Posted on 05/11/2018 8:28:45 AM PDT by ethom
The ever well meaning Starbucks chairman, Howie Schultz, more terrified of bad publicity and claims of racism than anything in the world, has just announced a rather customer-unfriendly policy of opening Starbucks bathrooms (as well as table space) to all comers, including people who won't spring for a $4 cup of coffee. Speaking to the Atlantic Council, Schultz said:
"We don't want to become a public bathroom, but we're going to make the right decision a hundred percent of the time and give people the key," Schultz said, "because we don't want anyone at Starbucks to feel as if we are not giving access to you to the bathroom because you are less than."
Well, yes, you do, Howie. If you open the bathrooms to all comers, including non-paying customers, you're turning Starbucks into a public bathroom. The fact that Starbucks will be the only business with such a policy means that all of the homeless will concentrate in these outlets. Rival store-owners and social service agencies will actually direct the homeless to Starbucks outlets for the free services. Large groups will congregate, moms with strollers drinking lattes and buying their little ones apple sauce in packets will sit cheek to jowl with hardcore drug-addicted homeless and now entertain requests for spare change.
So is Starbucks prepared to corral its baristas into double-duty, non-stop bathroom cleaning from those who choose to camp out on its grounds? Schultz is not stupid and probably knows what he is doing. It's easy to lean on the baristas for more work in disgusting tasks such as cleaning up after the homeless when they already work extremely hard at making coffee. I can't see baristas being happy about this, so in any case, so look to unionization efforts to take hold, too.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Project “Get to know HEP A” ?
Wonder if Starpukes will start charging admission to see the Homeless on display?
Yep, Starbucks just became a homeless shelter. If I’m a paying customer and cannot get into the bathroom because vagrants are tying it up, I’m going to be pissed, pun intended.
I wonder how much Dunkin’ Donuts stock has risen today?
Starbucks chairman announces free bathrooms and table space for the homeless
My daughter lives in Ballard. The homeless situation there is disgusting. She and her husband are visiting us right now. They are with my wife in Louisville suburbs looking for a home. Yep, They are outa there.
Good point. That makes it even worse. I wonder if Schulz thought about being sued for endangering customers by allowing people with highly communicable diseases to use the bathrooms.
Great, all the progressives and the bums can go to Starbucks. They can all sing kumbaya in the dirty bathrooms.
I’ll grab a great coffee at half the price at my local diner / coffee shop and support my community.
America runs on Dunkin!
Virtue signalling sometimes comes with a price. If I were a local, I’d make it a point to stop by regularly.
To drop something off.
Starbucks Will ‘Give People The Key’ To Bathroom Regardless Of Purchase
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Wake up and smell the urine.
I’m not going in.
And it’s not “free”, is it, Howie?
Your customers are paying for it.
Couple problems here.
First, non-paying customers tend to be, umm, not the most hygenic, even to the point of disgusting ... Starbucks will be doing a lot more bathroom cleaning now ...
Plus, certain non-paying customers like to use the bathroom for non-bathroom activities, like hookers having sex, addicts shooting up or smoking crack, or just sleeping on the floor ... ask any 24-hr McDonalds owner in a big city about late-nite problems
All of which will be a BIG turnoff for those customers that actually pay ... has Starbucks actually thought this through??
Even when they have access to public bathrooms, you would be surprised by how often the homeless relieve themselves in places other than the bathroom.
Having some experience in the retail space, I just know what the average person does to a bathroom so I can only image what a homeless person would do to one. Bottom line: There won’t be usable Starbuck$ bathrooms.
this is the natural end of liberal moonbat policy!
What is it with this Howie Schultz guy? Is he some sort of fascist? I read the whole article, and there was not one mention of Starbucks giving out free coffee.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
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