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deadeyedick Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 5:13 PM EST
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#Dump Starbucks

Think I have been in 1-2 of their stores many years ago but won't be going again. Culture at the top leads to this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/07/barista-asked-police-leave-because-guest-felt-uncomfortable-starbucks-has-apologized/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.12dc0c551c6f
Whistlebritches Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 5:42 PM EST
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I've been on a **** starbucks kick for a few years now
izonfire Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 6:05 PM EST
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Been in only a few times.
Coffee not that impressive, not worth the hype.

Sad that it's a culture that vilifies cops and paints criminals as victims.
Speyside Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 6:55 PM EST
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Sad really. Cops deserve respect, the work they do is so difficult.
dstieger Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 7:14 PM EST
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One minimum wage dip**** shouldn't define a corporation
frankj1 Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 7:20 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
One minimum wage dip**** shouldn't define a corporation

exactly...though I never go there.
DrafterX Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 7:25 PM EST
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Usually only at my favorite hotel/casino after i finish the room stuff... Mellow
deadeyedick Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 7:28 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
One minimum wage dip**** shouldn't define a corporation


Like I said, it goes to the top culture. Yes, they apologized, after it hit the airwaves.
izonfire Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 7:38 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
One minimum wage dip**** shouldn't define a corporation


Will that dipchit be fired?
Will there be mandatory sensitivity training?
Will the cops be compensated?
Sunoverbeach Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 7:56 PM EST
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I'm offended by overpriced, bitter coffee. The world is my safe space. I demand Starbucks be ejected

Beer
Abrignac Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 8:06 PM EST
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Never cared for their coffee. We’re fortunate in that the Saurage Family who owns Community Coffee are locals. Years ago they opened a CC Coffeehouse which is a direct competitor and over time it has become a very prolific franchise. The coffee is much better in my opinion and they get a huge thumbs up for their non-partisanship
tonygraz Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 8:25 PM EST
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I had a coffee at Starbucks once and thought it was awful. Had a lot of Dunkin Donuts coffee and didn't think it was any good either. Haven't had any more DD in years since I stopping working that part time job where it was the only coffee available. People work at these places and people often make mistakes. It will happen from time to time and people that hear about it will get upset.
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care.
izonfire Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 9:36 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I'm offended by overpriced, bitter coffee. The world is my safe space. I demand Starbucks be ejected

Beer


I like my coffee cold and bitter, just like my women
ZRX1200 Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 9:49 PM EST
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I like my women black, bitter, and fair trade.

Charbuck has awful coffee.
Speyside Offline
#15 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 9:52 PM EST
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Black and hawt works for me.
frankj1 Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 9:53 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Like I said, it goes to the top culture. Yes, they apologized, after it hit the airwaves.

they're even now...
didn't they have a couple of Black guys tossed out by cops in Philly a year or so ago?
They were waiting to meet a realtor and asked to use the restroom, manager got nervous...

same stupid, different victim.

hate their coffee.
Speyside Offline
#17 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 9:53 PM EST
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Fair trade for black and bitter? What's the going rate Z?
USNGunner Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 9:58 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
I like my women black, bitter, and fair trade.

Charbuck has awful coffee.


There it is. Charbucks. Been calling them that for years. Way way over roasted. Dare I say "burnt"?

As to my women, like my coffee, I like them strong and bitter. While it doesn't always start out like that, it always finishes that way.

fog
Gene363 Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 10:30 PM EST
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Like I needed another reason not to go to a Starburnt. I don't care for their coffee or their politics/corporate culture.

I normally drink plain black coffee I roast. Out on the road, if I need a little caffeine and sugar, Strburnt makes bottled coffee drinks sold in quick stops that not too bad.
victor809 Offline
#20 Posted: Mon, Jul 8 2019, 10:55 PM EST
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I grew up on Starbucks... Used to be better, but still consistently good... Always know what you'll get.... And vastly superior to Dunkin donuts
tailgater Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 7:43 AM EST
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Starbucks is the best commonly available "chain" coffee in the East.
Dunks is mediocre at best. Hell, Cumberland Farms has better coffee and at only $.99 all sizes.

Best Iced Coffee is Honey Dew (not honey pot). Don't know why, because their hot coffee is just average.


I agree that a corporation shouldn't be defined by one schmuck employee.
But Starbucks does seem to have a culture to foster this type of attitude.

I hope the employee was fired.
I'm surprised the police officers obliged.




Speyside Offline
#22 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 8:13 AM EST
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I think Starbucks culture is based on their bottom line. Does this help or hurt profits mentality. I don't agree with what I perceive their culture to be, but don't feel strongly enough to take my business elsewhere.
tailgater Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 8:21 AM EST
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I tend not to base my purchasing decisions solely on a corporations viewpoints.

If I didn't like the coffee, then I'd gladly "boycott" with any perceived slight against my sensibilities.
If it's a favorite, then they'd have to do something quite egregious to turn me away.

I just don't have it in me to be an SJW.
I save my hypocrisy for these boards.
rfenst Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 9:09 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
People work at these places and people often make mistakes. It will happen from time to time and people that hear about it will get upset.
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care.


+1
But, that employee needs to learn to respect too. Teaching her may include terminating her @ss.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#25 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 9:54 AM EST
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The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is pretty amazing...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#26 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 9:56 AM EST
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rfenst wrote:
+1
But, that employee needs to learn to respect too. Teaching her may include terminating her @ss.

Yes, but will close all location for worker sensitivity training like they did when they asked the black kids who wouldn't buy anything to leave the store?
victor809 Offline
#27 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 9:58 AM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is pretty amazing...


I had pretty bad luck at the one in SF I visited a few times. Substandard lattes....
opelmanta1900 Offline
#28 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 10:09 AM EST
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victor809 wrote:
I had pretty bad luck at the one in SF I visited a few times. Substandard lattes....

I got no info on their lattes...

I'm straight up queer when I visit those places... All blended drinks for thith guy...

They do a black forest one and a dark chocolate one that are both fantastic...

Lots of the Caesars properties in Vegas have started opening Coffee Bean instead of Starbucks....
Mrs. dpnewell Offline
#29 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 10:21 AM EST
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If you had told me years ago that folk would line up by the millions to buy overpriced burnt coffee, I'd never have believed you. But then again, I don't understand half of what millennials do. I'm sure the offended party was a high Estrogen beta male SJW sipping on a soy latte. I wonder if he ran home to his safe place after he wet his panties?

David
victor809 Offline
#30 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 10:36 AM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
I got no info on their lattes...

I'm straight up queer when I visit those places... All blended drinks for thith guy...

They do a black forest one and a dark chocolate one that are both fantastic...

Lots of the Caesars properties in Vegas have started opening Coffee Bean instead of Starbucks....


Those aren't coffee.... hell, a latte is barely "coffee" but I enjoy them on weekends.

in high school I used to run to the local starbucks stand in the grocery store for 5 shot espressos over lunch break.
csgamecock Offline
#31 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 10:40 AM EST
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I have my own opinions on SB due to their stance on the 2nd amendment totally separate from the fact of me being an officer.
I haven't purposely bought anything from them in years unless it was the only option at the time (I.E. stuck in a hospital with it being the only thing open)

Due to my own or coworkers experiences with them while in uniform, I REFUSE to step into one of there locations while I'm in uniform. This is not an isolated event by any means.

With that being said the only individual in my personal opinion that should feel unsafe around the police are criminals!
victor809 Offline
#32 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 11:09 AM EST
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Mrs. dpnewell wrote:
If you had told me years ago that folk would line up by the millions to buy overpriced burnt coffee, I'd never have believed you. But then again, I don't understand half of what millennials do. I'm sure the offended party was a high Estrogen beta male SJW sipping on a soy latte. I wonder if he ran home to his safe place after he wet his panties?

David


Did you masturbate while typing that? It really reads like you masturbated while typing that.
teedubbya Offline
#33 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 11:11 AM EST
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I tossed on reading it if that counts.
tailgater Offline
#34 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 11:16 AM EST
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Victor imagines guys masturbating while typing forum responses?
victor809 Offline
#35 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 11:17 AM EST
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csgamecock wrote:

With that being said the only individual in my personal opinion that should feel unsafe around the police are criminals!


Not that I think it's a valid reason for police to not be in a starbucks... but I do have friends that are absolutely afraid of the police being involved in something.

I have had to run over to a conflict at 3am because a friend was convinced her fiancee was going to get shot by the police (even though he was in the right), simply because they were called by a cab driver (who was in the wrong).

Just because you don't think they should feel unsafe really doesn't have any impact on how they actually feel.

victor809 Offline
#36 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 11:19 AM EST
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tailgater wrote:
Victor imagines guys masturbating while typing forum responses?



Only people who really really really want to focus on how "beta" those other guys must be... and how they must wear panties.... and how much estrogen they really must have.. (huh... almost sounds like someone trying to rationalize getting head from a dude).
teedubbya Offline
#37 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 11:22 AM EST
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Sorry to say criminals are not the only ones who should fear police. I wish that was the case but the sky in my world is blue.

That’s not to say all cops are bad. But they are not all good either. They all have power though.
tailgater Offline
#38 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 11:59 AM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Sorry to say criminals are not the only ones who should fear police. I wish that was the case but the sky in my world is blue.

That’s not to say all cops are bad. But they are not all good either. They all have power though.


You know who doesn't get harassed by the cops?

People who listen to them and do what they say.
tailgater Offline
#39 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 12:00 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Only people who really really really want to focus on how "beta" those other guys must be... and how they must wear panties.... and how much estrogen they really must have.. (huh... almost sounds like someone trying to rationalize getting head from a dude).


I heard prison sex isn't really ghey.
Krazeehorse Offline
#40 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 12:12 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
they're even now...
didn't they have a couple of Black guys tossed out by cops in Philly a year or so ago?
They were waiting to meet a realtor and asked to use the restroom, manager got nervous...

same stupid, different victim.

hate their coffee.


Only difference is the blacks being tossed got a little more press. And I'll take a McD or BK over their stuff anytime (and buy a couple yard gars with the difference).
frankj1 Offline
#41 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 12:15 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Yes, but will close all location for worker sensitivity training like they did when they asked the black kids who wouldn't buy anything to leave the store?

I'm sure they might, but you are picking the wrong example...

it has become another folk myth to add to the vastly understated skin graft story from McDonald hot coffee and Ainge Bites Tree (Rollins) reversal of facts from NBA lore.
jespear Offline
#42 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 12:24 PM EST
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WAWA coffee !
ZRX1200 Offline
#43 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 2:54 PM EST
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In my experience I find the prevailing “alpha” behavior to be acting like the most outrageously provocative juvenile in the room that you mock for being juvenile. Sprinkle in some latent homophobia and self pleasure jokes and you sir have the “alpha”.

Right....
opelmanta1900 Offline
#44 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 2:59 PM EST
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I used to eat alpha bits cereal when I was a kid... Then my mom told me they stopped making every letter except the O... Turns out she was just refilling the old alpha bits box with Cheerios...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#45 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 3:01 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:


it has become another folk myth to add to the vastly understated skin graft story from McDonald hot coffee and Ainge Bites Tree (Rollins) reversal of facts from NBA lore.

I'm sure this makes sense to people who know what you're talking about... To me, it looks like mr Jones hijacked your accountbut couldn't find the caps lock button...
ZRX1200 Offline
#46 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 3:05 PM EST
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*insert “yo mama” O face joke here*
victor809 Offline
#47 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 3:05 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
I'm sure this makes sense to people who know what you're talking about... To me, it looks like mr Jones hijacked your accountbut couldn't find the caps lock button...


Ok.... that amused me
zitotczito Offline
#48 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 3:50 PM EST
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I must be the unusual one as I have NEVER been to any Starbucks and have no idea what their coffee is like.
tonygraz Offline
#49 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 4:21 PM EST
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Can we call you "Lucky" now ?
DrafterX Offline
#50 Posted: Tue, Jul 9 2019, 4:32 PM EST
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I've only had the coffee... never the weird stuff with chocolate and boiled breast milk and stuff... Mellow
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