# The car ahead of me just paid for my Starbucks order

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 6, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-car-ahead-of-me-just-paid-for-my-starbucks-order/824075 "2018-11-06T15:01:47Z")
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### Author: ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-car-ahead-of-me-just-paid-for-my-starbucks-order/824075/12 "2018-11-06T17:31:49Z")

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My wife, a Starbucks junkie, just told me I was supposed to keep it going by paying for the next person. Oops. :smack:

Buuut…if you are supposed to keep it going, the only person who ultimately benefits is the one who breaks the chain. That seems logically/philosophically perverse.

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