Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is reevaluating the coffee giant’s liberal “open bathroom” policy due to heightened concerns for customer safety in their coffee shops.
“There is an issue of, just, safety in our stores, in terms of people coming in who use our stores as a public bathroom,” Schultz said on Thursday at a New York Times DealBook event.
One of his primary concerns is the “mental health” problem plaguing the nation and causing issues for his employees.
“We have to provide a safe environment for our people and our customers. The mental health crisis in the country is severe, acute and getting worse,” the 69-year-old chief executive said.
Although he did not tie the crisis to any specific cause, Starbucks may be experiencing the effects of the draconian pandemic lockdowns that numerous reports have shown took a drastic toll on the psyche of the American people.
Pandemic has led to ‘national mental health crisis,’ American Psychological Association survey finds https://t.co/OuBz7u9Rri
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) October 22, 2020
Schultz indicated that he might be on the verge of flip-flopping on the open bathroom door policy that has been in place since 2018 that allows anyone, regardless of whether they make a purchase, to use the restroom in a Starbucks store.
“We have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people,” Schultz noted. “I don’t know if we can keep our bathrooms open.”
The policy was originally issued in response to an incident in a Philadephia location after two non-paying patrons were arrested after they refused to leave the store despite requests to do so. The two black men claimed racial discrimination.
Despite there being no evidence to support their assertions, Starbucks panicked and halted operations at its some 8,000 United States-based stores to provide employees emergency “racial-bias” training.
Since then, the official policy of the coffee chain has proudly proclaimed that “any customer is welcome to use Starbucks spaces, including our restrooms, cafes and patios, regardless of whether they make a purchase.”
The change of heart was no surprise to many people on social media who predicted the demise of the politically pandering policy from the beginning.
Shocker
— Ramon Santa Cruz (@305santacruz) June 10, 2022
Of course. Liberals always seem to push their bizarre woke policies without thinking it thoroughly through.
— UnBamboozled Black American✝️🇺🇲🇳🇬 (@UnBamboozledMC) June 10, 2022
No sh*t Sherlock
— IvoLeiden (@LeidenIvo) June 10, 2022
does this surprise anyone
— atrueamerican (@atrueamerican6) June 10, 2022
Virtue signaling gone awry, seems they’re not smarter than everyone else
— Zark Muckerberg (@ZarkMuc33870130) June 10, 2022
They figured out having bums hang out in ur restaurant isnt good?
— Trader Donald (@trader_donald) June 10, 2022
LOVE when reality bites progressives on the ass.
— Jtwon (@Jtwon_logic) June 10, 2022
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Ashley Hill is a California native that loves God, guns and liberty. She holds a B.A. in History and Spanish and a Master's in Public Administration.
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