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Originally posted by mod29:
How hard is it to say the manager was right?
If you're not buying something, move along.
That sounds perfectly reasonable to most people, I would bet.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
This will only get worse for them. Good luck.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I'm gonna stand by the counter and rev my leaf blower every time someone tries to order.

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Originally posted by sourdough44:
Yeah, for some reason, the number of newer Dunkin Donuts store seem to be popping up all over, ...

I don’t think it’s necessarily for donuts either, ...

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Starbucks bathrooms may be open to all, but good luck finding a free stall


When you’ve gotta go, don’t go to Starbucks.

Seven months after the coffee kingdom declared its toilets open to all — no purchase necessary! — visitors who hear nature’s call are finding it isn’t always easy to lighten their loads.

Finding a usable Starbucks toilet in the Big Apple might actually have gotten harder since last spring’s announcement — and not just for non-customers.

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson declared the open-toilets policy after two black men were infamously arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks. They asked to use the toilet and were told it was for customers only. When they sat to wait for a friend, they were handcuffed and charged with “trespassing.”

But a Post survey found some supposedly liberated loos in different Manhattan neighborhoods closed to everyone.

It’s bad news given that a 16-ounce “grande” drip coffee can contain a bladder-bursting 320 milligrams of caffeine.

A half-dozen toilets were locked or barricaded for no clear reason. Others were closed for prolonged “cleaning,” which an insider said was needed after extreme soiling caused by drug-using, incontinent vagrants.

“Letting everybody in has resulted in nobody getting in,” an employee at one branch fumed.

“Rest Room closed,” declared signs at 399 Seventh Ave. (entrance on West 32nd Street) and at a branch at Pearl Street and Maiden Lane. At 252 W. 31st St., the road to relief was blocked by garbage cans. Furniture and boxes formed a barrier at 61 W. 56th St.

A rope and traffic cones barred the way at 38 Park Row. When a desperate visitor asked if the loo would reopen any time soon, a barista directed him to a Dunkin’ Donuts nearby.

After The Post asked for explanations from Starbucks’ Seattle headquarters, corporate spokesman Reggie Borges said that all the shuttered rest rooms had reopened.

But signs posted on about one-third of Manhattan’s Starbucks toilet doors pee on the new policy — they still say, “for customer use only.”

Most Starbucks toilet doors also sport numerical punch-code panels. Although some post the magic number, many don’t.

Borges said, “Yes, some stores are still in the process of removing the signs.” He said it wasn’t “as simple as using a screwdriver. Our stores have to work with landlords to make sure they’re appropriately removed.”

Then he switched gears and said, “As soon as someone enters our door they are considered a customer whether they buy anything or not.”

As for the punch codes, “They don’t mean that you’re not allowed to use the rest room.” But, “We are reconsidering them and might do away with the punch cards. If a barista won’t give you the code, you should call it to a manager’s attention,” Borges said.

The new open-toilets rule pushed by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz was supposed to help the chain repair the damage to its socially conscious reputation — which includes “community outreach” and a “fair trade” policy with its Third World suppliers.

Starbucks toilets can be an adventure even when they’re open. At Broadway and 47th Street on Thursday, the separate men’s and women’s rooms were suddenly plunged into darkness, sending panicked customers fleeing to the bright lights of Times Square.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
I hardly never go into Starbucks. My local city downtown has 3 coffee shops. When I first started buying coffee in them the price for a regular coffee was $1.25..then $1.75...escalating to $2.00...well...my stops got more infrequent...then ,my last stop earlier this year..$2.50...under Starbucks, but over Sunsets.

I enjoyed the the 3 shops, they weren't infested with hipsters, decent food, but it's hard for me to wrap my head around a $2.50 cup of coffee.
I understand worldwide coffee prices went up this year, but am I paying for atmosphere or a shortage of coffee?
Maybe instead of their new visitors policy, Starbucks should start giving away coffee..

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
Wait until the homeless come in and use the bathrooms for hours to do laundry and take baths.

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Originally posted by signewt:
is this the CEO who is making noises about running for President in 2020 so he can straighten everything in the country out???

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A half-dozen toilets were locked or barricaded for no clear reason. Others were closed for prolonged “cleaning,” which an insider said was needed after extreme soiling caused by drug-using, incontinent vagrants.

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Originally posted by rockchalk06:
Did I mention my BRC was delivered to my porch and I had to deal with 0 millennials to get it there.

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Originally posted by reloader-1:

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Originally posted by rockchalk06:
Did I mention my BRC was delivered to my porch and I had to deal with 0 millennials to get it there.

Seeing as millennials range in age from 18-38, there’s a more than good chance that multiple millennials roasted your beans, packed the bags, made the shipping boxes, handled the shipping, drove the delivery truck...

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“Letting everybody in has resulted in nobody getting in,” an employee at one branch fumed.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:

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“Letting everybody in has resulted in nobody getting in,” an employee at one branch fumed.

A sentiment that applies to many liberal/progressive agenda items.