Starbucks is having a terrible time adapting to its new “inclusive” public restroom policy, as employees contend with blood spattered walls, used drug needles, and face-melting waftings from deuce-dropping vagrants filling the store.
Oh, and all that was happening before the new homeless shelter bathroom policy.
One current barista in New York City said drug use in the bathrooms is a frequent occurrence.
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employees often found small drops of blood splattered across the toilet and walls –WSJ
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As the Wall Street Journal notes, “Managers and baristas regularly deal with a range of problems in the restrooms, from drug use to defecation outside the toilets, according to some current and former employees.”
“Drug use wasn’t happening in the bathroom every day, but it was definitely something that was happening once a week. The cops were called a lot,” said 21-year-old Darrion Sjoquist, a former Seattle Starbucks barista.
Once, when he was taking out the bathroom trash, he said he was pricked by a hypodermic needle. He said he and other Seattle baristas asked Starbucks to install Sharps containers—the kind of locked boxes found in doctors’ offices—in the bathrooms, to encourage drug users to properly dispose of their needles. –WSJ
As Starbucks transitions to their all-inclusive bathroom policy following an embarrassing incident in which the police were called on two black customers who asked to use the bathroom without purchasing anything, the company faces sagging sales and unhappy customers.
Maintaining clean and safe bathrooms is particularly important now for Starbucks. The company is facing slowing retail sales and has decided to focus largely on its cafe business after agreeing earlier this month to sell to Nestlé SA the rights to distribute most of its packaged drinks in grocery stores.
“Everything is tied together. If the restaurant management doesn’t keep the restroom clean, things could slip in the kitchen, too,” said 70-year-old Apple Valley, CA Starbucks customer, Donald Whittemore.
According to foodservice research firm Tachomic Inc., bathroom cleanliness is among the top factors for consumers choosing whether or not to use a restaurant. In their most recent quarterly ranking of fast-food customers, Starbucks ranked 20th in terms of bathroom cleanliness. Let’s see how they rank next quarter.
A Starbucks spokesman said that the health and safety of employees is a top priority and that trash cans have been removed from some bathrooms.
The spokesman said the company’s new policy requires people to be respectful, and to use the cafes and bathrooms properly—and that there are guidelines to handle situations when they don’t. Employees should provide a welcoming environment for all guests, he said, and “customers have an equal responsibility to use the spaces as intended.”
Wait, what’s this about customers? Last we checked, Starbucks bathrooms can now be used by anyone.
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A former Starbucks facilities manager who oversaw several urban stores on the East Coast said those cafes had special kits on hand with rubber gloves, tongs and a box that store employees could use to dispose of needles… -WSJ
As we reported on Thursday, Starbucks’ new “inclusiveness” policy is sparking outrage in customers who just want to get a $6 latte without running into the new bathroom inhabitants.
“It sounds like Starbucks is turning their stores into homeless shelters. Their coffee is strong but their management is weak,” said Ron Raduechel, a 64-year-old retired supply chain executive from Waukesha, Wis., who said he would no longer go to Starbucks. –WSJ
As the reactions from viewers of CBS LA’s recent story about Starbucks’ new policy suggest, customers are fed up…
“If you go into a business and you just sit there and you don’t buy anything you are taking up space at the table,” said Melrose Larry Green.
“You could end up having a squatters problem where you just have people coming and staying. I mean if they are going to do that they need to limit how long people can stay in there,” said Joe Selva.
WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope this problem spreads across all Starbucks, cuz I refuse to spend 5 bucks on SJW coffee
“The spokesman said the company’s new policy requires people to be respectful, and to use the cafes and bathrooms properly—and that there are guidelines to handle situations when they don’t.”
That should work. Experience shows that homeless, drug addicted vagrants are very responsive to corporate directives when it comes to how to b e respectful.
This is wonderful news. We should all encourage Drug Users and Homeless to utilize Starfucks bathrooms.
Looks like two stock shorts looming, Tesla and Starbucks
I picked up two $15 gift cards today, going to pass them along to the homeless and speed the process up a bit.
Urban Gas Stations put the piss rooms on the outside to avoid that problem and to make clean up easier: first remove the trash basket, toilet paper and hand paper rolls if there is any left and just turn the hose into the piss room and wash all the shit, diapers, tampons, needles and condoms into the storm water gutter. There is no way to toilet train urban jungle animals.
Same with the shithouses in our county park system in Norcal. They’re essentially concrete bunkers with stainless steel paper dispensers. Park maintenance throws a bucket of water and bleach in there then turns the hoses on and sandblasts them. I won’t even take my dog to the parks anymore because of the syringes. My solution to the “homeless” problem? Euthanasia.
Starbucks has every right to trash their stores and alienate their customers.
Doing great so far.
Greetings,
Quick musings.
Starbucks doesn’t sell coffee but sells the EXPERIENCE. The experience was that you got to hang out with other fart smellers while listening to Suzanne Vega so that everyone could see you interacting with your social media accounts and, thus, see how important you are as you sip burnt overpriced coffee. That is what Starbucks sells as you can get coffee pretty much anywhere – any restaurant and any gas station and most grocery stores.
If Starbucks can’t sell you that experience because it has turned into a homeless shelter then what does Starbucks sell?? In my opinion, the Liberal virtue signaling cucks that Starbucks appeals to are not going to be at all happy having to share their cry-space with homeless drug addicts. Just my .02
Iv’e never been in a Starbucks and never will. Thus, I have never paid for the EXPERIENCE and never will. If their coffee is as bad as you say, and the prices are outrageous I can only imagine liberals frequenting their coffee theme parks.
How’s that for virtue-signaling?
Kind of sounds like a liberal coffee theme-park complete with junkies, syringes and poop – Oh my! I’ve never been to Starbucks and never will. Thus, I’ve never gotten to enjoy the EXPERIENCE or the “burnt over-priced coffee.”
That’s my virtue-signaling.
Perfect example of making stupid decisions!
Love it.
Starve the fresh roasted beast.
That’s funny. We just spent a few hours yesterday in a Starbucks store in North Idaho. There were no needles, blood, feces, or urine anywhere to be seen. They were playing classic rock from the 70’s and the wifi was super fast. We caught up with a half dozen neighbors who also happened to drop by the store. The “experience” cost us $2.07. Gee, I wonder if these problems have anything to do with whether or not the store is located in a shithole metropolis? I’m glad we got our fill of the bright lights, big cities when we were in our teens, 20’s and 30’s. We don’t go near any town bigger than Spokane, WA anymore (and even then almost never).
Coeur d’Alene?
Schweitzer Crossing this time. The CdA stores are good too.
If SB management had come out saying the barista was correct in escorting non-customers out the door when it became obvious they were just using a table in a business that’s existence depends upon earning a profit for its owners, i.e. shareholders, but that the barista did go much too far in calling the police, I’d think most folks would see reason. Instead, management got all liberal and acted as if profit was a bad thing. Now with tit in wringer, management has nothing but bad press ahead of it. And that’s a good thing. Maybe it’s time to call in Hogg and have a lie-down protesting unclean bathrooms.
The entertainment value of watching Liberal run businesses destroy themselves is priceless. As I have said before They can stick their $5 coffee in their a**es.