LaFaraona
Well-Known Member
I am Not boycotting Starbucks. My local baristas have always been Very courteous, nice and respectful. I know and have seen homeless folks go in and the baristas treat them with respect and kindness like everyone else. That is and was the reason I give my money to SB because the service and behavior I have experienced with my local baristas and how I have seen them conduct themselves with other customers and I am emphasizing how I have personally seen them treat homeless folks in the establishment.
The way the manager in Philadelphia acted was uncalled for and unacceptable and I am not familiar with that particular SB franchise location.
The hands-on way corporate responded and dealt with the issue head-on is commendable and I respect that. The fact that they will be closing their stores for one day for training, and in the process lose revenue, is going beyond and above and needs to be acknowledged and it shows their commitment to solving an issue that is much bigger than SB.
I am side-eyeing and questioning the motives of folks that are glad the company is losing money and want them to lose even more and seem to be salivating for the company to apparently go out of business. I want to know if these same folks are boycotting and protesting the police officers that actually did the arresting and all the extra-ness.
Some folks seem to be in the business of being angry and offended no matter what. Their goal is not to fix the problem and in helping so solve issues but to be enraged, angry and offended no matter. So here we have a listed company making an effort to tackle a major Societal problem and instead of working with them and acknowledging that they are given an honest effort to deal with the situation they are being attacked even more. What message is this going to give to other company's: keep doing the ok-dokey, we hear you blah-blah-blah, but don't actually do anything because when SB tried to do something and lost revenue in the process the response they got was people piling on on them.
The way the manager in Philadelphia acted was uncalled for and unacceptable and I am not familiar with that particular SB franchise location.
The hands-on way corporate responded and dealt with the issue head-on is commendable and I respect that. The fact that they will be closing their stores for one day for training, and in the process lose revenue, is going beyond and above and needs to be acknowledged and it shows their commitment to solving an issue that is much bigger than SB.
I am side-eyeing and questioning the motives of folks that are glad the company is losing money and want them to lose even more and seem to be salivating for the company to apparently go out of business. I want to know if these same folks are boycotting and protesting the police officers that actually did the arresting and all the extra-ness.
Some folks seem to be in the business of being angry and offended no matter what. Their goal is not to fix the problem and in helping so solve issues but to be enraged, angry and offended no matter. So here we have a listed company making an effort to tackle a major Societal problem and instead of working with them and acknowledging that they are given an honest effort to deal with the situation they are being attacked even more. What message is this going to give to other company's: keep doing the ok-dokey, we hear you blah-blah-blah, but don't actually do anything because when SB tried to do something and lost revenue in the process the response they got was people piling on on them.
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