To be clear: We have nothing inherently against huge, soulless, multinational corporations. So it's not that we hate Starbucks simply because it's taking over the world; it's that we hate Starbucks because it serves bitter, too-hot, ridiculously overpriced coffee. And we also hate them for this, snapped by wandering shutterbug Bucky Turco:

This image was lost some time after publication, but you can still view it here.

This is not someone who has innocently and accidentally left her coffee cup on top of her car. This is someone who is being paid to drive around the city with a coffee cup affixed to the top of her car, so that when people start shouting from the sidewalk, or honking from alongside, to let her know she has coffee on her roof, she can yell back, "Yeah, I know. Happy holidays from Starbucks!"

Because nothing says merry Christmas like more honking, stopping, and shouting on the already tourist-packed streets of our city.

Bah.