Starbucks: You don’t have to buy coffee to sit in our cafes or use our restrooms

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Of course no one has any problem with someone using the bathroom. The problem is that I dont know any restaurant in the world that lets people just come in and hang out.

 

I think I will go to Longhorn tonight and tell the hostess. I dont want to order I just want to occupy your table for a few hours .

 

I just got back from Chattanooga TN.  Every place I went had a sign, bathroom for paying customers only.

 

 

   Well Starbucks is not really a restaurant but most comparable places, (ie. any fast food place) is not going to ask if you are a customer or not if you use the restroom. I always go to the restroom first at most of these places just to wash my hands. So technically I'm not a customer. Never been asked if I have bought or intend to buy something. 

 

  The other thing you seem to be overlooking is they do have a policy to report suspicious/illegal behavior. If drug users are in the restroom 24/7 they really should follow company policy and report the activity that is occurring. 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

29 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

Why would someone get upset over Starbucks letting anyone use their bathrooms? 

 

 

 

    hint: it's not really about the restrooms. 

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58 minutes ago, javadown2 said:

I think it's great, it's his company and he can do what he wants...in the article it states why he came to this decision, good for him! To me this is great policy which he is trying to shut down any type of discrimination. He obviously has done a great job with Starbucks, even with the controversial "red cups" for Christmas that stirred up some controversy. In the end he just wants everyone's business where ever they are and what ever culture they are. By doing this he has ruffled the feathers of lots of Americans who get offended so easily. 

Well its actually the shareholders company.

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Several Boston businesses say they have no plans to follow Starbucks’ example by opening their bathrooms to everyone because they want to keep out drug addicts and the homeless.

“Sometimes people come here and they don’t want to buy anything; they want to use the bathrooms to shoot up,” said Jose Gutirrez, who manages Mooyah, a fast-food restaurant opposite Boston Common.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2018/05/some_boston_businesses_wary_of_following_starbucks_lead_in

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

17 hours ago, Boiler said:

Several Boston businesses say they have no plans to follow Starbucks’ example by opening their bathrooms to everyone because they want to keep out drug addicts and the homeless.

“Sometimes people come here and they don’t want to buy anything; they want to use the bathrooms to shoot up,” said Jose Gutirrez, who manages Mooyah, a fast-food restaurant opposite Boston Common.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2018/05/some_boston_businesses_wary_of_following_starbucks_lead_in

Pretty good example of manufactured outrage. 

 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

23 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

Pretty good example of manufactured outrage. 

 

or common sense. Guess its a perspective thing. 

 

Just curious do you let random people come in your house and use the bathroom and hang ?

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7 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

or common sense. Guess its a perspective thing. 

 

Just curious do you let random people come in your house and use the bathroom and hang ?

It would be racists not to.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

40 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

or common sense. Guess its a perspective thing. 

 

Just curious do you let random people come in your house and use the bathroom and hang ?

Common sense would tell you that there is a difference between residential and commercial real estate. 

 

When I used to work for a cheesesteak joint.. yes, we used to let random people use our bathroom. 

Edited May 24, 2018 by Keith & Arileidi

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1 minute ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

Common sense would tell you that there is a difference between residential and commercial real estate. 

 

When I used to work for a cheesesteak joint.. yes, we used to let random people use our bathroom. 

Pretty sure if you need to go then those subtleties may go by the wayside.

 

Ao you do acknowledge they are commercial. Not sure you know what that means.

 

 

[yuna628 9,711]

Went into a local café a few days ago (there's no public restroom in town.. and when you got to go...) I asked politely if they would mind if I could use their bathroom. The owner had no issues with it. Nor has any fast food place I've ran into in an emergency cared about bathroom use. Needing a toilet is a basic human function... I think it's quite silly to tell someone no.

 

35 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

or common sense. Guess its a perspective thing. 

 

Just curious do you let random people come in your house and use the bathroom and hang ?

 Back in the city, if the mailman or trashman had to go, they were welcome to come use our bathroom. Sometimes mom would offer them drinks too on a very hot day. I still remember the day when a druggie totaled our car at a stop light. A complete stranger welcomed us into her home, let us use her bathroom and phone, and brought us drinks while waiting for the police and tow truck. There are some situations where it pays to be nice.

[Crazy Cat 42,198]

I didn't see any outrage.  I did  (and do) do question the business sense of letting non-paying customers fill up the seats and bathrooms of a business.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

33 minutes ago, Boiler said:

It would be racists not to.

There we go.. sounds like you have an ulterior motive.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

3 minutes ago, missileman said:

I didn't see any outrage.  I did  (and do) do question the business sense of letting non-paying customers fill up the seats and bathrooms of a business.

OP seems pretty concerned about a private restaurant choosing to make thier bathrooms inclusive. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

2 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

OP seems pretty concerned about a private restaurant choosing to make thier bathrooms inclusive. 

Why I want to be inclusive of homeless and drug addicts while I am taking to take a piss?

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

11 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Why I want to be inclusive of homeless and drug addicts while I am taking to take a piss?

How do I know that you aren't a drug addict or homeless? 🤔🤔🤔

Edited May 24, 2018 by Keith & Arileidi