“It sounds like Starbucks is turning their stores into homeless shelters. Their coffee is strong but their management is weak,” said Ron Raduechel, a 64-year-old retired supply chain executive from Waukesha, Wis., who said he would no longer go to Starbucks.
“I believe Starbucks is doing what’s right in their hearts whether its outcome sparks negativity or not,” said Johnny Varela, a 31-year-old carpenter in Orlando, Fla.
“I think Starbucks is very humanitarian.”
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Lolol
I called this one out poor libs.
overpriced coffee, no flavor, might as well get water from a ditch
For the life of me, I cannot understand the Starbucks dilemma. First of all, the Starbucks manager was completely right and should collect a large career filling settlement. Allow me to explain why.
Say you are travelling down the highway on a business trip, as we all have hopefully in our lives, and you have an extreme nature call urge. Everybody knows that fast food restaurants are a great target for this, followed by most other public businesses. Nobody in the world would deny a person in that situation the right to relieve themselves and to be on their way, as long as they made sure to leave the facility in the same shape they found it in. Even for the homeless, the courtesy applies. Duck in, duck out, get on down the road. Glad you thought of us, glad to be of help, come back sometime when you can stay for lunch, no problem.
Now comes the Starbucks scenario with people camping out, taking up table space while “waiting for a friend”. I’m not aware of a social manner that would prevent a group from ordering something while waiting, and since they are taking up retail space, the polite thing to do is to participate in retail, as hey, order up a few latte frappe double punch kalumbas to at least qualify your camp. Retirees at McDonald’s do this, even though they spend much less for a coffee with cream & sugar.
Camping without buying is impolite, period. You are being boorish, and taking up valuable retail space without buying. Go sit outside in your car and wait. You are insulting the business owner by taking up that space, and then adding the restroom use to that is an insult twofold.
Obviously, these boors have never learned manners 101 and absolutely refuse to learn anything about them. They needed that education forced upon them. This is exactly what the Starbucks manager did and was righteous in doing so. For her corporate bosses to not only give her a public spanking but to go around her with their own apology tour brought that tree down with a mighty crash.
Now, Starbucks has not only alienated most of their customers, but most of their managers and staff as well. Good luck with that business plan, Starbucks!
Hmmm...64 year old retired executive thinks their management is weak, 31 year old carpenter thinks Starbucks it doing what's right in their hearts. Anyone else see a common denominator here?
Check out the new farm store on route 13 by college. Nothing but homeless in/out and heroin deals going on
Here's two tips relative to the Ocean City Starbucks on 17th Street:
1. Prepare to wait in a very long line for the bathroom. This is probably the only Oceanside location, other than the public restrooms, available to the public with "no purchase necessary". This one will be used for clothes changing; sand removal; and as a bathing facility (the sink) for the homeless and day trippers.
2. Don't expect to use the bathroom there if you are a paying customer.
12:44- what's with the "I told you so," in every comment thread?
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