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Starbucks chairman announces free bathrooms and table space for the homeless
American Thinker ^ | May 11 2018

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.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homeless; howieschultz; publicbathrooms; starbucks
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To: ethom

“starbucks soon may be drive through only!”

great line!


141 posted on 05/11/2018 2:23:10 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: leaning conservative

Absolutely and very well put!!


142 posted on 05/11/2018 2:25:11 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: catnipman; ethom

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Then they’ll have to offer loaner cars for the ‘homeless’ to drive through!

They could call them “Lime Cars.”
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143 posted on 05/11/2018 2:25:12 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: mewzilla

Won’t take long for Mom or Dad to go into the bathroom with the little guy or gal only to see a used needle on a sink or floor or in the garbage can staring them in the face. That will be the last time for that Starbucks if there is ANY alternative coffee shop in the neighborhood close by.


144 posted on 05/11/2018 2:28:47 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: ethom

wow, looks like the merry pranksters at 4chan precipitated a flood of bums into starbucks with fake coupons they starte distributing almost a month ago, and that precipitated the CEO’s over-reaction in turning all starbucks into homeless shelters:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2018/04/18/fake-coupons-are-popping-up-promising-free-starbucks-coffee-for-african-americans/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.111b1a678ccf


145 posted on 05/11/2018 2:31:34 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: ethom

Will there be physical separation between free tables and bathrooms?


146 posted on 05/11/2018 4:08:46 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: A_perfect_lady

What you said ; )


147 posted on 05/11/2018 8:36:57 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: ethom

Attention all homeless folks: Free camping at the Starbucks. Facilities included.


148 posted on 05/11/2018 10:12:17 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: ethom

I’ll have coffee at Panera...free refills and it’s my second office...


149 posted on 05/12/2018 2:50:52 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: ethom

It will be fun to watch the latte liberals switch to Dunkin Donuts


150 posted on 05/12/2018 3:08:56 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: GOP Poet

Forgot to say thank you!


151 posted on 05/13/2018 3:29:51 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: ethom
Starbucks Offers Free Tables and Bathrooms (and probably coffee) To All Homeless

Starbucks Announces Upscale Customers No Longer Welcome

152 posted on 05/13/2018 3:34:34 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

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No one with an IQ above 90 has ever gone to Starpukes more than once.
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153 posted on 05/13/2018 3:38:10 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: ethom

Seattle wasted millions of dollars on fancy self-cleaning public toilets (they didn’t work). Too bad they couldn’t have made Starbucks recognize their “civic duty” years ago.

I wonder though. Will Starbucks discriminate between the homeless using their restrooms to go to the bathroom, and those needing a place to have gay sex and/or shoot up drugs?


154 posted on 05/13/2018 3:38:17 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: editor-surveyor

They might as well close their Times Square store now.


155 posted on 05/13/2018 3:42:29 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: right way right

Shareholders do not count in socialist circles. After holding Starbux
Stock for many years the day they announced closing their stores for a day of diversity employee diversity training I sold. The key reason however, was their additional announcement that Eric Holder was selected to head up the training. I suspect that their next shareholder meeting will be a lot of fun!


156 posted on 05/13/2018 4:03:48 PM PDT by fuzzthatwuz
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To: leaning conservative

You bet :D.


157 posted on 05/13/2018 10:54:43 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: radiohead

...but it sounds like the city I knew is gone.


That’s the bottom line. We didn’t leave the city. The city left us. What’s in its place is not a nice place to live.


158 posted on 05/14/2018 5:03:40 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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