That venti double frap should give you enough energy to stand
Shiny_Deleter on
A lot of them went that way during lockdowns. They suck extra now.
CoralinesButtonEye on
get your sugar sludge and GET OUT
V-Tac on
r/aboringdystopia
PeteGiovanni on
go in, get your coffee, and fuck off
ramriot on
What a perfect opportunity to bring your own folding chair & enjoy your Quinta Vente Latte in comfort.
Gallium-Spritz on
Starbucks has gotten completely useless over the years.
TheVendingMachineWas on
They did that at a Tim Hortons near me.
It is in the worst area of the city – too many overdoses, more than one death in the washroom, fights, needles, etc etc. not safe for anyone to keep the dining room open. It’s now just a walk in or drive through.
ETA: It’s in Windsor, Ontario, but I can see why everyone would say Vancouver!
0biwanCannoli on
No loitering!
ScipioAfricanvs on
You know you’re in the hood when…
UsualFrogFriendship on
Best of luck to their enterprise with this strategy.
If you think this sucks, as much or more than their drinks, there are many wonderful regional and local coffee shops and cafes that would appreciate your business much more than institutional shareholders do.
Guatc on
Interior designer: what sort of style were you wanting to go for here Starbucks?
Starbucks: gtfo.
Interior designer: we got you.
-Control-Alt-Defeat- on
I’m assuming this example is not in Canada. Here we have a legal protected right to use the washroom or get a free drink of water from any business.
Edit: just to clarify, to the best of my knowledge, the water law applies to places that serve alcohol. And the washroom law applies to restaurants.
shotumbo on
Where is this?
gabacus_39 on
I would assume that this is in some shitty part of some city where they don’t need the headache of meth heads and needle users.
Affectionate-File639 on
It isn’t a Starbucks thing, as it is the location the Starbucks is in, forcing them to adapt to subpar conditions of its surroundings.
Don’t need a public restroom when you only do takeaway, right?
madproof on
The location in my (nice) neighborhood has been like this for 15+ years. It’s next door to a high school and the kids would spend time at Starbucks instead of class, so they removed their ability to chill.
ModsOverLord on
Take the hint
jocall56 on
Howard Shultz’s “Third Place” alive and well!
/s
ScooterMcNash on
This is their thing now. I used to buy a coffee and a sandwich and study for an hour or so and leave and since the pandy they have aggressively changed restaurants to push mobile orders and close randomly for drive thru only with the inside closed.
2tightspeedos on
And I wonder why people aren’t going to Starbucks anymore.
mrsocal12 on
And no customers, Yea!
Armtoe on
They’ve done this in all the Starbucks near me in Brooklyn. Once upon a time they tried to kick out the homeless who would take up space and generally fuck up the shop, but the usual crowd got itself bent out of shape and up in arms saying that Starbucks was discriminating. So now nobody can have a seat in their stores, regardless of whether you pay or not.
an_older_meme on
Their original business model was to be a cool hangout space for cool people who don’t think twice paying five dollars for a cup of coffee.
That was then.
I don’t know what exactly changed in the past forty years but holy fuck the homeless people now. If there’s a place where they can sit or lay down they’ll be there in numbers.
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That venti double frap should give you enough energy to stand
A lot of them went that way during lockdowns. They suck extra now.
get your sugar sludge and GET OUT
r/aboringdystopia
go in, get your coffee, and fuck off
What a perfect opportunity to bring your own folding chair & enjoy your Quinta Vente Latte in comfort.
Starbucks has gotten completely useless over the years.
They did that at a Tim Hortons near me.
It is in the worst area of the city – too many overdoses, more than one death in the washroom, fights, needles, etc etc. not safe for anyone to keep the dining room open. It’s now just a walk in or drive through.
ETA: It’s in Windsor, Ontario, but I can see why everyone would say Vancouver!
No loitering!
You know you’re in the hood when…
Best of luck to their enterprise with this strategy.
If you think this sucks, as much or more than their drinks, there are many wonderful regional and local coffee shops and cafes that would appreciate your business much more than institutional shareholders do.
Interior designer: what sort of style were you wanting to go for here Starbucks?
Starbucks: gtfo.
Interior designer: we got you.
I’m assuming this example is not in Canada. Here we have a legal protected right to use the washroom or get a free drink of water from any business.
Edit: just to clarify, to the best of my knowledge, the water law applies to places that serve alcohol. And the washroom law applies to restaurants.
Where is this?
I would assume that this is in some shitty part of some city where they don’t need the headache of meth heads and needle users.
It isn’t a Starbucks thing, as it is the location the Starbucks is in, forcing them to adapt to subpar conditions of its surroundings.
“All this space, because fuck you that’s why!”
[Contrast to the one that just opened a few miles from me three weeks ago.](https://i.imgur.com/4koCtoh.jpeg)
Don’t need a public restroom when you only do takeaway, right?
The location in my (nice) neighborhood has been like this for 15+ years. It’s next door to a high school and the kids would spend time at Starbucks instead of class, so they removed their ability to chill.
Take the hint
Howard Shultz’s “Third Place” alive and well!
/s
This is their thing now. I used to buy a coffee and a sandwich and study for an hour or so and leave and since the pandy they have aggressively changed restaurants to push mobile orders and close randomly for drive thru only with the inside closed.
And I wonder why people aren’t going to Starbucks anymore.
And no customers, Yea!
They’ve done this in all the Starbucks near me in Brooklyn. Once upon a time they tried to kick out the homeless who would take up space and generally fuck up the shop, but the usual crowd got itself bent out of shape and up in arms saying that Starbucks was discriminating. So now nobody can have a seat in their stores, regardless of whether you pay or not.
Their original business model was to be a cool hangout space for cool people who don’t think twice paying five dollars for a cup of coffee.
That was then.
I don’t know what exactly changed in the past forty years but holy fuck the homeless people now. If there’s a place where they can sit or lay down they’ll be there in numbers.