Can you imagine what would happen if the world suddenly ran dry of coffee? It would be chaos as sleepy-eyed commuters made their way to the workplace and tried to grind out the work day instead of grinding coffee beans. That could have been the case today for Starbucks patrons following a mysterious and reportedly widespread register outage,

Source: Hot Hardware – Starbucks Silent On Widespread Register Outage As Baristas Serve Free Coffee At Affected Stores