It all makes sense now, why the headquarters is close to Boeing Field. Remember, patronize your local coffee shop, no matter how cheap this shit gets. I live in Seattle, btw.

Consultancy firms know where their bread is buttered. In cases like this one, they're not much more than professional yes-men in suits.

Yeah fuck Seattle. All they ever did was revolutionize the entire coffee industry 2 separate times, and foster talent for generations of musicians. I guess they're also great at culinary experiences, art and culture, and maritime history. Oh and tech. They kind of dominated the tech industry for 40 years. But nothing else! Fuck that place! All hail Newport Beach!

Unfortunately a significant proportion of the population idolizes these parasites because they think they too could be billionaires if they just lick those boots hard enough.

As long as we keep pretending conservatism is a valid political ideology, things will only get worse

This comment, in reference to anything but parasitic sociopaths who exploit others for their own benefit, would be very troubling.

But because this is targeted at a billionaire asswipe, I have to say I agree wholeheartedly.

Unfortunately, people don't usually tolerate my brand of intolerance towards people actively making the world shittier.

A quick drop and a sudden stop pretty effectively neutralizes any future plans billionaires can make.

Remember they only have to maximise profits because of the exorbitant salaries they demanded.

The profits were already there before they took them, and now they want the customers to increase their profits so they can hand that to their shareholders

I'd say in general sure, but I've known some CEOs of small companies who really do care. They just never make it to massive companies, probably because they aren't willing to do the horrible shit needed to "take it to the next level."

I think cancer is a better analogy.

Like cancer cells, billionaires are part of the system that just keeps on trying to grow and hoard all the resources, hurting and damaging the organism

I started boycotting Starbucks when I learned they had partnered with Nestle for store-bought products - their Sumatra and Komodo Dragon coffees were pretty good.

I send an email every year or so to let them know, since boycotts aren’t effective if the group being boycotted doesn’t know why, with predictably apathetic responses.

Anyway, if you’re a no-Nestle person then Starbucks is on the list…

His "value" is he can schmooze and stroke egos

This is really about class and a small club of inside people who are wealthy and have a lot of shit cornered.

Honestly it shows a lack of commitment. By refusing to relocate it shows he’s not planning on staying.

Come in, axe some heads, “streamline” and “cost cut” whilst gutting indispensable roles that have invisible contribution. Stock gets attention, lines goes up, he gets his bonus payout; it’s a classic CEO shuffle pump and dump.

Or maybe he’s their agreed scapegoat for their increasing union busting. Either way, he clearly has no plans to stay with the company long term.

We need sky orcas to deal with the sky yachts.

I'm thinking armored California Condors? Maybe highly trained pods of Bald Eagles, with cybernetic enhancements.

Fuckin' hope so.

Starbucks is a publicly traded company owned by its shareholders. But still, fuck Nestle. Also fuck Starbucks for being union-busting asshats.

I saw a news article about this pop up on my feed earlier - which had more info. He's not actually commuting every day. Just 3 days a week. They're also building an office for him in Newport for him to work out of.

Fuck this guy.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/20/starbucks-new-ceo-brian-niccol-will-supercommute-to-seattle-instead-of-relocating.html

I remember when Maccas stopped using straws in France.

They just printed on the cup - "We've stopped using plastic straws. To drink, remove lid. You're not an infant"

Don't suppose that'd work in a country of insufferable crybabies though lol

They work fine, what you encountered was a cheapo shitty paper straw.

proper ones are quite thick, more like a cardboard tube, and will start to go sliiiiightly soft when your drink is finished anyways.