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This Will End Poorly: Starbucks Encourages Its Baristas to Rap About Race Relations With Customers
I'd like a half-caf vente and to have my Privilege thoroughly Checked.
CEO Howard Schultz is encouraging his employees to bring up the hot-button issue -- his latest foray into controversial topics. Starbucks SBUX 0.23% CEO Howard Schultz has never shied away from involving his company in controversial debates, whether those debates are about same-sex marriage, or gun control, or U.S. government gridlock. But the executive, who oversees a coffee empire with 4,700 U.S. stores, has now taken on arguably the most polarizing political debate in the United States: race relations. Starbucks published a full page ad in the New York Times on Sunday -- a stark, black, page with a tiny caption "Shall We Overcome?" in the middle, and the words "RaceTogether" with the company logo, on the bottom right. The ad, along with a similar one on Monday in USA Today, is part of an initiative launched this week by the coffee store chain to stimulate conversation and debate about the race in America by getting employees to engage with customers about the perennially hot button subject. ... In a video addressing Starbucks’ nearly 200,000 workers, 40% of whom are members of a racial minority, Schultz dismissed the notion that race was too hot a topic business-wise for Starbucks to tackle. ... Schulz will discuss Starbucks' "Race Together" initiative at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.So. There you go. At Hot Air, a series of real questions about race Schultz should now be peppered with, as should his Ambassadors of Race Relations/Baristas. I'm so tired of these phony "Conversations of Race" which are either soft-soap afterschool specials -- we're all the same inside -- or are leftwing Social Justice Warrior Check Your Privilege bullshit.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: brak at March 17, 2015 12:55 PM (/LZdt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 12:56 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: wisenheimer at March 17, 2015 12:56 PM (qnhj2)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 12:56 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: wisenheimer at March 17, 2015 12:56 PM (qnhj2)
Sadly, though, I never drink Starbucks anyway.
Boycott!
Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 12:56 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 17, 2015 12:57 PM (KkVB6)
Posted by: wisenheimer at March 17, 2015 12:57 PM (qnhj2)
Yeah that is going to go over so well... like an iceberg hitting Titanic.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 12:57 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 12:57 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Hillary at March 17, 2015 12:57 PM (84SRe)
Posted by: ejo at March 17, 2015 12:58 PM (rsGj7)
"Oh, your White Privilege allows you to boss me around, does it, honkey? I am not your slave! Get your own fuckin' coffee! Oh, and that'll be $4.95."
Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 12:58 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 17, 2015 12:58 PM (vgIRn)
Who wants to bet they locate it in Bogota because ....hookers and coke.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at March 17, 2015 12:58 PM (Ez1JD)
Posted by: Elin Danielson-Gambogi at March 17, 2015 12:58 PM (84SRe)
Posted by: maddogg at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (xWW96)
Starbucks' coffee is horrible, and expensive (yeah, I know, when you put all the crap in it, you can't taste the awful--but it's still awful).
They are also 2A unfriendly.
So, now there are at least 3 reasons for me not to ever go to a Starbucks willingly again.
Posted by: Moderate Salami at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (MzU3W)
I do so hope someone stands up and asks what possible benefit this will bring to the bottom line.
I railed away about this on twitter this morning and I'll sum up my position thusly.
Who the actual fuck does Starbucks thinks it is to determine for me that every single thing in my life will be politicized? No. Seriously. I never agreed to that.
Talk about a war on women and patting me on the head and telling me that I, poor dear, need some man to tell me what will important to me.
Yeah. No.
Also EVERYONE GO LISTEN TO THE SUPER LONG OMG SERIOUSLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH US PODCAST.
Ahem.
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: FDR's Television at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (ne2fm)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (chFFu)
Posted by: DaveA at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (DL2i+)
Extremism imitating snark.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (3DrX4)
Posted by: steveegg at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (cL79m)
Let's see if they notice...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (j3OmN)
Posted by: Elin Danielson-Gambogi at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (84SRe)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: LeBron Horowitz at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (2DVgX)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: maddogg at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Shtetl G at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (SopIT)
Posted by: Elin Danielson-Gambogi
We'd rather rage over crappy coffee than talk about your arts, you furrin' invadin' jerb-stealin' H1-B visa-overstayin' Scandi-person!
Posted by: Moderate Salami at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (/Ho8c)
Bzzt! Wrong. He'd be (a now happily retired) Secretary of the Treasury.
Posted by: Mister Doo Doo at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Furious George at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (ZtyJy)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (IRiM9)
Posted by: Elin Danielson-Gambogi
The less said about your Sea Oats period, the better.
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (ivILK)
Let's see if they notice...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2015 01:00 PM (j3OmN)
Tasty, if a bit salty.
Posted by: Average Starbuck Lefty at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (cL79m)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (ZtyJy)
stale?
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (Bn6aD)
Why would I want to go to FiveBucks again?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (0xTsz)
"OK -- what flavor and topic?"
"A mocha, and I want you to tell me why progressives are so intent on committing genocide against blacks by legalizing abortion, a policy explicitly designed by Margaret Sanger to exterminate 'undesirable subhuman negroes.' Could you explain that to me please?"
Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Iblis at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (9221z)
Posted by: DaveA at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (DL2i+)
JOKES, THEY WON'T BE TO TRANSLATING NICE IN MANNER THAT IS FOR QUESTION???
Posted by: Ali Sharptonkesh at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (vgIRn)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (ZtyJy)
stale?
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (Bn6aD)
Weak and watery, like diarrhea.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 17, 2015 01:02 PM (fWAjv)
Wait, what are you walking away?
Posted by: Some barista at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (78TbK)
Posted by: Eliott Spitter at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (5fSr7)
When they engage you in a race discussion, point to their logo and say: "She's white you racists!!"
Nothing like getting lectured about race by an 18 year old holding a scone.
Muffled Drive thru speaker voice: ("Can I say Black Coffee? Does that offend you? Should I say dark brown??")
New Dunkin Donuts slogan: We don't try to make you talk at 6 am.
Posted by: AE at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (sSKe8)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Null at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (xjpRj)
You may wish to avoid downtown Indianapolis altogether.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (/kI1Q)
"Do I LOOK like I'm oppressed?!!"
(Out of Pooky's small AF unit, the one black person is usually the admin troop and outranks most of the unit.)
Posted by: pookysgirl is exhausted at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (dCUzJ)
Posted by: Mister Doo Doo at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (Q819Q)
You didn't specify that the only things changed about Sharpton was his skin pigmentation and ability to manipulate trillions instead of millions.
Posted by: steveegg at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (cL79m)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at March 17, 2015 01:04 PM (rRyk8)
Posted by: Stoopid Moonbat Hippie at March 17, 2015 01:04 PM (XqQIx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:04 PM (b4JMJ)
Posted by: Pj at March 17, 2015 01:04 PM (1kvQk)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 17, 2015 01:04 PM (chFFu)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:03 PM (Bn6aD)
You man the Honky Roast?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:04 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Boots at March 17, 2015 01:05 PM (l9mF2)
Posted by: Steve Croft at March 17, 2015 01:05 PM (ZtyJy)
Posted by: T800 at March 17, 2015 01:05 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:05 PM (kff5f)
Ahem.
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
We're here.
That answer sufficient?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:05 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:05 PM (b4JMJ)
Me too. It's a almost an incentive to go there to see if they do this.... Almost...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (ZtyJy)
Black and bitter.
Posted by: Obama at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: booter at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (Lg1F3)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: George LeS at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (e+fcz)
"Say, did you see what Azaelia Banks said about hating fat, white Americans living in middle America? Ignorant, conservative white folks sure do suck, amirite?"
Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (bdqzU)
I'm sure a bunch of the UW Sociology majors will be eager to use this license to chat about race. I wonder if anyone outside of the usual militant groups will even want to touch this.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (jhqr1)
Ahem.
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
Yes, Empress. I'll listen when I get home from work.
(Is there a pool for when either BC or Alex drops the first f-bomb?)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (4X5NS)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Zombie Tray Tray at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (KCruE)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: NYC Deracinated Parent at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (oYXGc)
Posted by: DaveA at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (DL2i+)
You're suggesting outsourcing the HQ to India?
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (ZPrif)
Yes you may, but first I want you to realize that you are serving a white man. Discuss.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: maddogg at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (xWW96)
You go into coffee and then some probably non-Einstein-like barista starts demanding that you talk about race. Really?
So now the customers will start being harassed. Because everyone knows that people like discussing controversial topics with total strangers when all they want is to get a beverage and maybe a sandwich.
Way to accurately gauge what customers want, Starbucks CEO.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (shFKH)
Fuggin' free fire zones of sitting ducks.
Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (ucB75)
You doing it wrong.
Its the Dirty Scandi Roast.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:06 PM (tr/8D)
Sounds like something that should NOT be looked up in Urban Dictionary.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Janet Reno at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (84SRe)
Posted by: roscoek at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (fW0sL)
Posted by: Steve Croft at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (ZtyJy)
Why would I want to go to FiveBucks again?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:02
But you are missing out on the wonderfully pretentious "coffee-house" atmosphere. Nothing like arguing with a pimply faced idiot about what a large sized coffee is called.
Posted by: rd at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (JMsTM)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: NYC Deracinated Parent at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (oYXGc)
And can you tell me why the crime rate for blacks is so much higher than whites?
Also, why do blacks do so poorly in school, that they get a bonus 260 points added to their SAT scores for college admissions and asians do so well that they actually get penalized 50 points? Is that based on race or do asians just work harder?
Oh, and I'd also like a muffin. No spit please.....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (AC0lD)
And could I also have a cherry scone with my coffee, please?
Posted by: Rambling, incoherent thought at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (lmdHn)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (2Ojst)
Can anyone explain this to a Mormon non-coffee drinker?
1. Is it true?
2. If so, how in the name of Juan Valdez' sagging sack did Starbucks grow so quickly? Other coffee-makers were serving sewer-water?
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (b4JMJ)
... like this would ever happen. Eric Holder is too much of a coward.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 17, 2015 01:10 PM (e8kgV)
1) it's on the same side of the road as I am
2) it's got parking
3) It's got a place to piss that is semi-clean
4) It's fast
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:10 PM (rDqRv)
"Rap About Race Relations with Customers"
Iced, Iced, maybe.....
Starbucks: Most overrated, overpriced, over-hyped store ever.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at March 17, 2015 01:10 PM (Fr8iN)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 17, 2015 01:07 PM (Dwehj)
Seriously. They can do it like I do, with a vintage, wood-fired, hand-pumped espresso machine, using beans grown by one-legged lesbians in Gambia.
Posted by: That Hipster Douchebag at March 17, 2015 01:10 PM (Q819Q)
i will gladly talk race relations with you in lieu of your tip
Posted by: kj at March 17, 2015 01:10 PM (lKyWE)
Wonder how many Starbucks baristas resemble Bratz dolls? Best not do that research.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:10 PM (tr/8D)
"Coffee please."
"Have you paused to consider the overarching structures of racial inequity and White Privilege which allows you to blithely drink something harvested by black slaves -- yes, slavery exists today, because of you! -- in a capitalist system enforced by racist cops??? Here's your change."
Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (K4YiS)
everyones first thought in the morning is to speak on divisive and harmful politiks while trying to get ready for work. Because facing your Boss just isn't enough.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (nqBYe)
I'll take Alex at the 30 second mark.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (b4JMJ)
Posted by: flounder at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (FHh8u)
Okay... that's another one in the "don't go there column."
Also, at QT it takes me maybe 2 minutes - 3 if the line is long. Minimum time at FiveBucks is 5 minutes or more.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Furious George at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Star Bucks at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM (+7Usq)
Mostly because you let BC talk without asking for permission, first.
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (ZtyJy)
Posted by: Shtetl G at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (SopIT)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (Bn6aD)
In which case instead of boycotting Starbucks. Showing up during their rush hours and demanding your promised discussion on race would be more damaging to their bottom line.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (tf9Ne)
*Raises eyes from the floor* Bite me bitch.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (S+el1)
That answer sufficient?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:05 PM (hLRSq)
It may also be necessary.
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Shtetl G at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (SopIT)
Because they make the other minorities look bad.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (2Ojst)
And can I get that coffee to go please?
Posted by: Rambling, incoherent thought at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (lmdHn)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM
Manual or automatic?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2015 01:13 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:13 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 17, 2015 01:13 PM (iQIUe)
Excuse me while I whip this out....
Posted by: NYC Deracinated Parent at March 17, 2015 01:13 PM (oYXGc)
grow so quickly? Other coffee-makers were serving sewer-water?
Starbucks is to coffee what Chipotle is to burritos. For some reason, the younger crowd seems to love these places and I'm at a loss to explain why. My teenagers and their friends LOVE these places.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft - too many punks on my lawn at March 17, 2015 01:13 PM (gfB4n)
Posted by: Elize Nayden at March 17, 2015 01:13 PM (efWIZ)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at March 17, 2015 01:13 PM (W5DcG)
Me: "Gimme coffee."
Them: "Have you considered the state of race-relations in the United States?
Me: "No coffee then? K." *exit, stage left, at a stumble*
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Zombie MLK Jr at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (9Z8lH)
Why yes. I would like a conversation on race. An extended, detailed conversation on race.
Pity if it holds up the line of irate people behind me, but it's your idea -- and you're the one who's going to have to deal with them after I leave.
Now, where should we start? OK, after the warm blooded black people of the sun built the Pyramids and invented geometry, they.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Other great lines at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (fWAjv)
Don't piss off the customer.
Posted by: NYC Deracinated Parent at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (oYXGc)
Can anyone explain this to a Mormon non-coffee drinker?
1. Is it true?
2. If so, how in the name of Juan Valdez' sagging sack did Starbucks grow so quickly? Other coffee-makers were serving sewer-water?
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (jhqr1)
----
My opinion:
1.Their brewing (not roasting) process does seem to add a burnt affect to the coffee though I would not say it tastes like mud.
2. Great marketing of the brand and ambience
Posted by: RioBravo at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: flounder at March 17, 2015 01:11 PM
Aaaand, I need a new keyboard.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (h4vJk)
Mostly because you let BC talk without asking for permission, first.
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:12 PM (ZtyJy)
It's my beneficence showing.
Also, for the record, I am going to start using a time next week.
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (mf5HN)
Nice morale sh**er
Posted by: Dr Gorgonzola at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (e0JlW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (b4JMJ)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (so+oy)
Restaurants that have been open for twenty years are closing. But local media are trying to notice without making the correlation too obvious.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (jhqr1)
If was a Starbucks swilling rube and a barista asked me a question on race relations, would it be out of line if I asked them the same question?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Other great lines at March 17, 2015 01:14 PM (rwI+c)
Something Wicked This Way Comes. Damn, I didn't think anybody else remembered that movie!
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (2Ojst)
"Give me my coffee before I take my cisgendered heteronormative hands and take your spleen as a trophy and warning to others, pajama-boy."
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (zfj83)
knock it off already..
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (IRiM9)
Posted by: An Observation - I use Silver Bullet gun oil at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (hppwY)
Which is why I'm convinced that 99% of "hate crimes" (the ones not an outright hoax) are basically someone piling on what they think will hurt the most to someone they got in a beef with about something else.
Posted by: NYC Deracinated Parent at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (oYXGc)
Why does your store hate white people?!?
ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA!
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: maddogg at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (0LHZx)
I like that one...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: flounder at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (FHh8u)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (rDqRv)
into the hearts and souls of the people lining up for morning coffee.
The idea actually came out of an employee "forum." As has been said, they're itchin' to finally use their BS in Grievance Studies.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (0LHZx)
-----
...with various rings and tattoos.
Posted by: RioBravo at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM (so+oy)
Who gives a fuck? It's a pretentious bullshit way to refer to a large coffee.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (2Ojst)
And yes, dark meat is more delicious.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (GGCsk)
Now, I've had some Seattle's Best that was quite good, by contrast. But if I have another choice, I won't drink Starbucks.
Posted by: Moderate Salami at March 17, 2015 01:16 PM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: News From 2016 at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:15 PM
Always liked that one.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (b4JMJ)
Ok, now on to Kwanza.
The principle of Ujamaa stands for co-operative economics and is represented by a package of BBQ flavor Corn Nuts.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (kdS6q)
Lord knows what the hell is in that chicken of theirs.
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (Dwehj)
Just askin.
Posted by: NYC Deracinated Parent at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (oYXGc)
Venti, Ace. Not, Vente.. it means 20 in Italian, though I think their Venti holds more than 20 ounces.
E vero.
Also, Italicans don't count in ounces, so it's double stupid.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (JtwS4)
On 11 September 2001, employees of the Midwood Ambulance Service were on hand at what has come to be known as "Ground Zero," the rubble that once was the World Trade Center. They approached a Starbucks near the disaster site because they needed water to treat the victims of the terrorist attack. Starbucks was willing to help ... for a price. It sold the rescue workers three cases for $130 cash on the barrelhead
snopes (true)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (nqBYe)
Rush mentioned this just the other day, that the Seattle proglodyte community is all a-weeping and a-wailing because their favorite restaurants are closing, even before the minimum wage requirements kick in.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (zfj83)
Starbucks burns their coffee. It tastes like mud. Can anyone explain this to a Mormon non-coffee drinker? 1. Is it true? 2. If so, how in the name of Juan Valdez' sagging sack did Starbucks grow so quickly? Other coffee-makers were serving sewer-water? Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:09 PM (jhqr1)
it is true they buy cheap beans and roast the living hell out of them to remove the bitterness
Posted by: kj at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (lKyWE)
Imagine media reaction if Chick-fil-A announced that the servers were encouraged to share pictures of a fetus at 20 weeks old with every order.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (tr/8D)
*shifty eyes*
No.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (8hctH)
sorta like L. Lerner.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo
...........
Same here... maybe they keep the people of color in the back?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (b4JMJ)
_________
True.
But...
7 months of non-stop rain.
You're within driving distance of Portlandians 12 months a year.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (0LHZx)
When they talk about "white privilege", they're projecting. It's about their privilege, which they'd very much like to dilute. How else do you tell a poor kid from Appalachia that he's some recipient of largesse?
Just remember.
They get all the noblesse.
We're stuck with all the oblige.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (PSNxx)
And it looks radiant, my Queen. Simply radiant.
**proffers plate of Blondies while avoiding eye contact**
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (ZtyJy)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Novel Writing Robot at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: The Prophet Some Dope at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (hKyl0)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (MMC8r)
So you couldn't source one at a good price?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (kff5f)
Also, I'd like to lie to your face and force you to agree with me? Did you know that black people live in food deserts and are 33% more likely to be stopped by police? No...what? I don't think it's relevant that black people are 33% more likely to not fasten seatbelt...in fact, that's a violation of the Logan Act to suggest such a thing. Police. Mind Crime.
and scene, Fascism in America. You've been conquered, USA, enjoy your new overlords.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (EqqK1)
Also, I'd like to lie to your face and force you to agree with me? Did you know that black people live in food deserts and are 33% more likely to be stopped by police? No...what? I don't think it's relevant that black people are 33% more likely to not fasten seatbelt...in fact, that's a violation of the Logan Act to suggest such a thing. Police. Mind Crime.
and scene, Fascism in America. You've been conquered, USA, enjoy your new overlords.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (EqqK1)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Cracker Barrel Philosopher at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (EgHiF)
*smug goes def con*
Posted by: Hipster checking his privilege at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM (Dwehj)
Chipotle gets the chicken when the Obama's done with it. Soo....
Posted by: wrg500 at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (Bn6aD)
Worse. Sermon.
"I'm sorry padre, but I'm not dressed for church."
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:20 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:17 PM (tr/8D)
*shifty eyes*
No.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 01:18 PM
So the reactor is connected to something else, then? Hmmm...*ponders*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (h4vJk)
Dunkin Donuts | Starbucks
Delicious coffee | Charred dirt-flavored sludge
Toasted coconut donuts | Soggy muffins
Smiling employees to | Lectures from extra ironic me on my way | hipsters on race
Hmmmmm... Decisions, decisions.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (KkVB6)
Where the fuck do you people live on David Duke's ranch?
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (GGCsk)
Are these available online? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (iQIUe)
If I were a SBUX stockholder I would be banging the drum for the CEO's immediate firing. As far as I'm concerned, this action is directly against the company's best interests. Now, I don't drink coffee, full stop. But even if I did, the smell of those places is so overwhelming, it is an assault on the senses. Do you think it is a good idea to go courting the chance of offending someone when you already overcharge for a product that can be had elsewhere for 20-25% of the cost without the social justice warriors? Honestly, the liberal left is about to kick itself in the family fruit. The first chain store of any type that attempts to open a discussion with me on race as I'm making a purchase is going to find themselves shortly and swiftly rebuked and then...restocking the merchandise I leave behind. I didn't ask for your opinion or invite your teaching moment. Leave.Me.Alone.
Posted by: Phoenix at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (ymCD+)
$11.7B in 2013 US sales
11.5k stores in US
Top 5 are
McDonalds $35.8B
Subway $12.7B
Starbucks $11.7B
Wendy's $8.8B
Burger King $8.5B
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (0FSuD)
it is true they buy cheap beans and roast the living hell out of them to remove the bitterness
Posted by: kj
..........
They do over-roast their coffee. But they became a success because the young crowd loves keeping hopped up on caffeine. I think the strong burnt taste makes them feel they are getting more caffeine.. maybe they are.. I dunno.
The over-roasting certainly does not get rid of bitterness.. that's a feature!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (so+oy)
__________
It only kicks in April 1st.
Not exactly. It's $10 or $11 on April 1, depending on number of employees.
Then it goes up to $15 over a few years time. (3 to 7 years, depending again, on number of employees.)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (GGCsk)
Dunkin donuts: smiling employees to send me on my way
Starbucks: lectures from extra ironic hipsters on race
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (KkVB6)
**proffers plate of Blondies while avoiding eye contact**
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:19 PM (ZtyJy)
Thank you, garrett.
*noms*
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Captain Oblivious at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (hiT/m)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: dogfish at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (NuPNl)
Worst thing they'll do to you at Timmy Ho's is roll their "r"'s for that stupid "roll up the rim to win" game.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (7ObY1)
One chique's opinion
- Starbucks specialty coffee drinks, while pretentiously named and overpriced, are nice. The also have decent pastries and baked goods to get on the go.
- I love Chipotle's barbacoa burritos and their chips and guac.
Just the opinion of my tastebuds.
I do think a lot of people are into Starbucks for whatever prestige they sadly think it confers on them.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: DonS at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (MLzEj)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (zfj83)
Posted by: BG in Texas at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (ZGW/b)
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (qh617)
Pigs Fly Moment: Wildly Left (But Jewish) Roseanne Attacks Obama For Being Anti-Israel, Anti-Bibi
Posted by: mallfly at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (bJm7W)
grow so quickly? Other coffee-makers were serving sewer-water?
Starbucks is to coffee what Chipotle is to burritos. For some reason, the younger crowd seems to love these places and I'm at a loss to explain why. My teenagers and their friends LOVE these places.
It is a way to express their individuality and open-mindedness together. /sarc
Actually it is a form of social signaling. LOOK! I am Cool and Hip just like You Are!
Posted by: rd at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (JMsTM)
Can anyone explain this to a Mormon non-coffee drinker?
1. Is it true?
2. If so, how in the name of Juan Valdez' sagging sack did Starbucks grow so quickly? Other coffee-makers were serving sewer-water?
Pretention. Really, pretention is their brand. Starbucks tries to be all things hipster. They sell bad jazz cds at the counter, and it's where all the suburban hipsters go with their Macintosh iPads (or whatever they call them these days) to pretend to write their novels. Suburban moms go to pretend to be upper-middle-class and sophisticated.
Posted by: Danby at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (TNvpX)
Screw the race talk. They should give you a free blow job for that price.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (ZtyJy)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft - too many punks on my lawn at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (gfB4n)
Now that's some fine groveling right there.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (hLRSq)
Continuing our extended conversation on race, the butterfly, ooh, that's old. Here's how you do the Tootsie Roll:
To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (oKE6c)
If I were a SBUX stockholder I would be banging the drum for the CEO's immediate firing.
The CEO's only job is to enhance shareholder value. It is possible that this CEO knows his market and that this will improve earnings.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: maddogg at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (KbNXw)
Posted by: Chris Hayes at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Mekan at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (hm8tW)
Starbucks is #3 in revenue and #3 in # of stores. As of 2013.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: JDF at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (3ZW8y)
Where the fuck do you people live on David Duke's ranch?
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (GGCsk)
_________
Chill the fuck out dude. Where I live that's what I see. There's a Starbucks in my local shopping plaza. There's a grocery story, a Subway, a chain hair cut place, etc...and of course a Starbucks. You go into any of the other stores and it's a mix of black/white/Asian customers and employees.
You go into the Starbucks and it is like a Klan rally.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (0LHZx)
Would you like to buy some genuine free-range patchouli, sunshine?
Only 20 bucks an ounce.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: JEM at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (o+SC1)
Doesn't a latte now cost about $20 in Seattle with the new minimum wage?
Screw the race talk. They should give you a free blow job for that price.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (GGCsk)
$20? Man, I am not touch your hooks.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (78TbK)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Cracker Barrel Philosopher at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (EgHiF)
Yes, I lol'd. Fortunately I usually go to the local places when I get coffee; I think the only time I don't is when they're attached to Barnes and Noble.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (qd3Kw)
______________________________
A lot of them are probably minorities in the same way that Lizzie Lie-a-watha Warren is a minority: they're lying about their ethnic identity because they think it makes them more likely to get hired.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (lmdHn)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (lG2E3)
"Give me my coffee before I take my cisgendered heteronormative hands and take your spleen as a trophy and warning to others, pajama-boy."
On second thought, your skull would look good in my throne room.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (+36KQ)
Starbucks: lectures from extra ironic hipsters on race
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (KkVB6)
I do visit DD very often since there's one right by me and the drive-through is very convenient. But I always make sure I check my order before driving away.
Our local Mickey D's is much better at getting orders correctly, and also a lot faster. DD is not for when you're in a hurry.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Dave at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (+vJK2)
Note, he launched this the week BEFORE the stockholder meeting...
Can't have the owners having a say in this...
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (qh617)
I just used the map utility on the Starbucks site to count the number of outlets in the nearest minority city, Paterson NJ.
Shockingly, they show a total of zero (nil) 0 Starbucks there!
I wonder why?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (shFKH)
bah, going to chipotle for burritos, is just weird. Might as well goto taco bell . gag
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (nqBYe)
I don't mind FiveBucks, they're just over-priced, and therefore not a good value. I go in maybe 2 or 3 times a year, usually because nothing else is readily available.
As for Chipotle- they're like a bland Freebirds, IMO.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (fWAjv)
glad you asked,why does your company continue to rape etiopian coffee growers then turn around and rape us on the price of your lousy drinks
Posted by: kj at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (lKyWE)
Get my marching orders from my wife for all the shit she doesn't want to do and makes me
Fight traffic
Think about all the assholes at work I will soon have to deal with
Think about paying all those Bills when I get to work
Think about Hearing my patient's excuses for not paying this month
And oh yeah, get a race lecture in my only peaceful moment of the day when I buy a nice hot cup of Java --great idea
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (Dwehj)
Starbucks is the #3 Quick Service Restaurant in America.
Not for long.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower
Soon to become the Firefox of coffee stops.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: gundawg77 at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (crenv)
Posted by: Other great lines at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:24 PM (ZPrif)
Starbucks revenue includes international stores. Chic fil a in not in every state
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (2Ojst)
Ahem.
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
Yaaaaay!
Posted by: LizLem, eating all the potatoes today at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (yRwC8)
Customer, "Um sure."
B, "What do you think of race relations in the US?"
C, "May I ask you a question?"
B, "Uh sure."
C, "What do you think when some stranger decides to rush up, accost you, and claim you need saving?"
B, "I would feel nervous, scared, and want to run away."
C, "So would I and also cancel my order."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: West at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (zfj83)
Heh. That's like when people ask me if I prefer Pepsi or Coke and I reply that I prefer whichever is on sale that week. Mmm. Tasty tasty ten cent difference.
Posted by: alexthechick - Reading. Like a me. at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (ZtyJy)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Yip at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (84SRe)
How is this not going to end in a racial discrimination lawsuit?
Posted by: gundawg77 at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (crenv)
Only if they post a sign on the door, NO TRIAL LAWYERS.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft - too many punks on my lawn at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (gfB4n)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (qd3Kw)
<<
In NY whether you go to the Upper East Side or Brooklyn it's the same. The "whitey" phenomena must be outside metropolitan areas.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (GGCsk)
Me - Sure thing, as soon as we "rap" about the importance of Jesus in your life. Have YOU been saved?
Barista - Uh, forget it. Here's your venti.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (7ObY1)
Dunkin donuts: smiling employees to
Starbucks: lectures from extra ironic hipsters on race
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at March 17, 2015 01:22 PM (KkVB6)
I do visit DD very often since there's one right by me and the drive-through is very convenient. But I always make sure I check my order before driving away.
Our local Mickey D's is much better at getting orders correctly, and also a lot faster. DD is not for when you're in a hurry.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: The Barrel at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: RioBravo at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft - too many punks on my lawn at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (gfB4n)
I'll have my coffee BLACK damn it.... is that good enough???
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (fWAjv)
Your spleen will make a lovely addition to my trophy case.
If I want a sermon I'll go to church.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: The Barrel at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (2Ojst)
I'm black. I don't have to. Bwahahahaha!!!!
AAaaaargh! Stop smearing me with that smelly stinky stuff. I'll talk about race, anything you want!
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (shFKH)
Don't touch that wet thing, chique, even if it begs you to!
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (7ObY1)
If you really believe the food you are eating and wine you are drinking is higher status, your brain will make it taste better.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: The Barrel at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (h4vJk)
Let's talk about Race.
Posted by: Barrelista at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (ZtyJy)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (nqBYe)
Because people love to be lectured on race by some dumbass glorified fast food employee whose circle of friends is likely whiter than an Iowa farm town of 60 people.
Posted by: buzzion at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Hentai Squid at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (JtwS4)
Starbucks tries to be all things hipster. They sell bad jazz cds at the
counter, and it's where all the suburban hipsters go with their
Macintosh iPads (or whatever they call them these days) to pretend to
write their novels. Suburban moms go to pretend to be upper-middle-class
and sophisticated.
Posted by: Danby at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (TNvpX)
The irony that I love is that they always seem to be one of the first businesses destroyed every time there's a hipster/ occupy / "I don't know what anarchy means but I love it" riot.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (8hctH)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (0LHZx)
Your spleen will make a lovely addition to my trophy case.
If I want a sermon I'll go to church.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (hLRSq)
LOL
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 17, 2015 01:29 PM (KbNXw)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:25 PM (fWAjv)
This is a sock, right?
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:29 PM (shFKH)
Starbucks has a huge store in Alexandria Egypt. All Arab staff. There is part of Starbucks 40% minority staff. I wonder if the will be doing the race relations talk.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 17, 2015 01:29 PM (S+el1)
The 360th anniversary of his winning the court case was just a few days ago.
One of many inconvenient facts that won't be welcome.
Posted by: AmishDude at March 17, 2015 01:29 PM (PSNxx)
Me: "No, uh .... Just spit in my latte, and I'll be on my way."
Posted by: Captain Oblivious at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (hiT/m)
Posted by: Hop Sing at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (lG2E3)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (GGCsk)
-
No, the data I was quoting was US stores only.
http://www.qsrmagazine.com/reports/qsr50-2014-top-50-chart?sort=2013_total_units&dir=desc
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 17, 2015 01:23 PM (zfj83)
-----------
I brew a lot of SB coffee at home (as supplied to a SB licensee) and it does not taste charred or burned to me. Nor does it taste quite like the same 'blend' from an SB location.
Posted by: RioBravo at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft - too many punks on my lawn at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (gfB4n)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:29 PM (shFKH)
Oh the fun of AoS.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (KbNXw)
Posted by: AmishDude at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (PSNxx)
Posted by: LizLem, eating all the potatoes today at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (iQIUe)
Ewwww... there you go...
Dear Starbucks, you do know your entire Coffee industry was STARTED with Slave labor?
Aren't you ashamed to even be IN this Industry?
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (qh617)
Me - Sure thing, as soon as we "rap" about the importance of Jesus in your life. Have YOU been saved?
Barista - Uh, forget it. Here's your venti.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:27 PM (7ObY1)
That's a great one. THAT I might try.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (rDqRv)
Barista: "Can we have a conversation about race?"
Me: "Only if we can talk in graphic detail about the sex I had last night."
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (GGCsk)
Ok, I laughs again...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (Bn6aD)
It's the 3rd most common food/drink restaurant in America. McDs is #1, Subway #2, Starbucks #3.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (ZPrif)
I can't and thus Starbucks is in bed with evil.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (tr/8D)
They made expert use of product placement in film and on television & back in the day, they were notorious for setting up shop too close to established coffee shops/cafes and running them out of business.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (oQQwD)
Honestly, the liberal left is about to kick itself in the family fruit.
Posted by: Phoenix at March 17, 2015 01:21 PM (ymCD+)
"Never interrupt your opponent when he is making a mistake."
Posted by: rickl at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Classic Coffee Jokes 2nd Ed. at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (JVEmw)
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (Lk/fE)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (qd3Kw)
Posted by: LizLem, eating all the potatoes today at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM (yRwC
Hey.... haven't been there in awhile...
Is there a... Barrelista? some low level minion given a Kewl title?
Maybe someone who closes the Lid?
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (qh617)
Because, for 12+ years they've been "educated" that the United States' treatment of blacks was the worst thing in history. Including the Holocaust.
So, they have to avenge.
Only problem is: All the big racism problems have been solved.
And we're now stuck with this penny-ante shit of lectures and raising awareness.
You want a real conversation on race?
How about a hidden camera documentary of interviews with American blacks where they discuss the actual events of racism in their lives. The times they know they were treated differently than whites. And not the bullshit of hearing about someone else--their own experience.
Then show it to a bunch of ESL Chinese and ask them if they can spot the racism.
When that comes out--which it never will--we can talk about racism.
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (ZvKdv)
Here, try this...
Posted by: 1bulwetweft - too many punks on my lawn at March 17, 2015 01:30 PM
Get it out!111!!!!!
Posted by: The Barrel at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (h4vJk)
Shockingly, they show a total of zero (nil) 0 Starbucks there!
That would be a fun question to ask the barista, wouldn't it? "Why are you giving me a lecture on race when the company you work for engages in racist redline practices, intentionally depriving children of color of mochas and cake pops?"
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (fWAjv)
Did you know that if you go into Chik-Fil-A they actually test you for the homo-gene before they'll serve you chicken? Seriously. They have scanners in the doorways that can detect that.
Oh, and Teh Jooz make matzoh from Palestinian children's blood. It's true, I read it on infowars.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Novel Writing Robot at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (Q819Q)
That's pure genius - saving it just in case I do visit a SBUX in the near future (not likely).
Posted by: 1bulwetweft - too many punks on my lawn at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (Fr8iN)
Also, I have this tiny irksome quibble with "RaceTogether".
I came up as a track and cross-country runner. You race against everyone else. If you're running together it's training or a fun run.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 17, 2015 01:32 PM (BZAd3)
eat real.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (nqBYe)
Sure is. Reminds me of my paste.
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Hank Hill at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (fWAjv)
Please note that the Barrel is not racist
The Barrel accepts all, regardless or race, color, gender, creed, sexual orientation, and preferred flavor of Valu-Rite.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (zfj83)
SORRY! I've already reported to the Barrel. OMG, it is horrific in here.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:26 PM (shFKH)
The Barrel is racist, until now, only Whites have been sent to it. Get at Latte from Bruce while you are down there.
Don't report The Prophet Ace, blessed be his hairy back.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (0FSuD)
As per a brilliant commenter in the ONT last night, I am now mentally naming Mitt Romney "The Stormin' Mormon" until his bum fight with Evander Holyfield is over.
Stings like a bee in SLC!
Posted by: LizLem, eating all the potatoes today at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Yip at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (84SRe)
Why are young Americans, with crushing student loan debt, being encouraged to study "disciplines" that do not lead to any employment other than barista in a coffee shop
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (hLRSq)
McDs is #1 overall and w/burgers, Wendy's #2
Starbucks #1 in coffee, Dunkin #2
Subway #1 in sandwiches, Panera #2
Taco Bell #1 in mexican food, Chipotle #2
Pizza Hut #1 in pizza, Domino's #2
Chick-fil-A #1 in chicken, passing KFC at #2
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Stu-22 at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (vd4oB)
a) The coffee better be free.
2) Your tits better be awesome and visible.
c) When I loudly accuse you of being a Nazi you had better smile.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Old woman from Rock Ridge just buying her latte at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (zfj83)
Except the Irish. Wait, today they can come. BUT only today.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (0FSuD)
And as for the white hands holding the cups? I doubt it's an accident. Race relations aren't going to be improved by minorities talking about the reality of discrimination and bias: they already know. It's the white folks who tell themselves they're not racist, but just can't explain why they thought Joseph's job application was more compelling than Jamal's. Those are the ones who need to do some soul-searching.
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (fWAjv)
racial arsonist in the White House, I can no longer take black people at
face value. Unless I personally know them, or meet them in a
politically copacetic situation (like a MoMee), I'm going to assume
they're a racist Obot. And I want absolutely nothing to do with them.
I didn't feel that way before Obama.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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From the Dump.
I feel the same way.
And it pisses me off because _I_ didn't cause this--they did, they "started the fire."
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (ZvKdv)
Can you say mass casualty event?
Posted by: wrg500 at March 17, 2015 01:35 PM (S+el1)
That's a great one. THAT I might try.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:31 PM (rDqRv)
Carry along a copy of The Watchtower to offer them, just in case. Or a handful of Jack Chick tracts.
Posted by: Country Singer at March 17, 2015 01:35 PM (8hctH)
Posted by: C-ration coffee at March 17, 2015 01:35 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Other great lines at March 17, 2015 01:35 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: C-ration coffee at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (Spluw)
a) The coffee better be free.
2) Your tits better be awesome and visible.
c) When I loudly accuse you of being a Nazi you had better smile.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (Zu3d9)
Would you kindly expand on #2
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (rDqRv)
Shockingly, they show a total of zero (nil) 0 Starbucks there!
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Overpriced coffee deserts! Lack of opportunity to be fleeced! Racist!
Posted by: Stu-22 at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (vd4oB)
Because how many cops are truly in a hurry to leave a donut shop?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (+36KQ)
Posted by: Naes at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (YhayY)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (/kI1Q)
Starbucks #1 in coffee, Dunkin #2
Subway #1 in sandwiches, Panera #2
Taco Bell #1 in mexican food, Chipotle #2
Pizza Hut #1 in pizza, Domino's #2
Chick-fil-A #1 in chicken, passing KFC at #2
A burger isn't a sandwich?
Taco Bell is messican food?!
I feel like my whole life up to this point has been one big lie.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Novel Writing Robot at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (Q819Q)
Wait? Where am I? Oh, right.
Morons and Moronettes:
Please remember to check the hash.
That is all.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (zOTsN)
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Exactly why we need more immigrants to fill the server openings. Problem solved.
Posted by: RioBravo at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (NUqwG)
I bet you patted yourself on the back for that one.
I did lol tho.Posted by: LizLem, eating all the potatoes today at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: C-ration coffee at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM
And only if they come bearing Guinness and/or whiskey.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: HAL at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (OmBeX)
Posted by: Ghost O'Hallelujah at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (U7H1n)
Posted by: Bigby's Manicure at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Soona at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (/HX7u)
can't explain why they thought Joseph's job application was more
compelling than Jamal's.
Your bleeding heart concern has been duly noted and will be passed along to one of our who-gives-a-shit representatives for further consideration.
Posted by: The AoS Concern Desk at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (lG2E3)
Posted by: jjshaka at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (UqPDw)
Arby's is #1 roast beef
Dairy Queen is #1 ice cream, Baskin Robbins #2
Panda Express is #1 Chinese food
Long John Silver's is #1 seafood
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (ZPrif)
c) When I loudly accuse you of being a Nazi you had better smile.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (Zu3d9)
Would you kindly expand on #2
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (rDqRv)
I believes he means those tits can be of any color, fake or real, with a little cream spilled on them.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (+36KQ)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:33 PM (fWAjv)
Why do Starbucks workers only address white people with this wisdom when they could share it equally?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Naes at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (YhayY)
BRW teens hate being lectured to. Enjoy the decline
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (zOTsN)
I am so micro-aggressed!
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (7ObY1)
Would like to see a new Battleboro fake-troll.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (ZPrif)
Starbucks #1 in coffee, Dunkin #2
Subway #1 in sandwiches, Panera #2
Taco Bell #1 in mexican food, Chipotle #2
Pizza Hut #1 in pizza, Domino's #2
Chick-fil-A #1 in chicken, passing KFC at #2
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However:
Wendy's - #1 in evil ginger actresses
Dunkin - #1 in police food
Chipotle - #1 in grills
Domino's - #1 in cardboard
KFC - #1 in bankruptcy court
Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: White barista wearing dreadlocks and henna tattoos at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (rDqRv)
Aren't you ashamed to even be IN this Industry?
Posted by: BB Wolf
Heh, and for round 2:
"That fair-trade cup of coffee we savour may not only fail to ease the lot of poor farmers, it may actually help to impoverish them, according to a study out recently from Germany's University of Hohenheim.
...
The fair-trade business is filled with contradictions.
For starters, it discriminates against the very poorest of the world's coffee farmers, most of whom are African, by requiring them to pay high certification fees. These fees - one of the factors that the German study cites as contributing to the farmers' impoverishment - are especially perverse, given that the majority of Third World farmers are not only too poor to pay the certification fees, they're also too poor to pay for the fertilizers and the pesticides that would disqualify coffee as certified organic."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (Q/1Jp)
If they love black people so much, why don't they go out of their way to live around them, even in the middle class black neighbourhoods?
I have white friends who lived in a majority black neighbourhood for most of their adult lives, and the wife had mostly black friends as a result. She's also been a troop mother (or whatever it's called) to young black cub scouts for YEARS.
Somehow, she never goes on and on about race and how wonderful she is, even though she is an incredible person.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (ucB75)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2015 01:34 PM (Zu3d9)
Would you kindly expand on #2
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (rDqRv)
expand your ideas on awesome.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (nqBYe)
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The hash has appeared next to someone else's name within this very thread.
I'll let you figure out who it is on your own.
Posted by: junior at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Soona at March 17, 2015 01:37 PM (/HX7u)
I hear the sounds of a million briefs being filed....
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (hLRSq)
Should wear that to Starbux. If I went there, I mean.
Posted by: Bigby's Manicure at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM (hLRSq)
They are Indian employees, dot not feather, they don't speak Jive.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: DaveA at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Costanza Defense
Yay!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2015 01:38 PM
You know, this really isn't making me feel any better.
Posted by: The Chicken at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (rDqRv)
Sure!
http://tinyurl.com/k77tkcn
NSFW (sort of)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (Zu3d9)
So that's where he went when he escaped at the end of Treasure Island. And Jim Hawkins thought he had run off with his "negress."
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (rDqRv)
Is that official?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Julius Kaiser at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 17, 2015 01:41 PM (b4JMJ)
Reality is status makes food taste better.
If you really believe the food you are eating and wine you are drinking is higher status, your brain will make it taste better.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 17, 2015 01:28 PM (ZPrif)
*******************************************************Say what? Some of the best Chinese food ever came from a down-and-dirty storefront near downtown, a hot-n-smokey hole but grrrrreat chow.
Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at March 17, 2015 01:41 PM (ucB75)
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:41 PM (zOTsN)
Jen Psaki says that there is no record of Clinton having signed separation form and she says she is certain that she didn't sign it.
Because Clinton.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 17, 2015 01:41 PM (BZAd3)
Or do I only get that award if I pay others to kill black babies?"
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (ZvKdv)
Posted by: Costanza Defense
White Christian owned business overtakes a pre-eminent focal point of black culture. Of course the white man is happy about that. It never ceases to amaze me the joy that my race feels when it pushes down another minority icon. This is why we need an open and honest debate about what we have done in the past and continue to do today.
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (rDqRv)
Is that official?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 17, 2015 01:40 PM (kff5f)
That is what Psaki just said, but she added no former Sec of State ever signed one either. The rules only apply to the little people.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:36 PM (rDqRv)
See previous comments regarding Charlotte McKinney.
http://tinyurl.com/pnjvm3r
I don't think those can be "expanded" anymore....
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (gfB4n)
This is just PR bullshit for Starbucks. Maybe they're trying to address their three major problems:
1. Their coffee is shitty.
2. Their shitty coffee costs too much.
3. Their hipster enablers are complaining that the chain is become "a big corporate monster."
It'll be a pleasure to see that chain finally die off, taking their idiotic ideas with them.
Posted by: Feh at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (KIUNX)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (tr/8D)
Being true to my family motto "I'd hit it".
Posted by: wrg500 at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 17, 2015 01:43 PM (b4JMJ)
I suspected that true or not, that would be the story. Better for State to look criminally incompetent than to put the party's presumptive nominee in a slam-dunk perjury situation.
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 17, 2015 01:43 PM (rwI+c)
i'm sure they will get a good laugh over it.
sigh.
hey, i'm white ya'll.
ok and?
well we are supposed to talk about that and why i'm blessed .
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:43 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 17, 2015 01:43 PM (oDCMR)
This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story.
Posted by: Lionel Hutz at March 17, 2015 01:43 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:43 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Ghost O'Hallelujah at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Popeye's at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (W5DcG)
I like it like I like my innocent brothers - black and set the fk up!
Posted by: Bigby's Manicure at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:39 PM (shFKH)
Then why do you have 'african' in your nickname. Another white person trying to identify with african american culture while denouncing others that genuinely want to move the conversation of race and equality forward. For shame.
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (oDCMR)
According to self-reported data on Payscale.org, Starbucks baristas earn anywhere from $7.63 to $10.93 an hour.
As part of the conversation on race, we call upon Starbucks to raise their minimum entry level wage to $15 an hour with benefits, and call upon our representatives to increase the Federal, State and Local minimums.
Para los Ninos.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Roy at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (VndSC)
For those of you who do not speak Hebrew, here is what that translates to in plain English:
"Herzog and me are talking right now about how to share power and screw each other at the earliest possible opportunity."
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 17, 2015 01:45 PM (rDqRv)
I got into a few months ago on Twitter with a guy I served in the Navy with. He's now a public school teacher and has gone full SJW and constantly displays all the self-righteousness that goes with it. He didn't like it when I called him out on the demographics of the school he teaches in and the community in which he chooses to live (Colorado Springs).
Posted by: Country Singer at March 17, 2015 01:45 PM (8hctH)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:45 PM (nqBYe)
I'm not responsible for anything that happened before I was born.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 17, 2015 01:45 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 17, 2015 01:45 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: mugiwara at March 17, 2015 01:45 PM (D5hxK)
I like my coffee like I like my women...with a spoon in them.
Posted by: Eddie Izzard at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (yRwC8)
Long John Silver's is #1 in seafood
poisoning
So that's where he went when he escaped at the end of Treasure
Island. And Jim Hawkins thought he had run off with his "negress."
FIFY
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: maddogg at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (zOTsN)
No, and girl scout cookies do not taste like girl scouts.
There oughta be a law.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (WN7nv)
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Someone should ask Condie Rice whether that was true in her case.
Posted by: junior at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:42 PM (fWAjv)
"Focal point of black culture" - symbolized by a southern white man.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Baldy at March 17, 2015 01:47 PM (sEXjW)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 17, 2015 01:47 PM (U7H1n)
Posted by: Ha at March 17, 2015 01:47 PM (oR3X/)
Posted by: The Chicken at March 17, 2015 01:47 PM (h4vJk)
My crystal ball tells me it's time to unload some SBUX.
Posted by: Fritz at March 17, 2015 01:47 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 17, 2015 01:47 PM (tr/8D)
Posted by: Stu-22 at March 17, 2015 01:47 PM (vd4oB)
Posted by: Starflower at March 17, 2015 01:44 PM (fWAjv)
Um, maybe because I am actually from the continent of Africa.
I still think this is a sock. It must be.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:48 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: Marmo at March 17, 2015 01:48 PM (QW+AD)
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WHAT!?
Next thing I know, you'll tell me that buffalo wings aren't made with real buffalo!
Is nothing sacred!?
Posted by: junior at March 17, 2015 01:48 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 17, 2015 01:48 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 17, 2015 01:45 PM (nqBYe)
It's RWC just having a little fun with all of the pretentious ridiculousness.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:48 PM (hLRSq)
She's such a kidder.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 17, 2015 01:48 PM (BZAd3)
There oughta be a law.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 17, 2015 01:46 PM (7ObY1)
Only the ones that the hot moms bring over to deliver
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 17, 2015 01:48 PM (0FSuD)
It's sad, though, that leftists are now beyond parody.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at March 17, 2015 01:49 PM (shFKH)
Nah, that's RWC yanking yer chain.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:49 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 17, 2015 01:49 PM (oDCMR)
Wait, that's not how it works? No Coffee, No Peace!
Heh
Posted by: anon a mouse at March 17, 2015 01:49 PM (KnbYp)
Back the fuck off you butt nugget. Go stain some other blog with your race baiting.
B
T
W
Why pick on her. Cause she left the reservation? Really so much courage. Take your smelly blossom elsewhere
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:49 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 17, 2015 01:49 PM (BZAd3)
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Who is, oddly, apparently popular in Japan.
Posted by: junior at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (UWFpX)
And the first ever KFC franchise opened in SLC...because nothing says black and southern like Utah!
Posted by: LizLem, eating all the potatoes today at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Bill Maher at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (vd4oB)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (hLRSq)
And now they are declaring the WH offllimits to FOIA requests because Booooooooooosh.
Posted by: C-ration coffee at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (gfB4n)
A: hi welcome to starbucks may I take your order
B: can i get a large coffee please
A: you mean a grande?
B: do you mean a large?
A: a grande is a large
B: great, I'll have a large, then
A: (shouts to co-workers) grande black (to customer
that'll be 3.95
B: for a cup of black coffee?
A: for a grande, yes, why are you so hostile?
B: I'm not hostile, I'm just a new customer
A: is it because I'm a black female?
B: um
A: is it because you're an affluent white male who thinks everyone should just bow to the man?
B: go on
A: do you have a problem with my race?
B: no, do you have a problem with my order?
A: (thinks) no
B: wonderful, Shaniqua, can I have my change now?
A: (hands it over)
It's obvious how profoundly these kinds of conversations will change American culture.
Posted by: Feh at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (KIUNX)
Posted by: Feh at March 17, 2015 01:50 PM (KIUNX)
People will go from latent hostility to outright loathing?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Checkered Pasts Lead the Spring Styles at the Outrage Outlet! at March 17, 2015 01:52 PM (hLRSq)
Really? Second look at a Subway franchise. Last I checked it was 1/6 the cost of a McDs franchise.
It also takes about a year to build up a clientele, unlike McDs, which earns money about as fast as you can open one.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:52 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: C-ration coffee at March 17, 2015 01:53 PM (Spluw)
However, someone noticed that in some parts of the country, Beaner is a derogatory term for Mexicans, like wetback. Being in the Great Lakes region, I had never heard that term before.
Under pressure, and with a lot of signs and other material with a big "B" on them, they changed the name to Bigby's.
Much better coffee than Starbucks.
Posted by: jwest at March 17, 2015 01:53 PM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 17, 2015 01:53 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Cloward and Piven at March 17, 2015 01:54 PM (W5DcG)
in the socioeconomic construct of your menue board why does black coffee occupy the lowest rung
Posted by: kj at March 17, 2015 01:55 PM (lKyWE)
B: can i get a large coffee please
A: you mean a grande?
B: do you mean a large?
A: a grande is a large
B: great, I'll have a large, then
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen anymore, if it ever did.
A Starbucks barista will translate large to Venti without batting an eye. No correction.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:56 PM (jhqr1)
I like my coffe like I like my Presidents...
Posted by: Garrett at March 17, 2015 01:01 PM (ZtyJy)
Short-lived?
Posted by: Zombie William Henry Harrison at March 17, 2015 01:57 PM (SpnVI)
Posted by: Rick C at March 17, 2015 01:57 PM (ECH2/)
Seriously, an absurdly high number of baristas tend to be incredibly white women. Them lecturing people on race will probably open themselves up to an employment discrimination suit as to why Puerto Rican trannies are underrepresented in their numbers.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at March 17, 2015 01:58 PM (5fXFG)
I was a sheltered kid who didn't get exposed to all this race tension until later. Right after reading Where the Red Fern Grows a southern kid joined our school class. Being a huge dork I asked him if he'd ever gone on a 'Coon hunt.
He was shocked and appalled that I would ask him if he'd ever hunted black people. I was asking about Raccoons.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2015 01:58 PM (jhqr1)
Maybe throw in some global warmening while we're at it.
Posted by: Hank at March 17, 2015 01:59 PM (iI355)
Posted by: profligatewaste at March 17, 2015 02:01 PM (R3JkO)
Since their press release to the effect that "guns are not part of the
starbucks experience" and CCW holders are unwelcome, my American
currency will not be part of the starbucks experience either.
Fuggin' free fire zones of sitting ducks.
Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at March 17, 2015 01:08 PM (ucB75)"
I realize that lots of folks here love hating on Starbucks but I do like their bitter coffee (I prefer IPA as well when drinking beer). Also, all the Starbucks I have been at in Texas have the sign that says unlicensed carry of firearms is subject to 10 years and $10,000 fine. That is the sign that means it is OK with the owners if you are carrying a concealed handgun if you have a license. The 10 years and $10,000 fine applies everywhere for unlicensed concealed carry. Starbucks discourages open carry in states where that is legal but as of now, open carry is illegal in Texas. In any event, I am not inclined towards open carry because despite my name, I prefer not to act like an asshole when it is not necessary.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 17, 2015 02:02 PM (KDbAT)
Posted by: physics geek at March 17, 2015 02:07 PM (MT22W)
When I get my coffee there, I thank them and step away so they can tend to the next person in line.
Posted by: Annalucia at March 17, 2015 02:07 PM (a5bF3)
Posted by: tdpwells at March 17, 2015 02:08 PM (rUTzk)
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at March 17, 2015 02:10 PM (1BQGO)
And new race-themed muffin name: Dindu Muffin
Posted by: m at March 17, 2015 02:18 PM (WIUGG)
Posted by: Ponydaemmerung (@paul6316) at March 17, 2015 02:22 PM (1Xq6/)
Posted by: A.G. at March 17, 2015 02:26 PM (PS2gA)
1. The majority of Starbucks employees won't want to have anything to do with this self-righteous crapola.
2. Those Starbucks employees who do are not genuinely interested in "having a conversation" about race. Rather, they are race-baiters and SJW wannabes looking for free publicity by trying to provoke an incident (and get fawning sympathy from the MSM/DNC axis).
Posted by: Banned by KBTX at March 17, 2015 02:38 PM (mM6iZ)
Posted by: Moki at March 17, 2015 02:47 PM (bAB8f)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 17, 2015 02:48 PM (Eszro)
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at March 17, 2015 02:52 PM (8rRE+)
Posted by: Billygoatpuke at March 17, 2015 02:53 PM (l5QMI)
Posted by: George Jefferson III at March 17, 2015 02:57 PM (Eszro)
Posted by: ToursLepantoVienna at March 17, 2015 03:12 PM (F9l4e)
Them: "Conversation about race?"
Me: "Have you declared your personal salvation through Jesus Christ?"
Them: "I don't want to talk about that." (Not a lot of born-agains or Witnesses in Starbucks)
Me: "I don't want to talk about race relations, so that makes us even."
I usually get along with SB folks just fine, and don't mind striking up a conversation, but I do have my limits.
Posted by: West at March 17, 2015 03:24 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at March 17, 2015 03:50 PM (Q/3mX)
1.) White people ain't a problem.
2.) It's BLACK people who need to get their shit together and fast!
Posted by: RKae at March 17, 2015 05:02 PM (A8uWm)
Posted by: Ken in NH at March 17, 2015 06:25 PM (0Y1hO)
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