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 ...
In other words, Starbucks to become like your local public library.
This should be fun.
Let’s see how long it lasts and how it affects their paying customers and the bottom line.
Hahahaha....you are right....
Been that way at Starbuck’s for years... which is why I haven’t walked inside one since I can’t remember
They’ll start finding a lot of stray needles, and maybe need to put Narcan on the menu.
> If I owe one of these stores, at least I will play classical music through my store while in business. <
That’s a big no-no. Classical music has been called a hateful symbol of white male privilege (I’m not kidding).
X treme TB, with a shot of shigella and a soupcon of bed bugs. Will never go to these burnt coffee sh,holes ever again. I do love the Left eating their own, though.....So amusing.
Which will destroy the brand in many areas.
Oh well.
old chinese proverb “May their stores be filled to capacity with non paying homeless people”
Enjoy your sinking profits starbucks
McDonald’s doesn’t have keys
Amusing indeed! From the numbers of homeless coming out of LA alone, if SBUX goes this way...........they’ll be bankrupt within a month!
Loving it!
Winning....let the sjw movement continue to destroy all they touch...hey I want to see the Hollywood elite start taking in homeless and illegal aliens....put your money where your mouth is you loonies... Makes me want to pay $9 for a double foofy mocha latte float....lolol
Touch anything including the door handle and make haste to the emergency room or the doctor of your choice ... don’t slip on the sh.t on the floor ...
Doesn’t matter- I never go there anyway.
“About 30% were successful within the goals of the program, which is actually pretty good if you think about it.”
Yes it is. Are they still doing that?
That was in 1989. I’m sure there are similar programs today.
Can’t wait for Starbucks to disappear like Toys R Us.There are way too many of them. I have 6 in just a 3 mile radius of my home.
SBUX currently in a nose dive opening at 57.72 now 57.15
Poster on stock site:
8,000 new homeless shelters in the USA. Comes with free WiFi! Complimentary soap and shampoo in the bathroom! Cleanup!
That’s one way to keep paying customers from crowding the joint.
you have made a good point. Whenever we are on the road and stop at McD’s to use the facilities, I just go in the ladies room. I don’t have to beg for a key. and BTW they are almost always clean, and certainly have never found a needle laying around.
Starbucks attracts liberals- and thus the customer base will not be annoyed with the homeless right away.
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