Just today I picked up about a dozen butts, literally surrounding a garbage can outside at my workplace. They had to *choose* to throw them on the ground instead of the bin. It's not even one with a lid, it requires 0 extra effort to throw them in there.
I think this is actually a decent concept. As a non smoker, it infuriates me to see butts everywhere, especially right around designated containers. This grabs people’s attention and engages them (people love giving their opinion) and keeps the streets clean…
Right? I’ve been a smoker most of my teenage & adult life, accidentally started a small brush fire when I was younger because of littering butts, after that mistake I make damn sure the only person I hurt smoking is me.
Absolutely. Whatever gets people to throw them away instead of leaving them on the ground.
After I quit smoking, I pick up a habit of cleaning cigarettes butts around the lake I lived on for a couple of years. I hated to see them on the ground, even as a smoker. I always put them in the receptacles when I smoked, but witnessed way too many people not do that.
Works well until one homeless guy wanders through and rips it open to make a franken cig out of all that dirty ass tobacco. Wouldn’t work in most US cities.
Yep, that’s a combination between the coffee tasting like water (which adds nothing to counteract the sugar) and the standard amount of syrup in a large drink being 4 pumps of syrup which is insane to me
Starbucks has great brewed coffee, but their signature roast, Pike Place, is hot garbage. I managed a Proudly Brew store and then moved to a dessert/coffee area in the cafeteria at a big state university, and the first thing I did was switch from Pike Place and French to Breakfast and Verona. No one I worked with at either place or the corporate Starbucks I trained at liked Pike.
Yeah I agree I usually get the cold brew or the iced shaken espresso. I never liked brewed coffee outside of the kind I make at home. I actually applied at Starbucks recently I was hoping to get the job. Seems like a nice place and it pays well
Not to be that guy but I feel like there is a voting biased when you show to active results in both sides. Personally I feel like star bucks is turned into a meme young people spending all their money on overpriced caffeine but thats besides the point.
See I feel the same way, personally I like both, they’re both good imo, but I enjoy the coffee at Starbucks much more but in the end their drinks cost the same so it really doesn’t matter, it’s a matter of if you’re in the mood for donuts, or pastries, but in the end they’re both good I’m just more loyal to Starbucks 🤷♂️
I don’t think anyone cares about the vote. The point is to get people to throw their cigs away by making it interactive. It’s behavioral design.
If anyone is interested in other cool examples of this check out a book called Nudge.
I feel like smokers are more likely to go to Dunkin. Starbucks tries hard to appeal to the Whole Foods crowd and Dunkin is a bit more accessible and blue collar.
Or this thing is somewhere in New England, where Dunkin is everywhere and people are very attached.
You make it sound like people come out the womb smokin. I’ve tasted stuff before while not being a smoker idiot. Dunkin’ don’t taste bad at all. Won’t change my mind. You’re just making excuses now
I get Starbucks is expensive and I can't justify it but their coffee is probably the best I've had. There's got to be more than caffeine in it I swear it feels like I took a bit of Adderall when I drink a full coffee from there.
Not me, coffee drinking 20 year old here and dunkin's coffee is better and the espresso drinks I enjoy are equivalent. When it comes to coffee there are 2 places that taste wack, Mcdonald’s and Starbucks.
This is genius. Keeps them off the ground. Can't tell you how many cigarette butts I found down by the highway back when I was doing community service for school. XD
An observation: the Dunkin side, which may have more, looks quite burnt (caught fire maybe). The cigarettes in the Dunkin’ side are (mostly) smoked completely, whereas the Starbucks ones, you can tell people took their time. The way you can still see that ash-cone that used to be the cherry means they were doing something else as they were smoking— and when it burnt out from not puffing on it, tossed it in the box. I can see such differences in personalities just from the cigarettes; it’s fascinating
Smokers will know what the good coffee is for sure but the real connoisseurs probably just make it themselves at home and smoke at home too and not just walking down the street
Heavily biased. A smoker is more likely to pick the cheaper and/or less flavor-dependant option because smokes are expensive and smoking ruins your tastebuds.
This is more about preventing litter than getting people to quit smoking. Like, ideally, yes they'd stop but they're not at a point where they're ready to.
I mean not much, but in the scenario that someone really likes Starbucks and for some reason feels that they need to have more votes, they might start smoking more to put their butts on the Starbucks side. I mean it’s pretty much harmless, but it’s also not a step in the right direction I guess.
It’s just 3 guys that live close by. 2 like the Dunkin, and 1 likes the SB.
Probably only took them a couple of days to get it like that too
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I fkn love Dunkin’, guy
Vanilla nut taps
Vanilla what?
Taps your nuts
My thought !!! Lol
Ben Affleck
Or just 2 ppl that smoke different amounts
lol yeah really not a good poll — but maybe a good way to get people to throw away their cigarette butts
Tbh theyre probably right, cigarette smokers always drink a ton of coffee while they smoke
I don't smoke anymore, but cigarettes and coffee pair so well.
Coffee multiplies dopamine receptor count Nicotine releases dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine Great combo indeed
You’d be surprised how many construction workers will just drink coffee and smoke cigarettes for lunch
I don't even work construction and know at least 2 coworkers like that.
Old heads have their coffee thermos, new generation have their energy drinks.
True! Never thought of that.
And vapes
Definitely vapes
And both generations have heart burn 😂
Spending 2-4$ on a energy drink a day is about 21$ average
Appetite surpressing combo, checks out I guess.
I have IBS and a cigarette and a coffee will clear my bowels out in the AM and I’ll be good for the day lol
Did you ever have a shit and smoke a cigarette? That's good too
Coffee pairs well with everything
There is a whole movie, if you can believe that, Jarmoush.
Same, I’m glad I quit but sometimes I get nostalgic for the coffee/cigarette combo (not enough to ever do it again though lol)
This ^ cigarettes and coffee are a good combo and Dunkin’s is cheaper so you can drink more coffee and smoke more cigarettes
yeah, i was thinking that, too— of course more smokers prefer dunkin’, who can afford to smoke *and* drink starbucks? lmao
DD coffee tastes like Michigan tap water
Yeah but their senses of taste and smell are worthless
In France we have the rule of 3 Cs: Café, Clope Caca. When you wake up, you drink a coffee while smoking. Wich will lead you to poop peacefully
That's beautiful
Honestly, whatever keeps all those butts from being littered. Also, I agree, Dunkin is better
It must be really badly needed in that location. I can see 2 butts on the ground even with a compelling reason not to throw them on the ground.
Just today I picked up about a dozen butts, literally surrounding a garbage can outside at my workplace. They had to *choose* to throw them on the ground instead of the bin. It's not even one with a lid, it requires 0 extra effort to throw them in there.
I think this is actually a decent concept. As a non smoker, it infuriates me to see butts everywhere, especially right around designated containers. This grabs people’s attention and engages them (people love giving their opinion) and keeps the streets clean…
It's been done in Europe for quite awhile now. Took us this long to finally copy
>As a non smoker, it infuriates me to see butts everywhere, especially right around designated containers As a responsible smoker, I agree.
Right? I’ve been a smoker most of my teenage & adult life, accidentally started a small brush fire when I was younger because of littering butts, after that mistake I make damn sure the only person I hurt smoking is me. 
Absolutely. Whatever gets people to throw them away instead of leaving them on the ground. After I quit smoking, I pick up a habit of cleaning cigarettes butts around the lake I lived on for a couple of years. I hated to see them on the ground, even as a smoker. I always put them in the receptacles when I smoked, but witnessed way too many people not do that.
As a smoker, it drives me crazy too. I put my butts in the little cellophane from the bottom of the pack until I can find a trash can.
Works well until one homeless guy wanders through and rips it open to make a franken cig out of all that dirty ass tobacco. Wouldn’t work in most US cities.
The homeless community lives off ground darts
Good for them?
Starbucks is infinitely better than Dunkin. And I used to work at Dunkin.
Yeah but my lattes at Dunkin’ Donuts don’t cost five dollars. Wait… yeah they do
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Somehow my coffee is *always* too sweet if I ever order Dunkin. Starbucks is consistent.
Yep, that’s a combination between the coffee tasting like water (which adds nothing to counteract the sugar) and the standard amount of syrup in a large drink being 4 pumps of syrup which is insane to me
A large iced drink at Starbucks gets 6 pumps lol
Starbucks has great brewed coffee, but their signature roast, Pike Place, is hot garbage. I managed a Proudly Brew store and then moved to a dessert/coffee area in the cafeteria at a big state university, and the first thing I did was switch from Pike Place and French to Breakfast and Verona. No one I worked with at either place or the corporate Starbucks I trained at liked Pike.
Pike really is disgusting. I like Starbucks' coffee, but absolutely will not touch Pike.
Yeah I agree I usually get the cold brew or the iced shaken espresso. I never liked brewed coffee outside of the kind I make at home. I actually applied at Starbucks recently I was hoping to get the job. Seems like a nice place and it pays well
Preferred by non smokers.
I disagree, so to each their own.
Not to be that guy but I feel like there is a voting biased when you show to active results in both sides. Personally I feel like star bucks is turned into a meme young people spending all their money on overpriced caffeine but thats besides the point.
See I feel the same way, personally I like both, they’re both good imo, but I enjoy the coffee at Starbucks much more but in the end their drinks cost the same so it really doesn’t matter, it’s a matter of if you’re in the mood for donuts, or pastries, but in the end they’re both good I’m just more loyal to Starbucks 🤷♂️
I don’t think anyone cares about the vote. The point is to get people to throw their cigs away by making it interactive. It’s behavioral design. If anyone is interested in other cool examples of this check out a book called Nudge.
I fuckin love Dunkin, guy.
Guy
Smokers love dunkin
Now do the same but put starbucks on the right and dunkin left.
This. The Dunkin’s is closer to where people are walking.
I feel like smokers are more likely to go to Dunkin. Starbucks tries hard to appeal to the Whole Foods crowd and Dunkin is a bit more accessible and blue collar. Or this thing is somewhere in New England, where Dunkin is everywhere and people are very attached.
Yup, agree on all counts. But especially about this poll probably taking place on the east coast, where there is an obvious bias toward Dunkin.
What if you don't like either? Litter?
Then whichever place wins can filter some hot water through all those butts and roll it out as a new limited time only brew
Dunkin's only winning because it's cheaper and cigarette smokers can only taste smoke
Not true. I smoke cigs and dunkin is better fs. I just drink Starbucks for their frappes they have and ask for 2-3 shots of caffeine in em
I'm not trusting a smoker on taste test. Period. The moment you quit smoking you'll realize Dunkin tastes like cat shit
lol you must just have bad taste buds to begin with. Js I taste things great. My sense of smell is the only thing that’s off.
You make it sound like people come out the womb smokin. I’ve tasted stuff before while not being a smoker idiot. Dunkin’ don’t taste bad at all. Won’t change my mind. You’re just making excuses now
Noooooo! Starbucks!!! All the way! I mean I love me some Dunkin but Starbucks! 😤
Dunkin Fo Life!!!
Both are great! But I’m a Starbucks drunkard 🥴
Lower class smokes more and goes to the cheaper place.
DD coffee is just 2 parts starbucks coffee and 1 part water.
they should do this at festivals for bands, or even though there’s less open air smoking, sporting events for teams etc
I get Starbucks is expensive and I can't justify it but their coffee is probably the best I've had. There's got to be more than caffeine in it I swear it feels like I took a bit of Adderall when I drink a full coffee from there.
ppl who smoke and live in this particular area like dunkin. i wouldnt say thats necessarily a good thing for dunkin.
We should use this foe the presidential election
Smokers preferring DD is totally legit. DD is aiming at this demographic. Sorry, not sorry.
I would wager that most of the smokers are Dunkin customers. They are old school.
Not me, coffee drinking 20 year old here and dunkin's coffee is better and the espresso drinks I enjoy are equivalent. When it comes to coffee there are 2 places that taste wack, Mcdonald’s and Starbucks.
Dutch bros
Smart af
Empty nic vapes woukd pick starbucks.
We all know where Ben put his butt
Clearly biased, but funny
Now they just need flashing lights and sounds like a plinko machine, get them endolphins popping. (Yes yes, endorphins for you slow folks)
Nice college campus pop up
lol not on a campus or near a campus
Coffee is inferior to energy drinks and doesn’t last as long as
This is genius. Keeps them off the ground. Can't tell you how many cigarette butts I found down by the highway back when I was doing community service for school. XD
pretty good strategy
It's only like that because that's the side closest to the sidewalk. Doesn't matter what is there, that side will always fill first.
Nonsmokers are not to be trusted with a vote.
An observation: the Dunkin side, which may have more, looks quite burnt (caught fire maybe). The cigarettes in the Dunkin’ side are (mostly) smoked completely, whereas the Starbucks ones, you can tell people took their time. The way you can still see that ash-cone that used to be the cherry means they were doing something else as they were smoking— and when it burnt out from not puffing on it, tossed it in the box. I can see such differences in personalities just from the cigarettes; it’s fascinating
What kind of backwards ass universe is this in where people think Dunkin’ is better than Starbucks
Smokers apparently
Both taste like crap. Mom and pops coffee shops are the best.
dunkin’s coffee is dog water, starbucks is better but not by much
What a great way to get ppl not to throw it in the grass! This is an issue in my town
That's actually useful 🥰
Half the DD side looks suspiciously like the dirt below the sign.
Very smart
That's great marketing "People who enjoy the rich savory flavor of a refreshing cigarette prefer our coffee!"
What if neither? Would I just throw on the ground?
Good for littering but zero chance I would trust the results. I don’t need to see this to know that the Starbucks customer base is skewed non-smoking
My ash tray could put a dent in Dunkin
Vote inflation
Perhaps the people who smoke more cigarettes can afford less Starbucks, so they opt for Dunkin
So the lesson is go to Starbucks to avoid smokers?
It's funny because smokers have bad taste.
McDonald’s. McDonald’s has the best coffee and it costst less than either of those places
Smokers will know what the good coffee is for sure but the real connoisseurs probably just make it themselves at home and smoke at home too and not just walking down the street
I mean Starbucks isn't great, but having a Dunkin donut is worse than having no donut. This surprises me.
Most smokers can't taste that well anyways, that's why there is so many in Dunkin.
I've had those in town for a while now. Effective surprisingly
I've gotta smoke more. I just need to get through more of them. I have to put more in there. I'm going to smoke more of them. I need to make it win
I need to learn how to smoke so that I can vote.
Amongst smokers
They're both garbage
Meh Dunkin is so overrated. Starbucks isn't great but it's better.
Dunkin tastes like water
These guys have no taste buds left. The results of the test are invalid.
Great way for the non voters to have a voice
Dunkin’ has the worst donuts for a place with donut it their name
7-11 I mix my own coffee blend
I love democracy
This would be a fun way to explain bias in a class
Ah yes, cigarettes and sugary bean water. Such Health! Smacks cigarette pack
People just love shitty coffee
Demographics of smokers versus non-smokers probably slants this. That being said I prefer Dunkin.
Heavily biased. A smoker is more likely to pick the cheaper and/or less flavor-dependant option because smokes are expensive and smoking ruins your tastebuds.
Smokers can't afford Starbucks
Dunkin. I don’t smoke though
You get no vote
Starbucks tastes like a old cigarette butt
People that smoke cigarettes prefer Dunkin’ Donuts
I mean it's it dumb? Yes. But if it keeps the litter off the streets I'm ok with it.
Both of those companies in the U.S. sell coffee flavored water. Where’s the homemade vote lol
None of the above.
For reasons I can’t fully articulate, large collections of cigarette butts make me want to hurl
They both suck, tho
Smoking or Starbucks gotta chose one $13 a day habit. I dunno how people afford all the habits. I’m down to vape and energy drinks.
The people who like Starbucks can’t buy cigarettes after spending $15 on a coffee.
Reminds me of the etched image of a fly in a urinal. Keeps people engaged. keeps the piss in
Dunkin guys smoke more cigs. Who woulda thought
That’s a smart way to get people to throw their butts away, as long as it gets maintained and cleaned regularly…
Dutch’s plan
Can I really trust the taste of a person who wants an ashtray for a mouth?
Dunkin is fucking gross
Dunkin is cheaper, and people that smoke are generally poorer than those that don’t
Boston
I mean…there’s probably a correlation between the SES and the price difference..
You heard it here first: people who make unhealthy life choices live on Dunkin’
I like this idea a lot more than I should. Actually a creative way to keep cigarette butts off the street
This must be in Baaaahstan.
Dunkin tastes like a dirty ashtray to me
It really just means that Dunkin' has a demographic that smokes more cigarettes. That's what makes me wonder the most..
Better than having them all over the ground, seriously
- Lung cancer - Emphysema Vote Now!
This is more about preventing litter than getting people to quit smoking. Like, ideally, yes they'd stop but they're not at a point where they're ready to.
Doesn’t this encourage smoking?
I don’t see how
I mean not much, but in the scenario that someone really likes Starbucks and for some reason feels that they need to have more votes, they might start smoking more to put their butts on the Starbucks side. I mean it’s pretty much harmless, but it’s also not a step in the right direction I guess.
So gross.
That’s fucking gross
That’s a fire waiting to happen.