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NYC Starbucks on a busy street removed chairs and stools. People stood at table near windows. Then they removed tables. Now people stand with their device in

NYC Starbucks on a busy street removed chairs and stools. People stood at table near windows. Then they removed tables. Now people stand with their device in one hand and coffee in another. When did urban retailers forget that customers in glass windows attract more customers?

patrulo 3y ago
Noticed the same thing in SF, what's the reasoning here? I loved working at Starbucks and left good money there everyday.
- xenospn 3y ago
  Homeless people usually set up camp at a table and hang out for hours/all day.
  - walterbell 3y ago
    Strangely, other NYC coffee shops have tables, chairs, customers and zero encampments.
  - VelesDude 3y ago
    Or Steve Gibson... https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-195.htm https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-195.htm Steve Gibson: Well, man about Starbucks. Leo: Man about Starbucks. Yeah, that's a good... Steve: I don't really get out on the town. I'm pretty much at Starbucks. In fact, today I was only there for five hours this morning. As I was walking out at 10:00, Jackie, who opened the store at 5:00, and I helped unlock the front door because I'm always there at opening, she said, "You're leaving early." Leo: So wait a minute. Let me get this straight. You go there at 5:00 a.m.? Steve: Yeah, every morning I'm there at opening at 5:00 a.m. Leo: And that's breakfast for you. Steve: Well, it gets me up and going. And my new deal now I'm so excited about is I've got my Northgate OmniKey 102 keyboard that I have under my other arm. And I've been spending 10 to 11 hours a day there. Leo: What? Oh, so you're programming there instead of at home. Steve: Yeah, yeah. In fact..."
    - walterbell 3y ago
      2009. Today, someone could put him on a livestream and sell tickets online..
- jerlam 3y ago
  Starbucks initially made a lot more money getting people in and out of their stores quickly, with mobile ordering and drive-thrus, but gutted their position as the "third place" where people hung out, sipped coffee and talked to each other. https://www.tastingtable.com/1456219/starbucks-uncomfortable-seating-complaints/ https://www.tastingtable.com/1456219/starbucks-uncomfortable...

patrulo 3y ago

Noticed the same thing in SF, what's the reasoning here? I loved working at Starbucks and left good money there everyday.

xenospn 3y ago
Homeless people usually set up camp at a table and hang out for hours/all day.
- walterbell 3y ago
  Strangely, other NYC coffee shops have tables, chairs, customers and zero encampments.
- VelesDude 3y ago
  Or Steve Gibson... https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-195.htm https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-195.htm Steve Gibson: Well, man about Starbucks. Leo: Man about Starbucks. Yeah, that's a good... Steve: I don't really get out on the town. I'm pretty much at Starbucks. In fact, today I was only there for five hours this morning. As I was walking out at 10:00, Jackie, who opened the store at 5:00, and I helped unlock the front door because I'm always there at opening, she said, "You're leaving early." Leo: So wait a minute. Let me get this straight. You go there at 5:00 a.m.? Steve: Yeah, every morning I'm there at opening at 5:00 a.m. Leo: And that's breakfast for you. Steve: Well, it gets me up and going. And my new deal now I'm so excited about is I've got my Northgate OmniKey 102 keyboard that I have under my other arm. And I've been spending 10 to 11 hours a day there. Leo: What? Oh, so you're programming there instead of at home. Steve: Yeah, yeah. In fact..."
  - walterbell 3y ago
    2009. Today, someone could put him on a livestream and sell tickets online..
jerlam 3y ago
Starbucks initially made a lot more money getting people in and out of their stores quickly, with mobile ordering and drive-thrus, but gutted their position as the "third place" where people hung out, sipped coffee and talked to each other. https://www.tastingtable.com/1456219/starbucks-uncomfortable-seating-complaints/ https://www.tastingtable.com/1456219/starbucks-uncomfortable...