Starbucks was closed, but the Nation survived
"All 7,100 of the cafes across the country were closed until 9 p.m. tonight.
The company shut all stores at 5:30 p.m. to train 135,000 baristas to "perfect the art of espresso."
The corporate memo on the closure noted that 12,600 seconds passed without a Starbucks serving coffee anywhere in the United States of America.
The country hadn't really known life without Starbucks since the first store opened in Seattle in 1971." (Jill Tucker, The San Francisco Chronicle)
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