New Starbucks policy: No purchase needed to sit in cafes

Associated Press ^ | May 19, 2018 2:20 PM | Joseph Pisani

[Olog-hai]

Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to sit in its cafés or use its restrooms, even if they don’t buy anything.

The new policy comes five weeks after two black men who hadn’t bought anything were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks.

Company executives have said its previous policies were loose and ambiguous, leaving decisions on whether people could sit in its stores or use the restroom up to store managers. […]

The company said anyone can use its cafés, patios or restrooms without buying anything, but it noted workers should still call the police if someone is a safety threat.

“We are committed to creating a culture of warmth and belonging where everyone is welcome,” Starbucks said in a statement. …

[eyeamok]

Welcome to the NEW Homeless Shelters, help spread the word to all the bums, hookers, junkies that you see...

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Won’t bother me, I don’t drink coffee from a place that sounds like a gay bar.

[freedumb2003]

>>Welcome to the NEW Homeless Shelters, help spread the word to all the bums, hookers, junkies that you see...<<

Good thing I already eschew charbucks for their gawdaful burnt coffee and liberal nonsense.

Those places are going to become hell-holes in a matter of weeks.

[PAR35]

I thought that was always the policy.

allows anyone to sit in its cafés ... even if they don’t buy anything.

At least for white or Asian yuppies or Mill's.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

What are the SJW snowflakes going to do when smelly bums are filling up all of the tables?

[EEGator]

Sweet! Can I use a library again now?

[BlueLancer]

...but it noted workers should still call the police if someone is a safety threat.

As long as that individual was not black or otherwise dark-skinned, transgender or homosexual, an illegal alien, a Muslim, or any combination thereof.

[moovova]

I hope someone’s passing out flyers to the homeless. They NEED to know about this.

[Jyotishi]

Cool. Won’t have to spend money on hotels when traveling. Will Starbucks be adding showers?

[Balding_Eagle]

This should reduce the pressure on libraries.

[LegendHasIt]

Insanity piled upon idiocy piled on stupidity. I wonder how high they will be able to pile it up before it falls over and buries them.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Another dumb liberal mistake. They’re going to be loving this one. LOL.

[Fungi]

How cool, Starbuck’s days are numbered—at least their profits and stock price are. You mean Starbuck’s main purpose has become a refuge for the dregs of society? What a great idea!

[hal ogen]

So now the LIB infested burnt coffee chain is a “hotel” of sorts? Maybe it should change its name to Covfefe?

[grania]

There's nothing more amusing than when fake liberals get caught. They almost always overcompensate to prove that they aren't racist.

What's going to happen when people bring their own food into Starbucks?

[conservative98]

Coming to a Starbucks near you...

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I am already short sbux stock.

[riri]

Yeah, good luck with that but I make it a point to *not* be around mentally ill people, addicts, junkies, SJWs...

[Seaplaner]

I hope someone’s passing out flyers to the homeless. They NEED to know about this.

Word gets out quite quickly in the "homeless community".

What is interesting to me is that these kinds of decisions are very difficult to reverse.

And, Starbucks will want to take it back very, very soon, one suspects.

How soon?

As soon as the coffee consuming public learns that "homeless" have higher rates of HIV, TB, and Hep A and C; and, they do not cover their coughs and they are not particularly, um, tidy.