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- Starbucks computer breakdown results in free coffee
Starbucks coffee addicts have been getting their caffeine fix for free Friday, as the company's computer system failed across North America.
News of the failed system spread quickly across Twitter, as customers celebrated getting their hand-crafted beverages gratis.
A hashtag — #thefrappening — was gleefully adopted.
CBC News in Vancouver visited two stores on Robson Street to order drinks and were told the tills were down, and that the drinks would be free. Staff could not say when things would be back to normal.