Posted on 08/20/2017 5:52:30 AM PDT by Enlightened1
I always find it interesting that when a story about Starbucks gets posted there’s a line of folks ragging on the quality of their coffee. My wife and I have been purchasers of Starbucks coffee (both at their stores, and for home brewing) for more than 20 years. In all that time no guest has ever complained to me that my coffee tastes anything other than delicious.
Five years ago we moved from NYS to MA, and in that time the only decent cup of coffee I’ve had was either made by me or Starbucks. I joke that I could take over this state with a decent bagel, Kaiser roll, and cup of coffee. (I’m sorry, but if you think Dunkin’ Donuts is gourmet coffee there is no hope for you.) The point is: we are brand loyal up to a point.
As stories like this accumulate, I have to wonder if we are approaching the point where their politics is so noxious we have no choice but to vocally withdraw our business. I usually try to avoid boycotts. This is just my personal opinion, but I’d run out of products if I boycotted every one that offended me in some way. Take movies and TV. For the sake of discussion, let’s say that industry is 95% Liberal, and quite idiotic in their political utterances.
Leonardo DiCaprio (as just one example) is a political moron. But he happens to be a good actor who has had a string of great films. I choose to ignore his utterances, and try to enjoy his work (at less than retail price if possible). I love movies, and I’m not going to give them up because actors are often obnoxious idiots.
To conclude, I guess the point is I am determined to not be permanently aggrieved like the Left. I do have a point beyond which I won’t go, and I’ll be watching Starbucks to see if they are really determined to poison relations with long-time customers.
No way to know for sure, but for Leftists, ideology if first and foremost. So he may well say that is fine. I point to some of the pronouncements by the Pope which follow ideology and not religion as an example of my point.
The Pope is paying a price for his foolhardy comments; he continues to lose Western Catholics with his babbling - and they were the deep pockets of the Church. Even the transition from a faith-based organization to property managers (as facilities close) is temporary.
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