Posted on 03/18/2015 4:31:19 PM PDT by Signalman
Edited on 03/18/2015 10:16:18 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz has deftly navigated thorny issues such as gay marriage, gun control and Congressional gridlock, but his move to weigh in on U.S. race relations has brewed up a social media backlash.
The world's biggest coffee chain kicked off the discussion when it published full-page ads in major U.S. newspapers earlier this week with the words "Shall We Overcome?" at center page and "RaceTogether" and the Starbucks logo near the bottom.
Hey Starbucks! Cut the propaganda and stick to overpriced coffee.
Shut up and brew!
Call it Condescension Fatigue. One smirking liberal offers a dog-eared laundry list of complaints, you can blow it off. Six years of it from thousands of them, not so much.
Symptomatic of leftist fears of what may be coming?
Just what I need — a sanctimonious lecture from a 20-year-old whose life work consists of pouring burnt coffee.
Starbux management has to be Gods.
They have figured out how to sell a Corolla at a Lexus price, year after year after year.
I am confused. So are you supposed to hold up the line and discuss race relations with the coffee server/cashier workers? But what if they are trained to render the liberal view of Ferguson and race relations? Are those of us who are more conservative supposed to argue the points? Are we supposed to discuss this with the person behind us in line??? What the heck???
Starbucks coffee sux anyway (IMO).
It’s dark roasted, too bitter.
I prefer medium roast.
I’m done with them.
Protesters shut down Starbucks; blame ‘racist’ employees for calling cops on homeless man
Not sure why anyone would spend their money in the liberal cesspit anyway.
I predict this little social experiment will be history even before Memorial Day, May 25th. If it’s still around in an active sense, I suspect they would have gotten more specific about who is going to talk to whom about what, when, for how long, and with or without profanity.
Will the employees recieve bonuses for spreading the party line, or will they be somehow penalized for not do so? Will there be a special line or time of the day for this? A time limit? Must there be Gender Equity in choosing who get’s the treatment? Must there be a waiting period if I just ‘discussed stuff’ today, must I wait an hour, a day, a week? Must Customers identify themselves or take a number while the ceiling camera films everybody below? Some customers could loudly lecture you all day long, after a few Italian Espressos and sugary Cupakes.
>> they questioned how workers such as baristas, many of them young adults who are not trained to navigate such difficult conversations, would manage.
Simple. They will act like most Millennials: with smugness, and that air of intellectual superiority that you get from a lifetime spent in school but not quite paying your own bills yet.
Another reason for me to avoid Starbucks like the plague.
That and overpriced, cold decaffeinated coffee.
I take the opposite approach. I say they’re not being hard-hitting or edgy enough and should be more in~your~face on topical issues. Criticize patrons for their choices in clothing, their hair styling, as well as menu selections.
Institute “Anarchy Tuesdays” and require their patrons wear che guevera look-alike masks. Or “Planned parenthood” Wednesdays where everyone comes dressed as their favorite aborted fetus. Make it as insulting and demeaning as they possibly can. That’ll be good for business!
Of course, I say this with the acknowledgment that I never set foot inside one of their dumps.
Debate on race relations ...
so that’ll include the forbidden topic of black crime too?
Just another liberal idiot with feel-good ideas.
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