Recently in the news, there has been quite the controversy over Starbucks and their infamous red cups. In the past, Starbucks designed their cups with Christmas decorations, showing their appreciation for Christmas of course. This year is the first year Starbucks has gone without the Santa Claus designs and Christmas trees and quite honestly, all hell has broken loose because of it. People are genuinely concerned and angered over the discontinued red cup designs. My question to all those angered: Why are you so upset over a cup that is in your hands for, at most, 30 minutes and then is in the garbage, soon after?
It's just baffling to me that people can be so extreme when it comes to coffee cups. Just reread that sentence over again! Yeah -- sounds a bit crazy, doesn't it? There are way more pressing matters in our society today than coffee cups. Have you ever thought the reasoning for this design change was so that it wouldn't offend other people who don't celebrate Christmas? What about Hanukkah? Kwanzaa? Hello -- there's not just Christmas.
People have gotten way too salty over this. Come on, are you really that immature to take to Twitter or a social media site and post about how much you appreciate Dunkin' Donuts more than Starbucks because of their Christmas designed cups? Yes? Well, then I guess being passionate about cups are the most important thing in your life.
Even Ellen Degeneres has been talking about it on her show. Obviously, making fun of the whole ordeal, Ellen comes up with the best solution -- holiday vision glasses! And as Ellen would say, "Don't wear them when driving and if you do, let Jesus take the wheel."
So, with all this being said, I have a proposition for all of you irked coffee lovers. Instead of complaining and going way out of hand with criticism and hate mail for Starbucks, you offer an alternative. Provide an idea such as having Starbucks provide markers so you can draw on your cup with that much needed Santa Claus or Rudolph the red-nose Reindeer. It's better than yelling at the employees who work there who have literally no say in what cups the Starbucks CEO chooses. They legitimately can't help you with your non-designed red cups, except by shutting you up with their usual white cup they provide year round.
And I leave you with this: Starbucks Vice President of Design and Content released in a statement that, "In the past, we have told stories with our holiday cups designs. This year we wanted to usher in the holidays with a purity of design that welcomes all of our stories." What's wrong with that?
