I just put in my datebook for Feb 13 to 15th to buy something there and support Starbucks for their pro-gun stance.
Now this. Why can’t these companies be consistent.
Erase, erase, erase.
Unreal! The amount of FR’s that I read say “I’m headed to Starbucks because of their stance on guns”. NOW LOOK! Starbucks is homebase to America’s liberal a-holes. They aren’t capable of doing what’s right.
Thanks for some lunch time laughter. I can just see me erasing something in my calendar, quite unsuccessfully usually.
I work for Starbucks. Their liberal leanings as a company are irritating beyond belief, and one of our policies includes not talking about politics or religion on the floor. I find it amusing that as a corporation they will come out and say these political things but I cannot say something political. What they mean by “no politics or religion” is “do not say anything that isn’t liberal”. I have resigned myself to this fact.
I did work with a lesbian for a while, and she and I had a really nice heart-to-heart where we talked about what the Bible has to say about her lifestyle. She brought it up, not me. She was one of the coolest people I ever worked with, and we got along really well, even after I told her that her lifestyle was a bad choice. We never talked about it much after that but we still got along just fine.
I also worked with a gay guy (a bit of a flamer) and I never explicity said that being homo was wrong to him; and he freaked out all over me because I casually mentioned one day that “I don’t believe in evolution.”
Moral of the story: As in all aspects of life, be careful of what you say around certain people at work.
In practice, Starbucks’ “no religion or politics” gag policy is obnoxious when the company makes a point of saying things like this.
Sometimes I wonder if I should find a new job; but since my husband is in seminary we have to move a lot and the ‘bucks allows me to transfer seamlessly from store to store. I plan to be a homemaker once hubby and I have kids.