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If they wanted to take a piss, and the store policy is to make a purchase
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
That's exactly what this is, from all I have read. They came in, and asked to use the restroom, and were told it was for customers, then refused to purchase anything, and subsequently refused to leave when asked. I suspect they did this just to push some "Starbucks is racist!" claim, knowing it was nothing of the sort.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: burdman30ott6
Thanks. I have never been in one so I didn't know.
TheRedneck
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: UnBreakable
Is that the store policy? Is it applied to everyone who enters Starbucks?
I've heard not.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Xtrozero
After reading this thread, I can be proud of that fact.
Cold, chocolatey coffee? Ain't that sacrilege or something?
TheRedneck
originally posted by: thepixelpusher
Tell them you are part Black and you're in for the repatriation coffee. LOL!
originally posted by: JAY1980
Two black dudes arrested for being insufferable douche bags. End of story. Move along leftists no opression here.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Xtrozero
After reading this thread, I can be proud of that fact.
Cold, chocolatey coffee? Ain't that sacrilege or something?
TheRedneck
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
a reply to: xuenchen
All of that, because some activists planned to set themselves up as fake victims? Wow.....
That whole thing just reeked of a set-up, as far as I am concerned.
Bet the company doing the "re-training" had a part.
😉
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: LadyGreenEyes
Not a business model that ever attracted me at all, and wouldn't have when I was younger, either. For them to e accused of racism is rather surreal, all considered.
Wouldn't appeal to me either; I guess I'm too practical. I don't mind having a seat somewhere and sipping on a Dew or a hot cup of just coffee, but that fancy stuff at a high price just seems like such a waste of resources. The kids seem to eat it up, though, and those kids spend plenty of cash. From that perspective, I can see where it's a workable business model.
But it's also a business model in a very dangerous political atmosphere. The same people who will now frequent a business to buy overpriced drinks they shouldn't be able to pronounce, will turn on the business over common sense policies. It's a strange dynamic: willing to financially support the business they are willing to politically destroy.
I did take time to visit parts of the Smithsonian, when I was in DC, many, many years ago.
Oh, so did I on the way back from Philly. The Museum of Natural History was absolutely everything I had hoped for and so much more. I spent a few days checking out DC, and that was certainly the highlight for me. I stood in front of the Capitol Building... not really exciting. It's a big purty building. I saw the memorials. Meh. The most fun I had that day was shooting a bird at the IRS building.
Good BBQ, now, that's good eating! Best I can recall was some hole in the wall place, alongside the road, somewhere in Alabama. Melt in your mouth amazing stuff.
You hit one place of many. BBQ is a high bar around here, because everyone loves it. Seems every restaurant tries to outdo everyone else on how tender they can cook a pig. A lot of places you don't even need sauce; the meat is so tender and flavorful all the sauce does is make it wetter.
TheRedneck
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
That's exactly what this is, from all I have read. They came in, and asked to use the restroom, and were told it was for customers, then refused to purchase anything, and subsequently refused to leave when asked. I suspect they did this just to push some "Starbucks is racist!" claim, knowing it was nothing of the sort.
Color is only political when the real problem is the haves vs haves not. I'm sure there are 100s of customers that go to that Star Bucks daily that are black or brown and each one of them are treated very well as all regular customers tend to be. When I look at our problem in Portland there is no color differences as to why all the bathrooms are compo locked and I'm sure it is the same there.
People want to keep out the haves nots and the first time I saw combo locks on bathrooms I was like are you freaken kidding me?
Keeping out the haves nots is so much more of a larger problem than anything color...but hey color sells news while nasty stinky ugly homeless are to be not seen.