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Originally Posted by Marsh.
A waste of police time I call it.
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Agreed. I think police have much better things to do than deal with Starbucks ****ty policies.
They need to make clear if they're going to as a rest stop or not. But they won't, because as soon they announce this, they will have to cater to every abusive use of this no purchase necessary rule... it's not a good business model, but they want to encourage as many people as possible to stop by and maybe buy something... so they keep it in the grey
If they say, well we're restricting use of our coffee shops to people who only buy our overpriced coffee... then that's going to put more of negative focus on the more capitalistic traits of the brand. .. People who follow brands think they're member of a tribe... they'd like to think they are patronizing a company that is that is socially conscience... otherwise it's
just another capitalistic chain store... nothing special there
And tbf, I do like Starbucks though I rarely patronize there since I started making my own lattes. They're in it to make money though... but yeah, I've used their shops without buying anything... but this was a mall. I think stand-alone stores though, I feel compelled to buy to use up their table space, so I buy... if I didn't and someone asked me to buy something, I would. They are in the trenches just as much as I am when it comes to dealing with clients and forcing difficult policies...