Starbucks reverses open-door policy: Buy something or leave
Starbucks reverses open-door policy: Buy something or leave
The new code of conduct also bans discrimination or harassment, consumption of alcohol, smoking, drug use, and panhandling in company owned stores.
Can someone explain why this is so bad?
I feel like this would be a pretty positive change for workers to be able to kick out assholes who are rude and don’t even order anything. If we aren’t going to let them unionize or pay them more at least let their work be less annoying.
Like, idk I don’t expect Starbucks to “solve” the homeless problem they usually trespass homeless people anyways. So… is this really that bad?
I'm sure the workers will be excited to learn they get to deal with becoming bouncers too. The general population is so fun to deal with these days as it is.
It’s not like that’s new? They already gotta trespass people. Just an open door policy leads to people being even shittier because that’s corporate policy so you can’t kick me out and blah blah blah.
Just like… there’s a lot of other bullshit to be mad at Starbucks over this really doesn’t matter compared to their union busting or other bullshit.
They can kick them out anyway. They don't need this policy.
I kind of thought this was the policy in the first place...
No, some years ago there was a black guy waiting for someone in a Starbucks and they kicked him out. Corporate was pissed because it was clearly a racist employee. In response, they literally closed every Starbucks in the entire country for one day and had all of their employees attend mandatory racism trainings.
And they established a rule that none of their stores were allowed to deny access to bathrooms to the public. I was living in a car at that time, and it was awesome. Sad to see they're going back on it :(
Basically unenforceable, they already tell you to leave if they got a lot of customers but otherwise I promise you no one really gives a shit when all you're doing is sitting and doing work without coffee
Sounds like it's entirely enforceable, but often not enforced.
Stay the fuck out of those garbage places.
I don't drink coffee, so this doesn't affect me any.
I'm okay with this policy. commercial places should be for people who want to conduct commerce. from what I can tell this doesn't affect anyone who needs to run to the bathrooms, this is for the people who take their macbook airs and just sit down occupying space working on their manuscripts taking advantage of the free wifi and not buying anything, or for an extreme example that old pictures of a guy who set up his entire desktop at a mcdonald's monitor and all just for the free wifi.
if there are people who are really upset about that, the wifi signal extends outside the walls. no one says you can't sit in the car and use the starbucks wifi.
Denny's and IHOP are going to make a huge resurgence.
Fuck. I used to go to Starbucks specifically because they made a rule that stores had to provide free toilets to everyone.
What will New York City do now?