The Spider on The Starbucks Table

Part 1

I’d seen all the nature shots in craignewmark’s online feeds, so I forwarded this photo….

I honestly thought there would be more interest on his part. Very tiny spider — the body was about the size of a brown sugar cube. Tough to make friends with billionaires when you’re homeless.

I guess.

Later, I tweeted an Instagram post:

Starbucks’ response on Twitter from later that day:

My response

I think I forwarded them this photograph from 2011 of a seven-legged spider I happened to be around that day. (SLSS = Seven Legged Spider Shot)


The next day, I published this LinkedIn post about the camera, and shared liberally:

I have yet to write the customer service department an email — eh, no coupons yet, either.

Here’s some photographs from that day I was able to be a part of.

U.S., UZ Smalls, Alberto Rivera

5 December 2015