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Noticed the same thing in SF, what's the reasoning here? I loved working at Starbucks and left good money there everyday.
by patrulo 2y ago
Noticed the same thing in SF, what's the reasoning here? I loved working at Starbucks and left good money there everyday.
- xenospn 2y agoHomeless people usually set up camp at a table and hang out for hours/all day.
- walterbell 2y agoStrangely, other NYC coffee shops have tables, chairs, customers and zero encampments.
- VelesDude 2y agoOr 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 2y ago2009. Today, someone could put him on a livestream and sell tickets online..
- jerlam 2y agoStarbucks 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...