You're Uncomfortable? So What?

Youtube ^ | 11 July 2019 | Blue Collar Logic

[ShadowAce]

A Starbucks employee kicked 6 cops out of a store in Tempe Arizona. Here's why we should be worried.

[ShadowAce]

I have no connection to this channel or youtuber. I ran across it this morning, and thought it would be interesting to FR.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A Starbucks employee kicked 6 cops out of a store in Tempe Arizona. Here's why we should be worried.

What's the follow-up to this story? I doubt that such an action is legal, and I doubt that Starbucks accepts such policies in its stores. The employee should have been fired, and the cops should be getting their coffee from Starbucks whenever they please - is this not the case?

[ShadowAce]

So far, not a peep from Starbucks corporate.

[antidemoncrat]

Don’t forget, snowflakes melt when the temperature exceeds 32 degF.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Here we go:

In an apology addressed to the Tempe Police Department and posted on its website, Starbucks said the treatment of the officers was “completely unacceptable.”

[mewzilla]

IIRC, in its so-called apology Starbucks referred to “public safety employees”, even though firefighters and EMTs have never been kicked out of a Starbucks.

Starbucks couldn’t bring itself to say police, law enforcement, officers.

That wasn’t an apology. It was further insult.

[ShadowAce]

I'm glad to see at least that response. Think they'll shut down every store (agai) for a 1-day training class on how to treat police officers (or any other customer) that another customer is complaining about?

Me either.

[rhinohunter]

I just don’t understand any facet of this story:

A) Why would any customer expect their request to evict the police from any business would be honored?????

B) Why would any business evict the police(or any law-abiding customer) from their business just because another customer asked them to?????

C) Why would the police allow themselves to be evicted from any place of business???? Aren’t they the police for the love of Pete???

[rktman]

The rapidly melting snow flake should have been the one asked to vacate the premises. THAT is how ignernt some folks are.

[I want the USA back]

Of course, it was as predicted. The ceo didn’t go on national TV to do a mea culpa and grovel and beg forgiveness. He didn’t close the store to retrain employees. He didn’t offer cops free coffee.

(Poster now swears at ceo, using words that are not printable here, raising a finger as well.)

[TADSLOS]

How uncomfortable are they going to be when they see this staring at them?

[Boogieman]

“I doubt that such an action is legal”

It’s effectively legal unless some of the cops are members of a “protected class” under state or federal law.

If they are just white straight men, then they have no recourse.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

IIRC, in its so-called apology Starbucks referred to “public safety employees”, even though firefighters and EMTs have never been kicked out of a Starbucks.

Starbucks couldn’t bring itself to say police, law enforcement, officers.

To be fair, the article says that the references to "public safety employees" was made by the Tempe Officers Association, not by Starbucks. Here's what Starbucks said in their letter of apology:

"When those officers entered the store and a customer raised a concern over their presence, they should have been welcomed and treated with dignity and the utmost respect by our partners (employees). Instead, they were made to feel unwelcome and disrespected, which is completely unacceptable."

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I'm glad to see at least that response. Think they'll shut down every store (agai) for a 1-day training class on how to treat police officers (or any other customer) that another customer is complaining about?

I don't know - I hope Starbucks is smart enough to realize how much their stores depend on the police. In any event, I can't stand their coffee.

[morphing libertarian]

who got fired?

[morphing libertarian]

AND no one was fired

[BunnySlippers]

Are you allowed to pick one or more people randomly at Starbucks and have management kick them out because “you don’t feel comfortable”>

No.

[BunnySlippers]

Who do you call when a Starbucks is being jobbed? A ‘scary’ policeman? Yep!