Posted on 03/18/2015 7:42:39 AM PDT by C19fan
Twitter has ruthlessly mocked Starbucks campaign for the company's new anti-racism campaign in which baristas talk to customers about race issues while serving their coffee. One user tweeted, 'I don't have time to explain 400 years of oppression to you & still make my train', while another pointed out, 'y'all realize there are no coloured hands in the press photos right'. A third speculated, 'maybe Starbucks actually wanted to get people of all races & ethnicities to join hands and make fun'.
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Hey Schultz, you putz, I tried your coffee once many years ago and it tasted like burned crap. I will never, ever buy anything from you again. Oh, and STFU!!
I’ve never been able to understand how it works but I congratulate them on their management skills.
Thanks for posting that. Jackie Mason never disappoints.
Screw that, just head to Dunkin Donuts or brew your own.
Or the fact that almost half of all murders are committed by black men who make up about 2% of the population.
And the victims: other blacks.
I’ve put this explanation out there a few times -
When some outside, underachieving group observes the prosperity of another group, it will attribute that prosperity to something underhanded, and will probably blame that group for their own lack of success. The true reason for that prosperity is a cultural adherence to a set of values that lead to that prosperity.
These are values that the outside group rejects.
We see this historically expressed in antisemitism.
Today, we see that expressed as an accusation of “White Privilege”.
we visited one of these coffee establishments this morning and were served coffee without accompanying lecture and commentary.
Strange how adding HOT to the end of that search string didn’t really change the results. Snicker
This white privilege campaign is born of sloth and greed. It’s easier than integrity and hard work.
I love my coffee strong, but strong doesn’t mean bitter. My husband brews up the best strong, smooth cup in the world. Starbucks coffee is just burned.
Though I hate their product, it would be worth it to me to buy a cup just so I could mess with whomever started a “race dialogue” with me.
Mostly, but a hugely disproportionate number of whites are victims of black murderers, too.
That's good, too, but the goal of this protest is to make them spend more money and tie up the store. For those so inclined, the reactions could be more confrontational. Engage in vocal denunciation, accuse them of singling you out because your are a _______ fill in the blank and so on.
Who will be the ‘operationally excellent’ or ‘value leader’ in coffee? MCD tried. I don’t know how successfully. Dunkin’ Donuts is doing a pretty good job out East.
Just remember - SBUX would fall apart without women as customers. It’s the 15 minute vacation - you go to SBUX and get a fancy drink and it takes you out of the office for a bit to a more beautiful place. That’s customer intimacy - a hand crafted drink made to your specific parameters consumed at a café table on the street with an umbrella over your table.
That’s what sells it. It’s the moment of art in an artless world.
I’m delighted to report that my cup, and apparently every other cup in the store this morning, was provided without any political graffiti.
(Yes, I drink Starbucks. It’s the best commercial cuppa joe I can consistently get within about 5 minutes of wherever I am. A “tall dark black” is $1.75, fresh, and fast. And I largely limit purchases to match “bonus star promotions” which drop my average cost to about $1/cup. And they _were_ RKBA-friendly, at least until a growing number of idiots started using the gun-agnostic locations as a political platform via open carrying _at_ people, deliberately scaring customers. /rant)
Interesting analysis.
Thanks
Lets change some coffee names..
The Sharpton-— bold, loud and incites the senses to their core.
The Jackson—— subtle, smooth, shakes down your inner being.
The Holder—— wild, unbounded flavor, criminally good
The Obama—— deceptively royal, bittersweet flavor, fools nectar
The Clinton—— lighter, hints of white chocolate taste, guilty pleasures.
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