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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]SomethingNew
(279 posts)Starbucks as a company: Did nothing wrong and don't deserve any hate here (except for serving bad coffee)
The police: Completely in the right. They did their job by the book. It's not their fault the manager wanted these two removed.
The manager: Looks like he was acting out of, at least, unconscious bias if not outright racism.
The arrested men: Should have left when asked to, especially when the police were the ones doing the asking.
Frankly, I wish coffee shops would kick more freeloaders out. I go to a lot of boutique coffee shops/roasters and the tables are always full due to moronic hipsters sitting in there all day taking up space. I've worked in a coffee shop before but I continually ordered drinks.
Of course, I don't want that increased removal to be applied in a discriminatory fashion by the on-the-ground management. That was the main problem here.