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How to get FREE Starbucks coffee

I tend to drive  a little like Michael Schumacher.  My little Audi drives like it’s on rails and the 2.0 liter Turbo screams.  I usually have no problem thrashing the car around curves..that is unless I have a hot cup of Starbucks in the cupholder.  Even though it has a lid, my Starbucks “Tall” coffee always slops out the little drinky hole in the top.  My son Dan has the same problem…well..he drives like his Dad.  The solution was to ask the Starbucks Barnisterias (or whatever they’re called) to give you a “Tall” coffee in a “Grande” cup.  That way the coffee has a little more room at the top to slop while I’m doing my Grand Theft Auto imitation on the way to work.

Here’s where the “FREE” part comes in.  I’ve found that 9 times out of 10 when you ask for a “Tall” in a “Grande” cup, they fill the cup up all the way to the “Grande” level anyway.  Even if they mark it “Tall” like this picture of my cup from this morning.  Perhaps they’re too sleepy and on autopilot filling the cup.  I still get the slop problem, but it’s FREE coffee slopping out. Free coffee, almost as good as FREE BEER.  Anyone have any ideas on getting free beer?

UPDATE:  Andy over at IndyScan tells me that Starbucks may thwart my free coffee scheme by offering a new plug for the drinky hole called a Splash Stick.