Starbucks to require purchases to hang out in stores
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Anonymous
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I fully support this policy. I work from Starbucks or another coffee shop 2-3x a month, and Starbucks is the only spot where I've encountered 'problem' people. In the last month alone, there was a man with multiple suitcases shouting into his phone for close to an hour, taking up two tables; another woman using it as a play area for her kids; a homeless man taking up residence in the bathroom...none of these people bought anything.
And I imagine it is a pain for the workers to deal with these people. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/starbucks-open-door-policy-reversal-purchase-now-required/ |
Anonymous
| Wasn’t Starbucks already taken to court and found racist on this issue? |
Anonymous
| I wish there was a way to do this for libraries too. The homeless have taken them over. |
Anonymous
Are you talking about this? https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/us/starbucks-arrest-agreements/index.html This is a tough one, obviously the actions did seem to be motivated by racial bias here, but I also don't think it's wrong to tell people they must purchase something to use the store, restroom, whatever. |
Anonymous
I know! The massive shopping carts of garbage and who knows what are so gross to have in an indoor, public space. |
Anonymous
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Wait, so you should be able to sit and "work" there for hours but no one else should?
I personally think 20-30 min limit for everyone at a coffee shop is very reasonable. |
Anonymous
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Great. It was sort of a reason why I stopped patronizing. That sounds terrible, but I didn't like being harassed.
How would this be racist? Most of the homeless I encounter were white men... |
Anonymous
Yeah, they should just freeze to death! |
Anonymous
I'm buying stuff. If they want to enforce 20-30 minutes for paying customers, fine, but would result in lost business not only from people who work from these spots, but also (for example) friends wanting to meet up for coffee. Most of those meetups would be more like an hour, not 20 minutes. |
Anonymous
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I'm totally on board. I work at Starbucks once or twice a week and always order one or two items that I consume over the time I'm there. The random people coming in to sit down, use the bathroom, get themselves water, etc. take up seats that paying customers then can't use, and cause a lot of work for the people who work there.
I used to work at the public library instead of Starbucks but stopped because they have the same issues. But I understand it more there -- that's a public good and a lot of libraries are explicitly designated as places for people to go to get out of the heat, for instance. I wish fewer people needed those services, but I don't begrudge them using the library or another public building even if it diminishes my use of it. Starbuck is a private company and they also serve food and are invested in keeping a hygienic space as well. No we need the dog people to stop bringing their dogs in the stores. It's gross, folks. Recently someone brought their dog in from the snow and the dog literally did the shimmy shake all over like 7 people working on laptops near the door. Dogs don't belong there, sorry. |
Anonymous
No they shouldn't but the library is not a homeless shelter. |
Anonymous
That's why I don't go to Starbucks - there are no tables because of the people using it as an office. I actually thought the new policy is to get rid of people who park there for hours with their laptops. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
I like where your head is at. |