Posted on 09/21/2013 2:49:12 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Webb_Restaurants
If you’re ever in Milwaukee, visit the Webb’s on Brady Street. It’s the sleeziest. iF it’s still there.
Starbucks had the same policy until too many politically minded idiots used the store to fight a won-and-done issue by scaring customers. Allowance and cooperation didn’t work, so they opted for “take your sociopolitical props elsewhere”.
I believe the statement in the article is incorrect. As I understand it, the head of Starbucks only asked that people not open carry and not hold open carry rallies in the stores. He said nothing of concealed carry. I think he is trying, maybe clumsily, to back his stores out of this political fight.
Yep. Starbucks quietly had this neutral on guns policy for years and except for the odd customer complaint over someone openly carrying, it wasn’t a big deal and Starbucks always deferred to local laws allowing open carry. That was until some pro-gun folks started organizing and showing up in large groups for what they called “Starbucks Appreciation Days”, basically flaunting the fact they were carrying, advertizing it and daring people (liberal coffee drinkers I presume) to be offended or confront them, putting a business in the unfortunate position of trying to remain neutral, not to offend or lose any of its paying customers and not become a rallying place for both pro and anti gun groups.
If responsible gun owners in areas with open carry laws just went about their everyday business and showed that openly carrying is perfect legal and safe instead of rallying en mass at Starbucks to prove their point then the Starbucks wouldn’t have been drawn into a controversy that for years they had avoided being drawn into.
FWIW, I don’t think it is against the law, at least not in many places for a guy to go shirtless or people to walk around barefoot but a business is able to have and enforce a “no shirt, no shoes; no service” policy. Heck there are probably still some high end restaurants that require men to wear jackets if not jackets and ties. And there was a recent post about a restaurant that didn’t want to serve parents with small children and babies or allow strollers and a lot of folks here agreed with the restaurant.
Their business - their rules.
Sleezy counts.
Laws include property rights. (Not that that franchisee would get my business, of course.)
Thankyew. Thankyewver’much.
The links go into a bit more detail.
Laura Earl and I should have thought of that. Man I am. upset now
Me too! lol
It was one of the places to hang out after the bars closed at 2 am...that and Denny’s. But those days are so long behind me, thank God!
Obviously you don't live in Massachusetts. If you did there would be ten.
Behind me too. I’m almost 60 and concentrating on more important things for the past 30 years. Praise the Lord.
you HAD to say the ham and cheese omelet didn’t ya! Now I want one dammit.
Youth really is wasted on the young, huh?
BWW doesn’t post a no guns sign. I know: I was there tonight and I always check for that before patronizing a business.
I’ve found it’s good folk at the Waffle House. Strange folk, but good’uns.
If I owned Starbucks I would be worried about gun owners too. Their coffee has 2 1/2 times the caffeine than that of Dunkin Donuts. I would expect Starbucks customers to go over the edge way more often than those of Dunkin Donuts. Piss be on Starbucks.
It is. Waffle House “Americas Midnite Rest-Stop”
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