Posted on 07/20/2022 2:12:15 PM PDT by dennisw
Wake up and smell the coffee! Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz slams woke leaders for 'abdicating their responsibility' to fight crime causing his chain to shutter 16 profitable stores because of assaults on staff - with MORE closures to come
CEO Howard Schulz said 'America has become unsafe' after he announced that 16 Starbucks stores will close in left-leaning cities across the country
He will close profitable stores in the company's hometown of Seattle as well as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Portland and D.C. The reported disruptions include drug use by paying customers and, more often than not, members of the public
Homeless people have been taking advantage of the company's open bathroom policy, which allows nonpaying patrons to use their facilities As a result, Starbucks bathrooms have in large part devolved into dens of debauchery, regularly used by vagrants and homeless to do drugs
The CEO of Starbucks is shuttering 16 profitable stores nationwide over disruptions that he's blamed on the cities' woke leaders for 'abdicating their responsibility' to fight crime.
Howard Schultz said 'America has become unsafe' after he announced that 16 stores will close in several left-leaning cities across the country because staff are being attacked and reports of drug use at the popular cafés.
The cities set to see closures include the company's hometown of Seattle, as well as four other liberal-run municipalities - Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Portland and D.C - where crime rates have soared due to woke policies including police cuts.
In LA, District Attorney George Gascon, who is set to face a recall election, has been accused of being a cheerleader for criminals who encourages them to 'commit more crimes' due to his woke policies.
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Schultz warned that this is ‘just the beginning’ of store closures and said there ‘would be many more’ as staff fear for their own safety amid a rise in crime, homeless and people with mental health issues.
In two leaked video excerpts of Schultz speaking at an internal meeting, shared by Ari Hoffman of KVI-AM talk radio in Seattle, Schultz said he was shocked to hear that one of the primary concerns of their retail partners is their ‘own personal safety.’
The reported disruptions include drug use by paying customers and, more often than not, members of the public - who often take advantage of the company’s open bathroom policy, which allows nonpaying patrons to use their facilities.
As a result, the bathrooms have in large part devolved into dens of debauchery, regularly used by vagrants and homeless to do drugs and engage in other illicit behavior.
He’s part of the problem. Is he suddenly waking up from his wokeness because now it’s affecting him?
A billionaire clown shows his azz. Hypocrite! You can’t take it with you and your dumbass heirs will blow whatever you leave them at the legal marijuana stores.
Shocking. I don't think anyone could ever have predicted that something like this would happen as a result of an open bathroom policy. < / sarcasm >
Another rich hippocrite. who has supported liberals with enthusiasm.
The old saw. A conservative is a liberal that’s been mugged. I guess rainbows and unicorns is no way to face reality.
Gosh, who could have predicted that inviting any and all vagrants and drug addicts to use your bathrooms would cause problems?
F this guy. No one to blame but himself.
>> He’s part of the problem.
Most definitely.
Well, Gee, Howard, maybe you'll thing twice now about voting for these vile Leftists like Biden. Maybe re-think the whole "political correct" b.s. since is takes you and everyone down to Nowheresville.
Schultz supported Obama, Clinton, and Biden, and now regrets what he voted for? Tough luck, Howard.
Fighting crime? That’s just the symptom. The problem is a gravely degenerate society that’s getting worse all the time
Come on Schultz say it , “Did we do that”?
Abrogate. I think.
I remember when the media was hyping this guy for POTUS, LOL.
Hypocrite even tried to run for president. Just because you sell overpriced overrated coffee doesnt mean people will vote for you..
Shut up Howard and go clean up the bathrooms.
You have to admit the Starbux thing is genius.
Selling a commodity product as several times the competition’s prices via advertising and image.
We have two of them in our small burg, basically across the street from each other, always seem crowded.
Sure. I personally know ALL the locations that closed in L.A.. especially the one on Sunset/Vine area. Pretty simple: the woke store managers handled the violent (there’s a lot of them here) homeless BLM types with kid gloves..
VERSUS the COFFEE BEAN location I go to, where the staff physically kick you out and even dare you to sue them.
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