Starbucks sucks

While you're letting you eyes gather in the hotness that is Britney Spears ... yeah gather that in... you should hear what Starbucks is doing:

The giant coffee chain has a policy of keeping a tap running non-stop at all its 10,000 outlets worldwide, wasting 23.4 MILLION litres a day.

That would provide enough daily water for the entire two million-strong population of drought-hit Namibia in Africa or fill an Olympic pool every 83 minutes.

Every Starbucks branch has a cold tap behind the counter providing water for a sink called a “dipper well”, used for washing spoons and utensils.

What the heck? Did a bunch of guys sitting around the Starbucks board room during a brainstorm session think they needed more corporate-juggernaut aura hovering around their business.

"You know what we could do to really piss people off? Turn our facets on and leave them on.

"Brilliant Dave! Now lets go have lunch, I hear the restaurant we're going to is serving an endagered species as the special"

Sometimes corporations need common sense advisers because anyone with half a brain would have told the coffee giant that this may not exactly be the best PR device.

But if OJ Simpson's latest trial has shown us anything, nobody uses common sense advisers anymore.