Posted on 04/18/2018 1:11:36 PM PDT by ethom
Fake Starbucks coupons have begun circulating on social media in the wake of protests over the arrests of two black men who had asked to use a Starbucks restroom.
The coupons, which feature images of Starbucks beverages, the brand's iconic color green and bar codes, appear to offer "people of color" or "African-American heritage" free drinks.
"This is completely false and in no way associated with Starbucks," a Starbucks spokeswoman told CNBC.
The images are being shared on 4chan, a website that gained notoriety for spreading pro-Trump memes and messages during the 2016 presidential election.
In 2017, members of this online community also attacked Starbucks, promoting "Dreamer Day," where immigrants would be given discounts. It was also a hoax.
The coffee giant has been under fire since a video of the two black men being arrested Thursday at a Starbucks in Philadelphia went viral over the weekend. The woman who posted the video said that staff at the coffee shop had called police because the two men had not ordered anything while they waited for a friend to arrive. Starbucks said earlier this week that the manager of the shop was "no longer at that store."
Starbucks said Tuesday it will be closing all of its company-owned restaurants in the U.S. during the afternoon of May 29 to conduct a racial-bias education program.
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And even if management tells all employees to not honor them, what’s the poor barista going to do after having just spent a full day in sensitivity training? Tell the customer “no, that’s fake”? All hell will break loose if they do that and the place would get mobbed with angry BLM types who might burn the place down. This could put a lot of lives of employees at risk.
Somebody has sure boxed Starbucks in! They are going to need the world’s best crisis management person.
[ Starbucks is so screwed. ]
You are soooooo correct.
No doubt. Starbucks is in a vice grip.
Many blacks who show up will believe the
coupon is real.
And will cause a scene when they don’t get their free coffee.
And managers will not call police.
It could turn into a real cluster f... for Starbucks.
Starbucks estaff are meeting as we write...”WTF do we do now? Anybody got an idea?”
Yep. There be’s The outrage u we’re talking about.
See my post 41.
A black customer has already indeed demanded his reparations coffee. For free.
He got it too.
I am definitely having a hard time feeling sorry for Starbucks.
They were actually correct trying to boot them out.
BUT they like to pander to “liberal causes”.
With all that being said, imagine being a Starbuck’s employee in the middle of this.
If you’re a liberal SJW, well, you’re about to experience some liberal SJW in your face, I do imagine.
Frankly, this could get ugly.
This is the sort of dirty underhanded tactic the left routinely uses against our side. I am happy to see somebody finally had the good tactical sense to give it back to them.
Several months back I read an article about a prominent DNA testing service that was deliberately putting that in their reports just to F*** with people. They were deliberately lying to push a political agenda.
You may or may not have, but I advise you to search for that article, and see if it is the same testing service you used.
Rats, you beat me to it.
Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.
HOMELESS - Use our free bathrooms, take a load off after a long day on the corner, create your cardboard sign on the warm, dry, clean tables while seated in one of our comfortable "No Purchase Necessary" chairs. Shucks, you can even check your email using our free wifi!! Come One Come ALL!
OHH and don’t forget to wash up in our clean comfortable bathrooms! Plenty of soap, hot water, clean toilets, and toilet paper all FREE for your use!!
Shoot, you should go for it. Unless there’s just too much risk.
I bet these liberal Fk’s are scared to death.
Actually, he would only be served coffee with lots of cream.
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