No such thing as a free cup of coffee.

This was the big office scandal last week since we had a bunch of these coupons (someone's wife works as a manager for Starbucks).

Starbucks yanks free-coffee deal
A widely posted employee promotion becomes a little bit too successful for the coffee chain. The free-coffee tap is getting turned off.

Starbucks (SBUX, news, msgs) announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing an offer of free iced coffee to a limited number of employees and their friends and families in the southeastern United States.

In a statement, Starbucks said the offer "has been redistributed beyond the original intent and modified beyond Starbucks' control."

The company said an e-mail offering a free Starbucks iced coffee was sent to a limited group of employees in the southeast on August 23, with instructions to forward it to friends and family.

But apparently the promotional coupon, which was widely posted on the Web, was a little bit too successful: Starbucks said on Tuesday that, effective immediately, the offer would no longer be valid at any Starbucks locations.