An improvement on the traditional Bedouin coffee ritual
Posted on 02/05/2016 3:02:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
Let’s start with when Starbucks opened up its location in Riyadh. The coffee siren is the face of Starbucks.
Her flowing locks of java love strike those brand affinity chords nationwide and across the pond, so why not in the Middle East?
Because boobies or some such.
The logo was considered a bit too randy for the locals, so Starbucks completely caved and came up with a falling star on the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
That story didn’t gain a lot of traction, but this more recent one is definitely approaching #PRFail territory.
Women have been officially “barred†from entering Starbucks. In fact, if you are female and thirsty for a cup of joe, “send in your driver.â€
According to Emirates 24/7, the nation’s religious police made this decision following a routine inspection revealed that the coffee shop’s “gender wall†— an actual wooden barrier intended to keep men and women separate — had collapsed.
So, this happened:
Let’s start with when Starbucks opened up its location in Riyadh. The coffee siren is the face of Starbucks.
Her flowing locks of java love strike those brand affinity chords nationwide and across the pond, so why not in the Middle East?
Because boobies or some such.
The logo was considered a bit too randy for the locals, so Starbucks completely caved and came up with a falling star on the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
That story didn’t gain a lot of traction, but this more recent one is definitely approaching #PRFail territory.
Women have been officially “barred†from entering Starbucks. In fact, if you are female and thirsty for a cup of joe, “send in your driver.â€
According to Emirates 24/7, the nation’s religious police made this decision following a routine inspection revealed that the coffee shop’s “gender wall†— an actual wooden barrier intended to keep men and women separate — had collapsed.
So, this happened:
Side-by-side, we have the misogynistic, neanderthal statement followed by the other one from Saudi Arabian Starbucks. (Yes, Howard Schultz, we see you.)
The notice, in Arabic as well as English, reads:
“On order by the Commission, please no entry for ladies, only send your driver to order. Thank you.†And now, for Starbucks official statement, in English — and from America:
Starbucks in Saudi Arabia adheres to the local customs by providing separate entrances for families as well as single people. All our stores provide equal amenities, service, menu, and seating to men, women and families. We are working as quickly as possible as we refurbish our Jarir store, so that we may again welcome all customers in accordance with local customs. In other words, if those dudes want to keep that up, it’s okay as long as they keep buying our coffee. Not good PR, people. Not good at all.
Sorry I said screw you. There is more to that story and it ain’t pretty.
I’ll give a crap how Saudis treat Africans and women when Africans and women in the US agree to repeal affirmative action; in the meantime these stories are entertainment.
I will never work there, Kuwait is the only Arab nation I would work in, in fact I am looking at transferring there for a year or two in the near future.
A poem of history and logic. Well done!
The head honcho said it was OK with him if Christians didn't patronize his establishments.
An improvement on the traditional Bedouin coffee ritual
Ya think Photoshop might have been used?
these mooselimbs treat woman worse than cattle.
Where is the group NOW on this?
Where is Mrs. Clintoon on this? Oh yeah, just taking donations from em and shutting up about the treatment
Alahwahoo Bucksbar!
Starbucks can bullsh!t all they want about how “forward thinking” and progressive they are but move out of Saudi Arabia over gender discrimination? Their shareholders would be outraged, hey after all, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.
CEO Howard Schultz doesn’t care about women being banned - or the country going broke.
Nope.
Schultz cares about elites showing ‘respect’ for each other...
Eff the lowlife.
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