It's official. Starbucks is now a public restroom for the homeless.

[TribalDrumz]

What a travesty... Glad i live in the suburbs of the real housewives of oc.

 

[original doom]

im flabbergasted that americans pay 5$ for a cappucino.

 

[RockstarChris]

starbucks people just want to watch the homeless people wander in so they can tell all their friends about it, tweet it, facebook it, and post it on sherdog.

 

[Orgasmo]

Their business, their rules

I rarely ever go into Starbucks. The only times I go is when I am out with my gf. Don't know why she loves their products so much.

 

[Fluffernutter]

Honest question : does this go in effect globally?

 

[BassAckwards]

I’m white & I tried to use the bathroom at McDonald’s. It was locked. The black employee told me I have to order something if I wanted to use the bathroom. Instead of crying racism & playing the victim card, I bought a soda & took a piss

i did that once but decided to chit in the urinal. the toilet was clogged so i had no other choice

 

[BassAckwards]

Honest question : does this go in effect globally?

probably not; in most countries, it's ok to discriminate against other people because of their race

 

[oleDirtyBast4rd]

Imagine being a store manager at a Sbux and knowing your store is about to be fucked in the ass

 

[nostradumbass]

I can't say either way, from what I've heard of the company this was their de facto policy anyway so if so then I doubt it will affect them too much. A couple of locations might have trouble but in the aggregate I don't think it'll make much of a difference.

Might have been in some, probably mostly to use their wifi. Obviously wasn't in all them or they wouldn't have codes on the bathroom doors in all the videos that have popped up. Either way, that's still very different from specifically announcing that anybody can just hang out and shit in there without being a customer. This might very well just be forgotten in a few months, or it could turn into the well-known place where anybody can just roll in and loiter and bath in the sinks.

 

[nostradumbass]

Imagine being a store manager at a Sbux and knowing your store is about to be fucked in the ass

Significantly worse for whoever has to clean the bathrooms now they've become shit central and a needle dump.

 

[oleDirtyBast4rd]

Significantly worse for whoever has to clean the bathrooms now they've become shit central and a needle dump.

Yeah but that person can just quit and go somewhere else for minimum wage. A store manager is kinda tied down more

 

[HockeyBjj]

Starbucks is already my go-to for bathrooms while traveling. I don’t mind buying something to use it though.

You clearly do not know the wonders of a Kwik Trip

 

[spin]

For the guys talking about the homeless drug addicts


They're homeless drug addicts.

They don't have internet. They dont know what the fuck is going on.

 

[nhbbear]

I don’t think the original backlash would have been that tragic. The incident was bad pr, but no so bad that they should have to be a dumping ground for all time.

 

[SaigeVanZant]

Can we just get a big grinder and have the homeless hang out there?

 

[MikeMcMann]

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/20/news/companies/starbucks-bathroom-policy/index.html

Starbucks changed their policy to avoid accusations of racism. The new policy says that anyone is welcome to hang out in Starbucks even if they don't buy anything. And anyone is welcome to use the restroom even if they don't buy anything.

I feel bad for them, because the backlash would be huge if they didn't address this. But at the same time, I think this is going to hurt their business. Because word's going to get out to the homeless community that Starbucks is the place to go if you need to use the restroom, or just need a place to hang out.

The presence of these people, combined with the condition they leave the restroom, will drive away actual paying customers.

I know I'm certainly less likely to hang out in a place where homeless people are.

And even if you forget about the homeless for a sec. This policy will also encourage broke teenagers to hang out there as well. Which will also drive away paying customers.

TS, Toronto changed the law about a decade ago that if you were open to the public as a business you could not restrict bathroom usage to paying customers only. Anyone had to have access. Things have been fine since.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

One by one, in this precarious point in our history, all of our fears will come true.

 

[Deleted member 391673]

i don't drink coffee, so i've only been dragged into a starbucks by someone else a handful of times.
this doesn't sound like a good business plan. there's a mc'd on 8th avenue in manhattan that also tolerates the homeless/druggies in their establishment. it's become known as the junkie mcdonald's.
https://www.nytimes.com/times-insid...nkie-mcdonalds-and-drug-culture-in-manhattan/

 

[oleDirtyBast4rd]

For the guys talking about the homeless drug addicts


They're homeless drug addicts.

They don't have internet. They dont know what the fuck is going on.

word about this kinda thing goes around QUICK dude. I'm sure they know about it

 

[spin]

word about this kinda thing goes around QUICK dude. I'm sure they know about it

 

[irish_thug]

What is your "third space" if you're unemployed and homeless?

Entrance way to the liquor store.