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Starbucks going too far again...

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by: KW_88 Active Indicator LED Icon  OP 
~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:17pm  
Starbucks released this, "If you value traditional marriage, we don't want your business."And another hilarious thing...many of those socialist, hippie restaurants on the worst coast around Seattle, that decided to play politically correct and raise the minimum wage up to $15/hr, ARE SHUTTING DOWN! LMAO!Newspaper article headline: "Businesses shutting down after 'unforeseen consequences' of wage raises."Complete fn morons... 4951
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CBP210 Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:23pm  
Don't feel bad as Starsbuck does not want gun owners business. No problem I will spend elsewhere and let them go bankrupt.  @Donatella take note of this. 4951
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IBertrand Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:34pm  
Check your source...this is two years old.Loading Image... 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:36pm  
Uh, this is FALSE.  The Starbucks CEO simply stated that he affirmed the company's support for same-sex marriage at a stock-holders meeting.  From that statement, others have twisted it into the following INCORRECT messagesEmoticoneople who believe in traditional marriage would not be allowed to own company stock.If you value traditional marriage, we don't want your business.PLEASE VERIFY WILD STATEMENTS LIKE THESE BEFORE REPEATING THEM.Starbucks recent corporate policy of writing of "Race Together" on coffee cups had good intentions, but it was sophomoric and over-simplified.   4951
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notfromhere Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:37pm  
I am reading this while drinking my Starbucks frapuccino.  4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:50pm  
Starbucks released this, "If you value traditional marriage, we don't want your business."And another hilarious thing...many of those socialist, hippie restaurants on the worst coast around Seattle, that decided to play politically correct and raise the minimum wage up to $15/hr, ARE SHUTTING DOWN! LMAO!Newspaper article headline: "Businesses shutting down after 'unforeseen consequences' of wage raises."Complete fn morons...
 
@KW_88: From one fn moron to another, and next time maybe provide the actual article, as opposed to the ubiquitous and oft used "Newspaper article headline":  http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2015/03/22/minimum-wage-increase-killing-seattle-restaurants-anatomy-of-a-lie-from-inside-the-bubble/
"Never mind that not so much as one of the restaurant closings discussed in the original piece referenced the coming rise in minimum wage as a reason for their decision to shutter their business. And never mind that the owner of one of the four eateries discussed is currently opening two new restaurants in Seattle. It was a headline that opponents of the citywide minimum wage increase could not resist—and the facts could not be allowed to stand in the way." 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:52pm  

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>> Starbucks released this, "If you value traditional marriage, we don't want your business."And another hilarious thing...many of those socialist, hippie restaurants on the worst coast around Seattle, that decided to play politically correct and raise the minimum wage up to $15/hr, ARE SHUTTING DOWN! LMAO!Newspaper article headline: "Businesses shutting down after 'unforeseen consequences' of wage raises."Complete fn morons...
 
@KW_88: From one fn moron to another, and next time maybe provide the actual article, as opposed to the ubiquitous and oft used "Newspaper article headline":  http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2015/03/22/minimum-wage-increase-killing-seattle-restaurants-anatomy-of-a-lie-from-inside-the-bubble/
"Never mind that not so much as one of the restaurant closings discussed in the original piece referenced the coming rise in minimum wage as a reason for their decision to shutter their business. And never mind that the owner of one of the four eateries discussed is currently opening two new restaurants in Seattle. It was a headline that opponents of the citywide minimum wage increase could not resist—and the facts could not be allowed to stand in the way."
 
@analogkid: I think you're new here. Don't pay any attention to the OP. He is a conspiracy theory, far, far right wing nut. 
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:54pm  
Don't feel bad as Starsbuck does not want gun owners business. No problem I will spend elsewhere and let them go bankrupt.  @Donatella take note of this.
@CBP210:  I'll take Cuervo over Starbuck's.  I'll just get you drunk, drag you into a Starbucks, take your picture at the counter holding their coffee and chotchkeys, then I'll have that to wave at you each time you mock me and my love for Grande Skinny Hazelnut Lattes. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:55pm  

@analogkid: I think you're new here. Don't pay any attention to the OP. He is a conspiracy theory, far, far right wing nut. 
 
@notfromhere: Yeah, I've only been around for two years, but I don't scour every message here for sure.  Thanks for the head's up.
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Ebola Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 1:55pm  
They still won't see a red cent from me even if the story is false. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 3:08pm  
I don't go there nearly as much as I use too.  It's been a couple months since my last visit.  It use to be a weekly habit.  4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 5:36pm  
If you want to overpay for coffee, keep frequenting Starbucks.BTW, this is for all the smug folks who wrote "check your source, the story is false."  The story is partially true.  The Starbucks CEO didn't say it to customers.  He said it to a shareholder.The story was carried by Forbes.com.“In the first full quarter after this boycott was announced, our sales
and our earnings, shall we say politely, were a bit disappointing,” said
the shareholder, Tom Strobhar.Shultz replied "We employ over 200,000 people in this company, and we want to embrace diversity. Of all kinds.”
At that point the audience interrupted in cheers and applause. Then
Schultz concluded, “If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher
return than the 38% you got last year, it’s a free country. You can
sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank
you very much.”Like all liberals, when he says "support diversity" he means support diversity as long as it's the same as us.  Supporting diversity falls short of supporting people who are against changing marriage to include gay couples. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 5:54pm  

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>> Don't feel bad as Starsbuck does not want gun owners business. No problem I will spend elsewhere and let them go bankrupt.  @Donatella take note of this.
@CBP210:  I'll take Cuervo over Starbuck's.  I'll just get you drunk, drag you into a Starbucks, take your picture at the counter holding their coffee and chotchkeys, then I'll have that to wave at you each time you mock me and my love for Grande Skinny Hazelnut Lattes.
 
@donnatella:
 
What you would make me lose friends faster than a new york minute. All my gun carrying friends would disown me.
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 6:13pm  

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>> Don't feel bad as Starsbuck does not want gun owners business. No problem I will spend elsewhere and let them go bankrupt.  @Donatella take note of this.
@CBP210:  I'll take Cuervo over Starbuck's.  I'll just get you drunk, drag you into a Starbucks, take your picture at the counter holding their coffee and chotchkeys, then I'll have that to wave at you each time you mock me and my love for Grande Skinny Hazelnut Lattes.
 
@donnatella:
 
What you would make me lose friends faster than a new york minute. All my gun carrying friends would disown me.
 
@CBP210: Awww, you revealed your weakness. I can work with that and work it to my advantage. The sense of power is just overwhelming. Emoticon
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Sparkles Active Indicator LED Icon 2
~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 6:21pm  
At least too is used correctly. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 25, '15 6:39pm  
If you want to overpay for coffee, keep frequenting Starbucks.BTW, this is for all the smug folks who wrote "check your source, the story is false."  The story is partially true.  The Starbucks CEO didn't say it to customers.  He said it to a shareholder.The story was carried by Forbes.com.“In the first full quarter after this boycott was announced, our sales
and our earnings, shall we say politely, were a bit disappointing,” said
the shareholder, Tom Strobhar.Shultz replied "We employ over 200,000 people in this company, and we want to embrace diversity. Of all kinds.”
At that point the audience interrupted in cheers and applause. Then
Schultz concluded, “If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher
return than the 38% you got last year, it’s a free country. You can
sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank
you very much.”Like all liberals, when he says "support diversity" he means support diversity as long as it's the same as us.  Supporting diversity falls short of supporting people who are against changing marriage to include gay couples.
 
@fcabanski: All those smug folks are correct, the story is completely false.Neither the company nor the CEO released the quote that was claimed in the original post, not to customers, shareholders, or anyone else.  These BS quotes and false statements get everyone so riled up it's ridiculous. The CEO affirmed his company's commitment to diversity at a shareholders meeting as you correctly stated, and made the point that he is delivering above average returns while doing so.  There is no reasonable way to translate the original quote into what was stated at the shareholders meeting.  The original quote is false, and was distributed intentionally to cause controversy.
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