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| Starbucks: Employee Who Wrote ‘PIG’ on Police Officer’s Cup Is ‘No Longer a Partner’ |
| 2019-12-01 |
| [BREITBART] An Oklahoma police chief says an officer bought Starbucks for 911 dispatchers working on Thanksgiving only to find that the word "PIG" was printed on the cups’ labels. The officer notified Kiefer Police Chief Johnny O’Mara, who called the store and spoke to a manager. O’Mara says they offered to reprint the computer-generated labels, but he took to social media and posted the photo. It has since gone viral. The officer told KTUL-TV that the employee reached out to him personally and apologized, saying it was a joke. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... in a Friday statement, Starbucks said the worker who wrote the offending word on the cup "used poor judgment and is no longer a partner’’ after the violation of company policy. "This language is offensive to all law enforcement and is not representative of the deep appreciation we have for coppers who work tirelessly to keep our communities safe," the statement said. In a separate joint statement, Starbucks and the Kiefer Police Department stated they are committed to using the incident as an opportunity to promote greater civility. Starbucks officials said they will be meeting with Kiefer police officials to discuss ways to work together, including a jointly hosted event that will allow local law enforcement to meet with baristas and community members "to discuss the critical role dispatchers and police offers play in keeping our communities safe." Last year, Starbucks closed stores and had employees undergo anti-bias training after the arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia location. The coffee chain’s executives met with Arizona officers earlier this year after six officers were asked to leave a store because a customer felt unsafe. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Aren't we routinely told that "freedom of speech" doesn't apply to private bidness? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-12-01 07:39 |
| #9 Starbucks: Employee Who Wrote ‘PIG’ on Police Officer’s Cup Is ‘No Longer a Partner’ yeah, now a VP at SPLC. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-12-01 07:08 |
| #8 ^It's, according to Google, "thank you" in Hindi. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-01 02:01 |
| #7 ^ Is that another Starbucks sugary concoction? With cardamom 'n' aça� |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-01 01:59 |
| #6 DHanyavaaD |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-01 01:57 |
| #5 Yowza ! Early contender for Snark o' the day ? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-01 01:55 |
| #4 I have nothing against Starbucks - I just wish they'd stop claiming that they serve coffee. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-01 01:51 |
| #3 How about everybody who leans nationalist across the country boycott Starbucks completely in solidarity with the police. It would surely set some public precedent; take public matters out of black robed manicured hands and where they should be settled. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-01 01:43 |
| #2 Last year, Starbucks closed stores and had employees undergo anti-bias training Time for another anti-bias training session -- with a different bias victim. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-01 01:37 |
| #1 the employee reached out to him personally and apologized, saying it was a joke. The ex-employee is going to find, IMO, that cops also have a sense of humor. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-01 01:35 |