More food-related artifacts - and another mug, this time a Starbucks tumbler.
Some questions one could ask if not familiar with Starbucks - or with the American culture of consuming coffee, corporate branding, localization, legal requirements for product information, etc. etc. etc. (Reading knowledge of English is assumed) :
1) Why would you want a reusable travel mug in the first place - don't you sit down for a cup of coffee in a nice place specifically designated for this purpose?
2) Why would you want to microwave a coffee mug? Isn't coffee brewed and consumed fresh?
3) Why the monstrous size (12 fl oz/355 mL) ? Isn't coffee consumed in moderate quantities? (Little does the explorer know these tumblers come in much bigger sizes!)
4) Why is it indicated it is dishwasher safe - and specified that it is "top rack dishwasher safe"?
5) Why is it made in China and has "Russia" on it?
6) Why is U.S. Patent D485,759 indicated?
7) Why does it say "All rights reserved"? Rights to what? The idea of consuming something liquid out of a container of this shape and configuration?
8) What are the mysterious numbers on the lid? No, seriously?
- and many more I would think.
One probably would not be bothered to ask why the image of a matryoshka nesting doll was chosen for a cup of this - perhaps because it is pure genius? Re the history of this particular mug, I bought it in Moscow in 2011, when Starbucks only had a couple of cafés opened in Russia's capital - much has changed now, with a couple dozen Starbucks coffee places in Moscow, St. Petersburg and even Rostov-on-Don.
Some questions one could ask if not familiar with Starbucks - or with the American culture of consuming coffee, corporate branding, localization, legal requirements for product information, etc. etc. etc. (Reading knowledge of English is assumed) :
1) Why would you want a reusable travel mug in the first place - don't you sit down for a cup of coffee in a nice place specifically designated for this purpose?
2) Why would you want to microwave a coffee mug? Isn't coffee brewed and consumed fresh?
3) Why the monstrous size (12 fl oz/355 mL) ? Isn't coffee consumed in moderate quantities? (Little does the explorer know these tumblers come in much bigger sizes!)
4) Why is it indicated it is dishwasher safe - and specified that it is "top rack dishwasher safe"?
5) Why is it made in China and has "Russia" on it?
6) Why is U.S. Patent D485,759 indicated?
7) Why does it say "All rights reserved"? Rights to what? The idea of consuming something liquid out of a container of this shape and configuration?
8) What are the mysterious numbers on the lid? No, seriously?
- and many more I would think.
One probably would not be bothered to ask why the image of a matryoshka nesting doll was chosen for a cup of this - perhaps because it is pure genius? Re the history of this particular mug, I bought it in Moscow in 2011, when Starbucks only had a couple of cafés opened in Russia's capital - much has changed now, with a couple dozen Starbucks coffee places in Moscow, St. Petersburg and even Rostov-on-Don.
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