All right, no one freak out. Just breathe in and out through your nose because I'm about to lay some FRIGHTENING shit on you. Fox reports:
Coffee giant Starbucks announced this month that it would close most of its 7,000 U.S. stores for three hours on the evening of Feb. 26. The decision to close the stores was made so that the 135,000 managers and other employees can be re-trained.
Three hours?! Are they insane? I saw a woman in line at a Starbucks once scream at a man and call him a "fucking imbecile" because he took about one minute too long to decide what he wanted. Also, why the hell do they need to retrain the employees? What was going on before this? Were the employees just dumping water and coffee beans in to a cup and then handing it out? It's fucking coffee, not brain surgery or celebrity blogging.
As soon as word got out about this story, pretty much all of Los Angeles went ape shit. Women and men were getting into their BMWs and driving straight into oncoming traffic. Gun fire was heard everywhere, babies screaming. And still, the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf was empty. I got an aerial picture of Malibu, it's not going well over there:
VERY FUNNY! I love the scene from Apocolypse now. Hey, did you know that in one Appalachian state an invitation to coffee is sexual harassment? I shit you not! If you dont believe me email me at buttholiusmaximus@hotmail.com and I will send you the proof! Otherwise, yes, I can imagine California going ape shit over no coffee. And what the hell DO they need to be retrained for and why can they do it while they keep working?
I'm not a buisness man but something tells me shuting down 7000 stores for three hours each (= 21000 buisness hours lost) is not a good financial move?
Uhm I'm not sure if Starbucks upper management is aware but you can actually train AND keep your store open. No, not by using monkeys as substitutes but perhaps that would be worth looking into for the managment?
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February 25th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
i forgot how much LA looks like vietnam until i saw this picture. i used to play baseball on that street corner where that women is on fire
February 25th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
HAHAHAHAHA!!! It's funny cause it's true...
February 26th, 2008 at 07:41 am
VERY FUNNY! I love the scene from Apocolypse now. Hey, did you know that in one Appalachian state an invitation to coffee is sexual harassment? I shit you not! If you dont believe me email me at buttholiusmaximus@hotmail.com and I will send you the proof! Otherwise, yes, I can imagine California going ape shit over no coffee. And what the hell DO they need to be retrained for and why can they do it while they keep working?
February 26th, 2008 at 04:04 pm
good question on why they cant stay open during training. Think it could be the free advertising on the 3 hour closing anouncement?
February 26th, 2008 at 06:05 pm
I'm not a buisness man but something tells me shuting down 7000 stores for three hours each (= 21000 buisness hours lost) is not a good financial move?
Uhm I'm not sure if Starbucks upper management is aware but you can actually train AND keep your store open. No, not by using monkeys as substitutes but perhaps that would be worth looking into for the managment?
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