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

[Boiler 46,132]

Nearest Starbucks to me is 45 minutes away, but it is good to have that option if you do need to point people in a particular direction.

 

None of the places near me would allow somebody to table hog all day.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

36 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Wow heavy on the stereotypes aren't you.

I'm not the one complaining about pissing next to perceived " drug addicts and homeless".

45 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I have never approved of discrimination but when you get accosted all the time while walking down the street it gets old.

It's even worse .. you are actively trying to justify discrimination. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

24 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

I think it is unfair to classify homeless as not upstanding citizens. Not every homeless person is one that is a criminal or an addict. Many are veterans, some have some needs, and others have fallen on hard times. I think... well in some respects some compassion is needed.

I completely agree and I am fine with someone that is homeless that has fallen on hard times or needs some help. But the vast majority of the ones I saw in Pasadena were people that were not Veterans or those that have fallen on hard times. When you see the SAME PERSON for 9-12 months that keep giving me the same tired old line about just getting out of prison or needing gas for this or that then it gets OLD FAST.

 

Also if a homeless person tries to tell me they were a Vet then I will ask them a couple questions about it. If they can't get basic ####### right then I call BS right then and there and they usually scurry away like locusts.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

14 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Nearest Starbucks to me is 45 minutes away, but it is good to have that option if you do need to point people in a particular direction.

 

None of the places near me would allow somebody to table hog all day.

That's why I am glad we moved here to NC because back in CA we had one literally only 5 minutes away by foot. So my wife was there a lot to say the least. Here in NC it's a 10 minute drive away so my wife can't spend a lot of money there anymore YAY.

 

I have seen this before in Pasadena but mostly it was students that went to Pasadena City College. I have seen guys with a whole game system set up using the wifi there in Starbucks. I will find the picture of it later when I get home to show here.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

4 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

I'm not the one complaining about pissing next to perceived " drug addicts and homeless".

It's even worse .. you are actively trying to justify discrimination. 

No not "perceived homeless" but actual homeless that then ask for money right after I wash my hands.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

11 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

I'm not the one complaining about pissing next to perceived " drug addicts and homeless".

It's even worse .. you are actively trying to justify discrimination. 

You can say that again 

[Umka36 781]

3 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

would you allow someone that smelled like a goats butt and reeked of urine and alcohol sit at one of your tables all day 

LOL, I've been told by folks who drink beer while I was in the service that beer taste like horse piss. I'm guessing they've tried horse piss. Have you smelled a goat's butt before?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

On 5/21/2018 at 1:24 PM, bcking said:

Most Starbucks are crowded inside near me, with people nursing a single cup of coffee for an entire day. This is only going to make things worse.

You shouldn’t stay there all day. 

[TBoneTX 46,152]

10 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I just don't like it but my wife on the other hand loves Starbucks.

I've never seen the need for Starbucks... I drink the instant coffee from those 3.25-oz. jars sold in the dollar stores...

10 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

not upstanding citizens

The opposite of an upstanding citizen is, obviously, a down-sitting noncitizen.

[TBoneTX 46,152]

9 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

have you been smelling goat butts?

Even topping that... a current event in 2006:

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BBC NEWS
Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat

A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he was caught having sex with the animal.

The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders.

They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr Alifi.

"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.

Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.

"When I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up".

Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case.

"They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife," Mr Alifi told the newspaper.

Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/4748292.stm
Published: 2006/02/24 16:40:00 GMT

[Dashinka 24,806]

16 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I don't drink it because Coffee was made by the Devil. JK, I just don't like it but my wife on the other hand loves Starbucks.

I am lucky, my wife hates Starbucks coffee.  I for one hate coffee, so we have no issues.  About six months ago, they turned the building coffee spot into a Starbucks where I work, of course the prices increased, but people still pay for that #######.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

10 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

I've never seen the need for Starbucks... I drink the instant coffee from those 3.25-oz. jars sold in the dollar stores...

The opposite of an upstanding citizen is, obviously, a down-sitting noncitizen.

Luckily I bought a Keurig adapter where you can put coffee into a K cup so you can use regular coffee instead of spending money on k cups all the time.

[Boiler 46,132]

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/26/614640387/starbucks-kicks-decisions-back-to-their-store-employees

 

After Starbucks announced that everyone is welcome to use their bathrooms, critics said shops would be overrun by the homeless. Who decides who is welcome and who is not goes back to store employees.

[little immigrant 801]

Time to boycott Starbucks 

[Dashinka 24,806]

1 hour ago, little immigrant said:

Time to boycott Starbucks 

Why, they had their training, so everything should be fine from a Left Wing perspective.