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https://twitter.com/pondlifetwit/status/1589313081410457600?s=46&t=5SFIQhL3_hWgGfMHbavWiQ I think this is being misreported, but only because something similar happened with a Starbucks near my house. a new Starbucks was going to be built in town at the corner of an intersection. as part of the plan they submitted to the city, they had to show that the drive thru would clear cars at a certain rate and take steps to prevent the cars in the drive thru from spilling into traffic. they failed completely at implementing every part of that plan. during morning rush hour there were more customers than expected, orders took longer to process which meant cars stacked up deeper and not only did the drive thru line spill out onto the road, the design of it meant that it could gridlock the intersection and cars could become “stuck”in the exit for some time. it was a spectacular failure. Starbucks excuse was that they would move cars through faster. I’m guessing this city in Connecticut heard the same thing and took it at face value. the Starbucks I’m thinking of eventually just closed their drive thru. https://www.twincities.com/2022/02/07/starbucks-demolish-snarshall-drive-thru-at-snelling-and-marshall-add-new-pedestrian-patio/
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what the hell is it about Starbucks that breaks peoples brains so badly
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hobbesmaster posted:https://twitter.com/pondlifetwit/status/1589313081410457600?s=46&t=5SFIQhL3_hWgGfMHbavWiQ starbucks is absolutely notorious for this poo poo. they purchase the tiniest lots possible on main roads and then build cramped, low-capacity drive thrus that completely gently caress up the traffic. they also try to go small business tyrant on the road they've hijacked - my home town's starbucks put up signs basically implying that it was illegal to stand on the sidewalk next to their business despite obviously having no legal legs to stand on lol
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Nov 7, 2022 01:06
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the richest country in the world can't just give people food. loving garbage rear end country.
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just loving make all school meals free. bing bong so simple. oh boo hoo we have to buy another loving jet that will only serve the purpose of letting dumb assholes jerk themselves off.
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enumerated power to let the children gently caress themselves
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If you're looking to create maximum atomization you have to start early by showing clearly and materially that nobody cares and nobody will help you.
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Professor Shark posted:what the hell is it about Starbucks that breaks peoples brains so badly pnw applebees
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ArmZ posted:just loving make all school meals free. bing bong so simple. oh boo hoo we have to buy another loving jet that will only serve the purpose of letting dumb assholes jerk themselves off. trump made school lunches free, then biden rescinded that
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ArmZ posted:the richest country in the world can't just give people food. loving garbage rear end country. Not people; children.
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Spending more money to gently caress over poors is more gdp than spending less money to help poors
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can’t fit my f350 king ranch tiny dick edition in the drive thru line and screaming at the city council about it!!
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Children don't have any money or property and aren't old enough to vote. Ya gotta pay to play. Capitalism ain't charity, junior 
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Ham Equity posted:Not people; children. children aren't soylent green?
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ArmZ posted:children aren't soylent green? Soylent saplings
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https://twitter.com/ClayCooper81/status/1589296612807176193?t=xMmt90C-XS-Vw283l8hcWA&s=19 This is the problem with Libertarians in general, their brain just terminates at "well its the parents responsibility, not mine". Never a systemic issue, merely an individual one. But as people in the replies kept repeating, blame whoever you want but the kid is still hungry. The other refrain I'll see is "the free lunches were gross and nobody was eating them" but the solution to that is never "make them better". And you know, even if you DID pull that off then they would just attack it for being an exorbitant excess-"can you believe these deadbeat kids are getting STEAK AND LOBSTER every day on taxpayer dime?" so there's no winning.
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Professor Shark posted:what the hell is it about Starbucks that breaks peoples brains so badly You should see the Chik Fil A near my office. They have cars coming into the drive through from 3 directions, and it backs up, even with two lanes. Unlike Starbucks, however, they have pimple faced teenagers out there directing traffic so, blocked or not, the road gets cleared relatively quickly.
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Professor Shark posted:what the hell is it about Starbucks that breaks peoples brains so badly 400-800 calories of caffiene & sugar directly to your dome every morning
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Mushika posted:Never mind. I'm not even going to get into this. Ok
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Mushika posted:Never mind. I'm not even going to get into this. fast edit, nice its dutch bros causing chaos here in OR btw
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starbucks is disgusting. coffee and the sugar drinks. I don't mind their espresso so I get americanos, the cold brew is OK too it's truly garbage tier stuff I cannot understand the global obsession, usually there's some truth to the big brands doing something but it's just repuslive I'm not a diabetic tho and sugar is addictive. they are pushing the sugar stuff hard and people want like "3 pumps of caramel flavor" in their mocciatoo they also got rid of the chorizo, their only palatable food (the spice hids the fact that its sub gas station reheated breakfast burrito level)
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You go to mcdonalds/starbux etc in other countries so that you can pretend you are american for the five minutes you spend eating/drinking that garbage
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mcdonald's is very low quality but when I eat it I kinda get it. there's an idea of a food in there, and they max out the salty/fatty/sweet/sour tongue receptors - its a nice dopamine hit
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wish I could pay to have deadbeat kids get steak and lobster every day 
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Starbucks is just another example of the local, better shops getting out-competed by massive corporations except the local places are almost always better and cheaper Starbucks always has a drive through in a convenient* location on the way to work though *lol
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Starbucks has a somewhat generous benefit package if you work there. Yeah the product is overhyped trash but the employees make out decently. Source: my ex-wife who worked there while we were married and still works there now
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i 100% support any unionized starbucks location none around where i live and the one in question isn't unionized tho
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Antonymous posted:starbucks is disgusting. coffee and the sugar drinks. I don't mind their espresso so I get americanos, the cold brew is OK too So it's disgusting, but you frequently consume at least 2 of their signature products? Ok. FWIW McDonald's coffee is 100x better than Starbucks in my country at least. Still pretty bad tho
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I was at burger king like a month ago and they held me at the first window for like 20 minutes because, according to the guy, "they time how long it takes between you paying at this window and getting your food at the second window, and we're in a contest with the other fast food places to see who can be fastest" so basically they were pre-cooking everyone in line's food so they could record everyone's time as like, zero seconds lmao. I didn't really care, I had nothing else to do that day, but boy the guy behind me in line sure did honk a lot.
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I told him it was incredibly dumb and he got defensive and I was like "you don't gotta defend it, you're not the one that put the dumb timer there" and he chilled out after that and we just kinda hung out for a bit  Apparently I was one of the few people who didn't just yell at him a bunch.
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Vile_Nihlist666 posted:You should see the Chik Fil A near my office. They have cars coming into the drive through from 3 directions, and it backs up, even with two lanes. Unlike Starbucks, however, they have pimple faced teenagers out there directing traffic so, blocked or not, the road gets cleared relatively quickly. The one near me that’s always 50 cars deep has pimple faced teenagers taking orders on iPads In in the parking lot. Chick Fil A may be run by some zealous nutsos but they have their poo poo together from a business perspective
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Panfilo posted:The other refrain I'll see is "the free lunches were gross and nobody was eating them" but the solution to that is never "make them better". And you know, even if you DID pull that off then they would just attack it for being an exorbitant excess-"can you believe these deadbeat kids are getting STEAK AND LOBSTER every day on taxpayer dime?" so there's no winning. What's that food stamp program the US has that specifies in exacting detail what you can and cannot get, such that foods which are discounted or just always relatively cheap are not allowed if they're perceived to be fancy or luxurious? As always, the suffering is the point
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The Nastier Nate posted:The one near me that’s always 50 cars deep has pimple faced teenagers taking orders on iPads In in the parking lot. Chick Fil A may be run by some zealous nutsos but they have their poo poo together from a business perspective They're teenagers working over oil fryers all day, I don't think you need to specify "pimple-faced"
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Shame Boy posted:I was at burger king like a month ago and they held me at the first window for like 20 minutes because, according to the guy, "they time how long it takes between you paying at this window and getting your food at the second window, and we're in a contest with the other fast food places to see who can be fastest" so basically they were pre-cooking everyone in line's food so they could record everyone's time as like, zero seconds lmao. This is just hilarious, is there a single KPI in the history of Earth that hasn't been immediately gamed to hell and i do mean Earth, not humanity, don't think I don't see y'all birds over there with your bigass rear end feathers pretending like they mean something vis-a-vis whether you should get some gently caress
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Renaissance Robot posted:What's that food stamp program the US has that specifies in exacting detail what you can and cannot get, such that foods which are discounted or just always relatively cheap are not allowed if they're perceived to be fancy or luxurious? wic
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Really the worst victim of that program is me, the person who has to write the software that implements the arbitrary stupid rules
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