Posted on 01/30/2017 9:45:56 AM PST by blam
Some Starbucks customers are threatening to boycott the coffee giant after its CEO took a stand against President Donald Trump's executive order barring immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US.
On Sunday, Starbucks announced it planned to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide in the next five years.
"We are living in an unprecedented time, one in which we are witness to the conscience of our country, and the promise of the American Dream, being called into question," CEO Howard Schultz wrote in a letter to Starbucks employees about the plan.
While many customers were immediately supportive of Starbucks' actions on social media, others threatened to boycott after the letter's release.
"Upon hearing about your decision to hire 10000 refugees instead of Americans I will no longer spend any money at Starbucks," one such Facebook user wrote on Starbucks' page.
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Damn, I can’t boycott them because I don’t ever buy any of their crap anyway!
Good...crummy pastries and overpriced coffee. NEVER go there. NEVER understood the attraction other than it’s trendy.
If you like burnt coffee with flavorings and sweeteners and a dollop of corporate political sloganeering, then Starbucks is for you.
Why would I seek to consume food prepared by a Jihadi?
Dunkin Donuts has better coffee anyhow.
This could lead to a big movement with great outcomes for the conservative independent coffee shops that exist in most American cities.
Why would a failing company volunteer to put themselves against the majority of their patrons?
Perhaps ther patronage is the gummint ....... hmmmm ?
I have been boycotting them for many years.
i cannot believe the number of companies willing to commit financial suicide for the sake of muzzies
We go there on rare occasion. We are done with them now, though. Period.
Yes, dang, me too. I wonder how much money I've saved over the decades by never buying Starbucks.
I only occasion them a couple times a year for a Caramel Machiatto but, I can get that anywhere.
My preferred coffee is McD’s, 711 or Dunkin Donuts. Interval Time to sip some delicious coffee is usually less than 2 minutes.
Starbucks takes 15 minutes, minimum, to get and is a complete waste of time, which is further exacerbated by parking issues.
Guess I had my last over-priced Starbuck’s coffee. Good. To hell with Starbucks and the rest of the scumbag leftists.
[Dunkin Donuts has better coffee anyhow.]
My seedy corner gas station has better tasting coffee than Starbucks.
Baghdad Bob becomes Barista Bob.
“Your drink is already on the counter.”
You would think they would learn something from those long lines at Chick-fil-a a few years back. But they are in their Seattle bubble at Soho. It might be a good time to short their stock.
They think they’re virtue signaling while they’re in fact signaling their anti-americanism. Not good for business.
Made mine Hills Brothers in a stove-top percolator please.
A dollop of cream. No sugar.
Treat Starb, the way Target was treated after they installed those same-sex bathrooms. Let them listen to their clients instead of sniffing the political winds.
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