Posted on 03/23/2015 1:42:05 PM PDT by Kaslin
...but the coffee is black....so....right???
Gee, I wish I went to Starbucks. Even once in a decade or so. So I could quit them and leave them boycotted.
But since they get no money from e as it is....
LGBT OMG WTF BBQ! Is BAR-B-Q now used to describe gender of lack thereof? I like mine with Open Pit Sauce, please./
It’s genius though.
(I can’t possibly understand how, I’m clueless)
But they sell a Corolla at a Lexus price year after year after year and make big bucks.
If I were a person like that fellow who likes to make the funny gotcha videos with liberal icons, I would be very tempted to wander into one of those bigbux places with cameras rolling and when prompted by the debt-burdened college grad, go into a well rehearsed riff on a certain historical speech, finishing off with a dramatic, “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the contents of their *wallets*, and that ladies and gentlemen is why I am here today in this fine establishment.”
Or something more funny than that.
Shucks…I wanted to have a barista write on my cup: Our CEO is an A**hole.
I went to one once. I found their coffee to taste over roasted (Burnt). Went home and ground up some of my whole bean Eight O’Clock coffee and brewed up a pot just to get the burnt taste of SB’s out of my mouth!
I never go to Starbucks but this campaign has me thinking about dropping in for a cup of their coffee just so that I have a chance to air some of my thoughts about race relations in America today. I’m tired of all this crap about white privilege, micro aggressions, false accusations, etc. Is there a time limit on how much race conversation we can have with our coffee?
Best part of the article, ROFL.
They lost me when they said, “If you support traditional marriage, we don’t want your business”.
I took them at their word, and I stopped shopping at their stores.
Funny thing; when I pass there leaving a shopping center, it’s not so crowded anymore.
At the rate they’re going (including the Race Together), they will be out of business in about 5 years.
There are several Dunkin Donuts locations near me that have been remodeled in the last 6-9 months. Now they have comfortable seating and Wi-Fi access ... which means they now have the same amenities that draw a lot of folks to Starbucks, and can offer better coffee for a lower price, too.
I’m not a fan of Starbux for a lot of reasons but your forecast of their doom appears premature.
Their same store sales was +6% in 2014. In the Era of Baraq, that’s pretty solid for anybody selling anything.
I felt bad for the employees stuck with this stupid idea. Chances are, you’re busy enough at your job without having to debate some activist (and only an activist-type is going to take up this offer; everyone else just wants their coffee) over white privilege or whatever.
Beyond that, I can only imagine what the HR department at Starbucks must have thought. Debating a touchy subject like race in the workplace? Goodness help the first conservative barrista who doesn’t agree with a liberal customer-activist. I can see the lawsuits from here.
Dumb idea. I’ll never understand how a guy can become a billionaire, and yet be so dumb (see also: Mike Bloomberg).
Their coffee is horrid. It tastes burned and acidy. Ugh. I don’t know how anyone can actually drink that stuff.
Maybe I’m dreaming; but with the advent of a more conservative nation, I would hope we would build a better mousetrap - with less liberal propaganda.
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