I JUST LOVE STARBUCKS!

June 2, 2014

Mr. Howard Schultz, Chairman
STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY
2401 Utah Avenue, South
Seattle, WA 98134-1436

Dear Mr. Schultz,

I just love Starbucks. Especially how you went from nothing to everything when fulfilling your dream. Besides the enjoyable food, coffee and ambience of all your cafes I have visited in a dozen cities.

Best of all, your Starbucks have great toilets. They’re clean, well stocked with soap, hot water, soft toilet paper and absorbent towels.

In the latter instance, when I ran for Congress against Christopher Shays, as Representative from Connecticut in 1988, my campaign workers and I cleaned up Metro North commuter trains’ toilets.

We scrubbed the johns with Lysol in express trains before they departed from Grand Central Station, leaving behind a large bar of soap, a roll of heavy duty toilet paper, a stack of absorbent towels, a box of tissues, a spray can of deodorant, a plunger, the Wall Street Journal and a small glass vase with a fresh flower.

Did all this scrubbing and cost of supplies generate votes for the READY, WILLING AND ABEL party? Unfortunately not, Mr. Schultz. Even though I journeyed to Washington, DC, and measured the office for redecorating, if I were to win. But I lost by a landslide.

However, the joy of seeing smiling passengers depart from train toilets was thrilling. One man ran up and down the aisle shouting, “You’ve got to see the toilet! Look inside! You won’t believe it!” Other passengers thought he was nuts. Then a few brave souls peeked, came out raving and there were lines waiting to use the johns.

But, to continue this tribute to your Starbucks’ toilets, Mr. Schultz, they are all superb and I want to personally thank you for helping America raise the level of good health awareness with clean bathrooms, especially in Southbury, Connecticut.