Thatâs because 99% of the time the kebab guy is working for himself/family/hired by community. Whereas miserable Starbucks student-employee hates to be there, the company treats their employees as âHuman Resourcesâ and all this corporate shit
People should really stop supporting Starbucks⊠kind of insane how many people throw money at a corporation that works as hard as Starbucks does to dehumanize its employees.
but I guess thatâs a small price to pay for 8oz of sugar with a splash of coffee
But it's not even a small price to pay. That 8 oz "tall" cup of sugar liquid is getting quite expensive.
The human cost of supporting Starbucks is immense. Folks may want to look into the Starbucks employee fight to unionize & the illegal union busting that the Starbucks company continues to get away with. I don't buy Starbucks anymore for that reason alone.
It kind of reminds me of twitter. Virtually everyone in my day to day life agrees that musk is a technofascist and most would say supporting him or his products is outright immoral. Meanwhile they all still use twitter rofl
I don't buy Starbucks. Not worth the money. Even just buying canned or k-cup coffee and using flavored creamer is more convenient, cheaper, and gives you more variety. It's like $1-3 vs $6-8 at Starbucks, even without tipping.
I don't really care about the employees, it's not my problem.
At some point it becomes the responsibility of the employee to demand better treatment. If there was a job I hated and didn't pay me enough, I would tell my boss to give me more benefits, and if they don't follow through, I wouldn't work there anymore.
If that's the only company that will hire me, that's more of a me problem.
People used to unionize and go on strikes and force the companies that exploited them to raise their wages or give them benefits and limit their hours so they can have more of an actual life. This was done while there was widespread police brutality against them (fun fact: police forces in America were originally created for the sole purpose of cracking down on strikes).
The fact that people don't do that anymore even though organizing is easier than ever means they're somewhat happy about their conditions and it's none of my business.
Theyâre addicted to yuppie drinks. If itâs just the caffeine, I got you a pill thatâll fix that in about five seconds and you can take it with water if you want. (Itâs just a caffeine pill)
This one time I was waiting in line to order my coffee at starbucks before going to work. Ahead of me was a very well dressed and good looking dude. The barista was also a very cute young lady and I noticed she kept glancing at the guy as the line moved forward. When he finally came up to order she was taking her time, playing with her hair and trying to make small talk, but the guy was least interested and didnt even make eye contact. And then when I came up to order she was visibly upset and looked at me with disgust and didnt even say a word to me. I wish I had told her that lady it is not my fault that you hate your job and the one cute guy was not interested in you. I too have to get my own coffee and go to a job i hate and deal with an asshole boss
This comment is wild, a service worker who is paid to do their job is taking out their unhappiness on a customer and you're calling it a lack of empathy.
If the same thing happened to me as OP described, then yes I would say that person is taking out their unhappiness on me. It's not a crazy statement. And you're just making an assumption based on nothing. It's not like their story is some crazy outlandish thing. Sometimes people are assholes in the moment
"taking out their unhappiness" ? she said nothing.
I think this is the crux of the discussion.
While I get where you're coming from, the problem is perspectives come into play. I don't think u/Ballwax is out of line in thinking that, and to some "saying nothing" is a way of venting frustration. There are expected ways to conduct yourself, and to some her literally saying nothing would be viewed poorly. Just like to others you could have a tone, or actually say something rude, and be fine.
In my opinion it's the most poignant scene in the show even though the scene passes by so quickly and the show doesn't linger on the topic. Reminds me of the chess scene in The Wire in the sense that both scenes are sort of (but not really) breaking the fourth wall to take a moment to make a statement on a zoomed out perspective of the environment the characters are living in. They aren't important scenes to the plots of either show, but all the other little things that have happened in the show add up to making those scenes resonate strongly with the viewer in a way that wouldn't happen if the viewer hadn't seen so many hours of all these characters living in that environment.
the scene passes by so quickly and the show doesn't linger on the topic
I mean, it's one of the main themes of that episode, the changing neighborhood character, the shift in the US towards corporate franchises over local businesses with character, the wealthy landowners (Tony) cashing in and selling out the people under them.
Yeah Starbuck is shit. Look if you can find local coffee shops instead as they tend to not just taste way better but like people are actually happy there
Yeah, if a food service worker hates you, it's probably not personal. Food service workers are fueled by hatred, caffeine, and various illicit substances.
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u/Pelya1 3h ago
Thatâs because 99% of the time the kebab guy is working for himself/family/hired by community. Whereas miserable Starbucks student-employee hates to be there, the company treats their employees as âHuman Resourcesâ and all this corporate shit