like the 'wage slave' schlubs. GIVE ME A BREAK! Anyone in their right mind, who has worked long and... more info
Customer Review: I gave this book three stars. I found the overall book good, and it does make you sit back and think a bit about your own life, and your priorities. I found the style of the book, with constant flashbacks got annoying after a time. It was easy to lose the thread of the discussion. I think if the... more info
Customer Review: HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE by Michael Gates Gill is an interesting autobiography about a man born to privilege who struggles to recover after losing his job in the ad industry after 25 years. After a slow 10-year slide caused by being downsized, divorced, and diagnosed with a brain tumor, he is... more info
Customer Review: "You can hardly breathe....You are sitting in a meeting...and so they talk, and every word they say seems to diminish the supply of fresh air, and fresh ideas....Your brain begins to go numb...the corporate institution encourages this insane situation."
