V-r0cK said:
Just thought of this just now... They say 20oz cup, meaning 20oz of liquid can fit into that cup, and technically when the ice melts into water you'd still have the acutal 20oz of liquid right? I wonder if that can be used to counter the woman. or.... I mean when asked or when we tell 20oz we always refer to the size/cup size which technically they do give us a cup that handles that amount of oz. Anyways, I think that's why I always think Starbucks is a little weird to label their cup sizes that way. Fastfoods are smarter with just small,medium, or large because that's just the cup size regardless of how much liquid is in it. Starbucks cup sizes are weird. A tall is a small? A grande (which many see that as grand, thus meaning large) is like the 2nd smallest. I think the lawsuit is stupid, but if Starbucks loses then serves them right for trying to be confusingly 'different' with their cup sizes. Just stick with small, medium, large. |
That's not true. First of all, water expands by 9% when it's frozen. Most people don't let their ice melt in their drinks. They will most likely done with the drink once the drink is empty except for the ice.
If you really want to see the difference for yourself. Pour only water into a 20oz cup til it's full then pour it into a bowl. Now fill up the same cup with ice and fill it up with water. Now. put a strainer over a seperate bowl then dump the water from the cup with the ice in it. Take the strainer with the ice away and now you can compare the difference.
The type of ice makes a very noticeable difference. Crushed ice is the most filling.
In all honesty, the woman is not wrong about the ice. It's a dickhead business practice. Fast food and coffee shops are the most guilty of it. The problem is that just about any business that sells drinks with ice use ice a filler. Some actually go so far that they'll charge you more for drink without ice than they would with the same drink with no ice. They actually make a good bit off of the drinks. If starbucks can be sued over it then the others can too. Most likely, starbucks will use "everyone does it" as a part of their defense if it's not dismissed.
I disagree with that lawsuit but not about the ice. It's a rip off. Most of the time when I eat from a fast food restaurant, I order drinks with no ice because I'm aware of the difference. i don't buy anything from coffee shops. i make my own coffee drinks. Sit in restaurants, I just order a regular drink.
