http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/25/news/companies/starbucks/index.htm?cnn=yes

Coffee break for Starbucks' 135,000 baristas

Coffee chain to close all 7,100 stores for employee training. Dunkin' Donuts offers 99 cent promotion.

Starbucks, which last week announced 600 layoffs, plans to temporarily close its 7,100 U.S. stores on Tuesday for three hours of employee training.

The coffee chain said the in-store training program which will begin at 5:30 p.m. local time, would foster enthusiasm in its 135,000 U.S. employees and improve the quality of drinks made by Starbucks baristas.

"We believe that this is a bold demonstration of our commitment to our core and a reaffirmation of our coffee leadership," said chief executive Howard Schultz in a statement.

Stores that normally stay open beyond 8:30 p.m. will resume service after the training session is finished.

But for those who still need their afternoon dose of caffeine, there is a cheap alternative.

Dunkin' Donuts - "to ensure that no coffee lover is denied a delicious espresso-based beverage" - announced that it will offer small lattes, cappuccinos or espresso drinks for a promotional price of 99 cents on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500) has seen rising competition from privately-held Dunkin' Donuts and McDonalds (MCD, Fortune 500) recently, and welcomed founder Schultz back as CEO in January after a lackluster performance by the company in the latter half of 2007. 

Starbucks lays off 220 employees

what's cafe N for? but looking at the daily turnover of cafe N, we may need similar training there as well...the only difference being the time it will close down for: 24/7. will save us from the disgrace of being known as flop businessmen hahaha...

PS. ok ok. see you in Dunkin's at 6 then...

So you all are here mourning the closure of starbucks? Hmmmm..

that's what i say too, SNDY.

LOL @ Loote. Take the lead then Loote, train us!

Brig Ma'am - Mourning? Me not a  5:30 PM - 8:30 PM coffee drinker so not really a problem for me.

NPL2US - Usss usss

HAHA...the only training i can give you guys is on: 546 ways to chase people away hahahaha..

oh well, seems like now only sndy's rock n roll or your break dance can save Cafe N. :P

LOL! Dude, haven't you heard, tough guys don't dance? Forget the Cafe, it would shut down Sajha re kya ... ha ha ha

HAHAHA...yeah heard of it: When tough guy get into dancing, the dancing gets tougher..haha....

on a serious-er note, anything that can shut down sajha will do for me hahaha..so yeah, go for it re ke ajha haha..

okay, back to lunch :D

Loots

Did you hear about the guy who tried this ?

(1) Open a DOS command window, type:
notepad C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

(2) Put the following line in hosts:
127.0.0.1  www.sajha.com

(3) File > Save.

Enjoy a Sajha free life on your computer (at least till you can resist the temptation to go back and modify the file)

LOL! yeah it would work if i didn't know how to revert. Sadly, i would know it beforehand and would not waste a second undoing the process haha...
well, it's all good long as there are good threads to read and ponder on. i just don't know how to resist the temptation of chiming in and opining. May be a duct-tape would help, for my fingers that is hahaha..