May 20, 2018 By Ed Straker
When people go into a Starbucks, often the first thing they smell is roasting coffee. That's about to change. Starbucks, stung by phony charges of racism when two black men were arrested for camping out in a Starbucks without making a purchase, has changed its official policies.
From now on, not only is anyone welcome to use a Starbucks bathroom without making a purchase, but the public is also welcome to come in and sit at tables and never buy anything. The implications of this are obvious. Some people will use tables as personal offices and never purchase anything. Table space, already at a premium, will be largely unavailable for paying customers. What will that do for sales?
But even worse, in urban areas which have large homeless populations, guess who will come in and camp all day? The unpleasant appearance of the homeless, combined with their smell, will drive customers out of Starbucks. I am convinced that this will be the end of Starbucks. This is a gross overreaction to the arrest of two black men................Read more
My Take - Stockholder alert! I do hope everyone will remember I said this would happen. I will no longer buy anything at Starbucks, but there's one in one of the buildings I service, and when I have to go to the bathroom, I'm going to insist on the key......if they're even keeping a key.
Two weeks ago I saw a homeless man blabbering away on his cell phone outside - how do homeless people get cell phones - when I went in the building. When a came out - he was sprawled out at one of the tables - no indication he purchased anything - blabbering away on his phone. I might also add the number of real customers was light for that time of day. I think this trend will continue.
What happens when these schizoid homeless start begging for money from customers? What happens when they start cursing at them for not giving it to them? What happens when these loons start rambling incoherently and start screaming for everyone to leave them alone, even when no one's around them? What happens when one of these lunatics attacks someone in the shop? Do they dare call the cops? After all, isn't that discrimination?
One thing is clear. The CEO of Starbucks is cowardly and stupid. And you can't fix stupid!
When people go into a Starbucks, often the first thing they smell is roasting coffee. That's about to change. Starbucks, stung by phony charges of racism when two black men were arrested for camping out in a Starbucks without making a purchase, has changed its official policies.
From now on, not only is anyone welcome to use a Starbucks bathroom without making a purchase, but the public is also welcome to come in and sit at tables and never buy anything. The implications of this are obvious. Some people will use tables as personal offices and never purchase anything. Table space, already at a premium, will be largely unavailable for paying customers. What will that do for sales?
But even worse, in urban areas which have large homeless populations, guess who will come in and camp all day? The unpleasant appearance of the homeless, combined with their smell, will drive customers out of Starbucks. I am convinced that this will be the end of Starbucks. This is a gross overreaction to the arrest of two black men................Read more
My Take - Stockholder alert! I do hope everyone will remember I said this would happen. I will no longer buy anything at Starbucks, but there's one in one of the buildings I service, and when I have to go to the bathroom, I'm going to insist on the key......if they're even keeping a key.
Two weeks ago I saw a homeless man blabbering away on his cell phone outside - how do homeless people get cell phones - when I went in the building. When a came out - he was sprawled out at one of the tables - no indication he purchased anything - blabbering away on his phone. I might also add the number of real customers was light for that time of day. I think this trend will continue.
What happens when these schizoid homeless start begging for money from customers? What happens when they start cursing at them for not giving it to them? What happens when these loons start rambling incoherently and start screaming for everyone to leave them alone, even when no one's around them? What happens when one of these lunatics attacks someone in the shop? Do they dare call the cops? After all, isn't that discrimination?
One thing is clear. The CEO of Starbucks is cowardly and stupid. And you can't fix stupid!
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