{"id":1517512,"date":"2022-06-15T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517512"},"modified":"2022-06-15T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T19:19:13","slug":"starbucks-made-a-big-show-over-their-inclusive-bathroom-policy-now-theyre-regretting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starbucks-made-a-big-show-over-their-inclusive-bathroom-policy-now-theyre-regretting-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Made A Big Show Over Their \u2018Inclusive\u2019 Bathroom Policy. Now They\u2019re Regretting It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstarbucks-made-a-big-show-over-their-inclusive-bathroom-policy-now-theyre-regretting-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Starbucks is reportedly planning on scrapping their bathroom policy that allowed access to non-customers due to \u201csafety\u201d concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Howard Schultz said Thursday while speaking at The Time\u2019s DealBook D.C. policy forum that the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/23\/man-robs-starbucks-police-station-shootout-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">company<\/a> may rescind it\u2019s open bathroom policy because of a growing mental health problem, The New York Times (NYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/09\/business\/dealbook\/howard-schultz-starbucks-bathroom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Schultz reportedly said it was an \u201cissue of just safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people,\u201d Schultz reportedly said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if we can keep our bathrooms open.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/05\/15\/starbucks-bathroom-policy-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Why The New Starbucks Bathroom Policy Is A STEAMING CUP OF FAIL \u2013 From A Former Employee\u2019s Perspective)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/19\/starbucks-throws-out-vaccine-mandate-scotus-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starbucks<\/a> began allowing non-customers to use their restrooms after two black men were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/20\/business\/starbucks-customers-policy-restrooms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a> inside of a Philadelphia store in 2018. A Starbucks employee alerted authorities to the two men, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, after they were denied use of the store\u2019s bathroom and were asked to leave. The men were meeting Andrew Yaffe, a white man, for business purposes, according to the NYT. In video footage of they arrest Yaffe could be heard asking why police were called.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cWhat did they get called for?\u201d Yaffe asked. \u201cBecause there are two black guys sitting here meeting me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/woman-texas-lawsuit-starbucks-coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">company<\/a> released a statement shortly after the incident that \u201cany customer is welcome to use Starbucks spaces, including our restrooms, cafes and patios, regardless of whether they make a purchase,\u201d according to the NYT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want anyone at Starbucks to feel as if we are not giving access to you to the bathroom because you are \u2018less than,&#8217;\u201d Schultz said in 2018, according to the NYT. \u201cWe want you to be \u2018more than.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the implementation of the policy, a study found the policy was actually reducing the number of customer visits. Researchers from the University of Texas and Boston College found visits to Starbucks dropped 6.8% compared to rivals, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-is-starbucks-open-bathroom-policy-working-out-not-great-one-study-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/20\/omar-wright-starbucks-gun-cream-cheese-miami-gardens-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starbucks<\/a> said the study was \u201cinaccurate\u201d and said \u201cbusiness has never been better,\u201d according to CBS .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe findings of this company-backed study are not only inaccurate, but do not take into account the habits and purchasing behaviors of our more than 100 million weekly customers,\u201d a Starbucks spokesperson said at the time, CBS reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks is reportedly planning on scrapping their bathroom policy that allowed access to non-customers due to \u201csafety\u201d concerns.Chief Executive Howard Schultz said Thursday while speaking at The Time\u2019s DealBook D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}