Posted on 05/02/2018 10:25:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city Wednesday for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.
The men and their lawyer told The Associated Press the settlement was an effort to make sure something positive came out of the incident. "We thought long and hard about it and we feel like this is the best way to see that change that we want to see," said Donte Robinson, one of those arrested.
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What are the odds of a white "young entrepreneurs" getting into the program?
"...two Starbucks customers..."
The settlement was with the City. Not Starbucks.
Even so, the posters here are being petty with the comments. I suspect Starbucks will have a similar settlement. Would even be a great idea for them to finance a franchise for the two to run if they’d like.
Would be a win-win for all.
"...Would even be a great idea for them to finance a franchise for the two to run if they’d like..."
Wonder what the lawyers got.
Enterprising young men, aren’t they? What an easy way to get a very big paycheck.
Take some decaf tomorrow.
You open a Starbucks as company-owned, with the two of them as co-managers. You develop an ownership path based on meeting three years of mutually agreed performance statistics in revenue, profit, etc. If they reach it they vest 33% per year for three more years to full ownership.
They could even re-hire the fired boss to work for them and if they write good performance reviews the old boss could get their old position back at another location.
Would be a great ending.
Maybe not for you though. You’d rather just be angry forever.
I STILL have never heard exactly how long they sat there without buying anything. Was it 30 mins or 4 hours? What?
“What are the odds of a white “young entrepreneurs” getting into the program?”
It’s Philadelphia, not Boca Raton. Why does EVERYTHING need to be one race versus the other? Are you against school vouchers because most of that will go to inner city minority kids?
Does this mean that all the hipsters and yuppies will be supplanted by real urbanites?
Starbucks MARKETED itself for over a decade as the second business address for entrepreneurs and home-based businesses. I used to hang out there at times without buying anything for quite a long time here in Boca. No one EVER asked me about it. An hour later I might have finally bought something like tea. THEY positioned themselves this way!
more than they should have
more than they should have
Thats 200k that’s going in someone else’s pocket. And these guys each got a buck. Lesson learned? Nah.
"...Take some decaf tomorrow...
You’d rather just be angry forever..."
No, and any "outrage" would be derisively mocked by the media as "white privilege."
The whole thing is a total farce.
If I were dying of thirst and all I could do is get a drink from Starbucks...I would want my buddies, Bob, Dom, Thom, Joe, Stevie and Ron as my pall bearers.
I just told you that I DID the SAME EXACT THING they were arrested for here in Boca and no one EVER asked me to leave or buy something.
And ALSO told you that Starbucks MARKETED itself as a place that you COULD hang out at!
I guess you NEVER stopped at a fast food joint or gas station while on a long drive and hopped into the bathroom without buying anything? I certainly have.
Arrest me! Put me in Freeper Purgatory! Oh, the Horror!
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