Early this fall, we put out a call to creative TICKET readers asking them to submit short snippets, poems or haikus about travel situations in which they wished they had a nice hot cuppa Starbucks VIA coffee. (Starbucks is sponsor of The TICKET.)
Wow! Y’all are a creative bunch! Especially when it comes to caffeine. We sent the 40 entries up to Seattle for judging by Starbucks executives and are proud to present the winners below! Congratulations! Winners have received a month’s supply of Starbucks VIA Ready Brew coffee for their efforts.
>With coffee-infused romance in mind, TICKET reader Shirley wrote: “In October I will be traveling to North Carolina (Cashiers to be exact) to stay for a week at a condo in the mountains. I can think of no greater pleasure than to have Starbucks coffee when I wake up in the mornings or before a fire at night. Please consider me as a candidate for the Starbucks product which I am sure will live up to the other products I have used before. I am 75 years old and will be traveling with my friend, Bill, whom I have known for 70 years however we were both married to other people (recently died). Seems like a romantic thing to do– have a Starbucks coffee by the fireplace.”
>Reader RG went on a poetic roll, submitting four haikus. (We tried to write up a few of these ourselves, and it’s not easy!) Great effort, RG!
1>
I’m in such a rush.
Oh, this security line.
I need my VIA!
2>
Always on the go,
I really need my VIA.
It’s my sustenance.
3>
Always on the go,
I really need my VIA.
It keeps me going.
4>
My mind’s on coffee,
Waiting in security.
Gotta be VIA
>TICKET reader MJB makes a good marketing point here…that VIA comes in de-caf, too. “My job takes me to all areas in the southeast, but my home office is in Wisconsin, so I go there a couple of times a year. I only drink decaf coffee. I have found that the VIA packets are PERFECT for me when I travel. Recently though I was in a situation where I didn’t have a VIA packet…I was at my home office in Wisconsin and everyone was having their morning jolt of coffee; I went searching for my VIA packet and didn’t have one! I would have paid BIG BUCKS for one of those tiny little packets that day! After writing this e-mail and thinking back to that morning/day, I am going to get up from desk right now and go and fix myself a decaf VIA cup of coffee!”
Thanks, folks!
Okay, now it’s back to sipping on a mug of the newest version of Starbucks VIA– Christmas Blend!
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