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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks story/issue is NOT about trespassing, ordering, bathrooms, etc. [View all]Demsrule86
(68,485 posts)22. I don't understand this...it seems very clear to me.
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The Starbucks story/issue is NOT about trespassing, ordering, bathrooms, etc. [View all]
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
OP
Remove racism from both incidents, and both incidents would not have occurred.
LanternWaste
Apr 2018
#6
Im curious. Why are your posts and some other peoples always having same first sentence as
blake2012
Apr 2018
#23
You need a key in this starbucks...only one I have ever heard of that requires a key. They
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#16
Yes, I need to change that, I have to be careful, if I use the W word it will be pounced on
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#5
Looks like Starbucks corporation does ... NOT ... have bathroom purchase policy
uponit7771
Apr 2018
#7
True, but the store in question didnt have a rule - at least not outside of the managers head
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#13
VERY doubtful ANY Starbuck's store has different rule from another since ALL of them in USA
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#15
I don't get folks defending what happened at Starbucks...shocking and troubling.
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#18
That is different. Apples and oranges, and let me just say I spent a considerable amount of time
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#34
Have you ever sat at a Starbucks near Times Square and not purchased anything?
oberliner
Apr 2018
#60
Different rules for different stores will be the FIRST thing plaintiffs atty will POUNCE on so
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#33
Different rules regarding purchases for different stores isnt a problem at all, as far as I can see
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#43
Oh I think if they have rules allowing loiterers in one store and not another
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#44
Oh and I have to say...such policies do not make sense. Why would you do this? So
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#19
I actually have spent time in Starbucks in New York...and sat there for hours...so
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#35
Yeah...well, let's make sure homeless people need to pee in the street...after all they are just
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#36
I have no doubt...yep I agree. But since florida has made homelessness a crime that
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#46
my barefoot pal & i, both barefoot used the bathroom at the pfisters hotel.
pansypoo53219
Apr 2018
#14
It's about whether Starbucks is discriminating on the basis of race, which violates federal law. n/t
PoliticAverse
Apr 2018
#27
Well then all those employees who participated will look for a new job...really my heart breaks.
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#37
I would be surprised if it would close and the innocent would probably be sent to another store
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#57
Use tongs or a fork to remove the bacon from the pan, set on a paper towel to absorb the excess fat.
uppityperson
Apr 2018
#48