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Todd Starnes: Remember when Starbucks just served over-priced, burnt coffee?
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Leroy N. Soetoro
May 31, 2018, 12:30:32 PM5/31/18
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starbucks-just-served-over-priced-burnt-coffee.html
If you are in the mood for a high-priced cup of coffee that tastes burnt –
you'll have to go somewhere other than Starbucks during a three-hour
period Tuesday afternoon.
More than 8,000 shops are shuttering for anti-bias training – an ill-
conceived attempt to restore Starbucks’ tarnished liberal image.
Last month, two black men were arrested in Philadelphia after they refused
to leave one of the coffee chain’s stores and one was denied use of the
restroom. The men, who said they were waiting for a friend, were sitting
quietly but had not purchased so much as a latte. They were taking up
space meant for paying customers.
While police arrested the two men for trespassing, they were later
released without charges and both the police and Starbucks apologized to
them.
For decades Starbucks has been using its stores to promote social justice,
but now it's come back to bite 'em in the coffee bean.
Starbucks had every right to ask those men to order a beverage or food or
leave the shop. It’s a place of business, not a public park.
Nevertheless, the social justice warriors pounced – accusing the folks who
wear the green aprons of racial profiling and discrimination.
Instead of standing its ground, Starbucks threw their baristas under the
roaster and offered a profuse apology.
“Regretfully, our practices and training led to a bad outcome – the basis
for the call to the Philadelphia police department was wrong,” CEO Kevin
Johnson wrote in a meandering mea culpa. “Our store manager never intended
for these men to be arrested and this should never have escalated as it
did.”
Starbucks vowed to treat every customers with “respect and dignity” – even
if they don’t purchase an expensive cup of their bitter java.
Tuesday’s anti-bias training features appearances by company executives
along with the rapper named Common. Baristas are being encouraged to “open
up about implicit biases and stereotypes in encountering people of color,
gender or other identities.”
Starbucks has no one to blame for this fiasco but itself.
For decades Starbucks has been using its stores to promote social justice,
but now it's come back to bite 'em in the coffee bean.
Remember back in 2015 when Starbucks ordered baristas to strike up
conversations about race relations with customers?
“So that’s one venti Veranda Blend Blonde Roast with extra cream. May I
have your name, sir?”
“Yes, thank you. It’s Todd.”
“So, Tom – I’m curious – do you have a problem with Dark Roast?”
“My name is Todd. Wait. What?”
“And Ted, based on your defensive posture, I’m sensing some privilege,
too. We can help with that.”
From that day forward I began brewing Community Coffee. The beans are
roasted by a family-owned company based in Louisiana. It’s a good cup of
coffee, it costs less and best of all – no political agenda.
There's a lesson we can all learn from this Starbucks debacle. When a
coffee house serves up a piping hot cup of politics – well – it's going to
end up frothing everybody's latte.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
starbucks-just-served-over-priced-burnt-coffee.html
If you are in the mood for a high-priced cup of coffee that tastes burnt –
you'll have to go somewhere other than Starbucks during a three-hour
period Tuesday afternoon.
More than 8,000 shops are shuttering for anti-bias training – an ill-
conceived attempt to restore Starbucks’ tarnished liberal image.
Last month, two black men were arrested in Philadelphia after they refused
to leave one of the coffee chain’s stores and one was denied use of the
restroom. The men, who said they were waiting for a friend, were sitting
quietly but had not purchased so much as a latte. They were taking up
space meant for paying customers.
While police arrested the two men for trespassing, they were later
released without charges and both the police and Starbucks apologized to
them.
For decades Starbucks has been using its stores to promote social justice,
but now it's come back to bite 'em in the coffee bean.
Starbucks had every right to ask those men to order a beverage or food or
leave the shop. It’s a place of business, not a public park.
Nevertheless, the social justice warriors pounced – accusing the folks who
wear the green aprons of racial profiling and discrimination.
Instead of standing its ground, Starbucks threw their baristas under the
roaster and offered a profuse apology.
“Regretfully, our practices and training led to a bad outcome – the basis
for the call to the Philadelphia police department was wrong,” CEO Kevin
Johnson wrote in a meandering mea culpa. “Our store manager never intended
for these men to be arrested and this should never have escalated as it
did.”
Starbucks vowed to treat every customers with “respect and dignity” – even
if they don’t purchase an expensive cup of their bitter java.
Tuesday’s anti-bias training features appearances by company executives
along with the rapper named Common. Baristas are being encouraged to “open
up about implicit biases and stereotypes in encountering people of color,
gender or other identities.”
Starbucks has no one to blame for this fiasco but itself.
For decades Starbucks has been using its stores to promote social justice,
but now it's come back to bite 'em in the coffee bean.
Remember back in 2015 when Starbucks ordered baristas to strike up
conversations about race relations with customers?
“So that’s one venti Veranda Blend Blonde Roast with extra cream. May I
have your name, sir?”
“Yes, thank you. It’s Todd.”
“So, Tom – I’m curious – do you have a problem with Dark Roast?”
“My name is Todd. Wait. What?”
“And Ted, based on your defensive posture, I’m sensing some privilege,
too. We can help with that.”
From that day forward I began brewing Community Coffee. The beans are
roasted by a family-owned company based in Louisiana. It’s a good cup of
coffee, it costs less and best of all – no political agenda.
There's a lesson we can all learn from this Starbucks debacle. When a
coffee house serves up a piping hot cup of politics – well – it's going to
end up frothing everybody's latte.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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