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Ranting about Starbucks you say? Who are we talking about?

A Starbucks employee called Christopher Cristwell from Chowchilla in California.

And what did he do?

He wrote and sang a song about Starbucks, a rather rude one at that, and about all the irritations he faced during his five years working for the coffee chain. He then posted the rather controversial song onto YouTube, and it has already had more than 190,000 hits.

Wow, it must be a pretty interesting song. I'm guessing it's more than just coffee beans and skinny muffins.

Indeed it is. At one point he sings: 'Give me a break, I shouldn't have to put up with this **** making minimum wage.'

How did the video go viral?

For a start, he was wearing nothing but boxer shorts and a signature Starbuck's green apron.  He mocked his demanding customers and the high prices that they will pay for a drink. He also made fun of women obsessed with 'skinny' drinks.

Oh dear, what did he say?

He sings: 'Hello rich white lady, I already know what you want, you want a skinny vanilla latté, young debutante, well that drink won't make you skinny, you gotta work for that, and just in case you're running, I just called you fat.'

Charming! That's the last skinny latté I order!

Well, you did ask.  The 25 year old failed to get the last laugh though. He was fired. Although his managers actually admired his creativity, in a statement Starbucks said: 'The disparaging remarks about the customers and company are unacceptable and out of line with Starbuck's commitment to its customers and partners.'

I bet he will be regretting that for a while.

He said that he 'stands by the comedy', but is now struggling to get a job.

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