Work Reform

I’ve always boycotted them naturally. Their black coffee is shit and expensive. That’s why they fill it with so much sweets. Anyway, fuck them

As a European I have no clue why Starbucks is so popular. It’s horribly bad coffee.

Is the succes just due to the many options / sweets you can add? Just drink a quality espresso

In a lot of places in Europe, they are forced to give you free tap water. Now, the tap water is basically free for them (and that's why they passed that law), but they give it to you in one of their paper cups. Those cost money.

For years now I've been boycotting starbucks by asking for a cup of water every time I see one, and not buying anything from them.

I've probably only made them lose 2 cents, but I'm proud of it. Fuck starbucks.

(Of course, be respectful to the employees when you ask them for the cup of water)

I was unaware we stopped boycotting since like... Covid?

I started boycotting them years ago when I found out they were union busting.

Now, because I can't start doing it twice, I'll just get somebody I know to boycott them next time they ask.

Boycott? Never even entered that shitshow 😁

Their coffee is terrible. I don’t know why people go there, let alone pay outrageous prices for their shitty coffee.

People aren't doing that already? It's overpriced and over roasted

You can only boycott something if you see value in them. I see no value in Starbucks.

It’s not even good coffee.

With how much they cost, this could also be good financial advice.

I remember Starbucks being used as a comparison to university fees. It was something like "oh of you go to Starbucks every day that costs as much as you would spend on uni!". That had the opposite effect on me to what they wanted, put me off going to places like Starbucks.

Having to pay for a takeaway pizza in my teens once also put me off ever doing that again when I saw how little I got for how much I spent. I was disappointed before I even started eating it and the pizza its self was nothing special either.

I’ve been boycotting them for my entire life. Won’t stop now

Starbucks coffee is hot garbage, it’s not hard to boycott them. I don’t think I’ve set foot in one of their shops in over a decade.

So what did Starbucks do today?

Easiest boycott of my life.

I started 'boycotting' them after the first time I had one of their coffee adjacent drinks when I was in the US in late '08. I love how badly they ate shit when they tried to come to Australia where we already knew about good coffee.

I pee at Starbucks on my bike rides and I don't buy anything.

Been boycotting them for years! I love supporting local coffee shops who actually make good coffee.

Still am.

Lol I genuinely can't remember the last time I had Starbucks. There's always a small business coffee shop doing it better just about anywhere you go if you bother to look.

You hate starbucks because of their unjust hiring practices

I hate starbucks because they were always a shit coffee spot to get shit coffee

We are not the same

Every one of the comments in this thread is almost the exact same thing. "I already boycott them, duh!" or "Starbucks is crap compared to what I like."

I don't like Starbucks either, but you don't have to be pretentious to stand for work reform. Like what is going on here? Get over yourselves.

It’s sad that I see ppl - especially young kids with adults who shop at malls with 10$ cups of 500-750 calories.

Have been for well over 6 years now

I've been boycotting them since 9/11/2001

so easy I started years ago

Their coffee is shit. Their international reputation is so negative, they've failed so many times.

So if you're an American and love Starbucks, maybe try to figure out why that is because it's obviously not for the coffee. Or keep paying full price for something as high in quality as their work environment.

Starbucks is one of the most overrated brands on this planet.

Joke's on you, I stayed boycotting them years ago cause their coffee went down hill. Year after year I've been justified as they've added union busting etc

You mean continue not buying over priced bullshit coffee?

Gee, I dont know.. It'll be hard, but I think I can manage it.

they did recently, like last year shut down several starbucks in our area, also they dont want customers staying in thier cafes anymore, by making it uncomfortable for them to sit down.

This is going to be somewhat ineffective from me, I haven't been to one in about half a decade or so I think?

Didn't have to boycott, I never liked their overpriced coffee

Done. Fxxk Starbucks. I’ll never give them my money again.

I've never bought from them. Never been in one. Why? Well, because every time I see a shitty Starbucks open up in my area it makes the other shops put up their prices.

When one opened up near me I could get a latte from Tesco cafe for 37pence, or a takeaway latte from Greggs for about 75pence.
These prices quickly went up and up and within about two months I stopped going to Tesco or Greggs completely.

And I could get a really nice cup from a local cafe for about £1. This went up to about £2 within about 4 months of Starbucks opening.
I don't believe it was about the extra competition, it was just plain greed of "of they can charge X for a cup of shit then we can charge X for a cup of notshit."

So fuck Starbucks. Fuck Costa etc etc etc. Fuck most big corporations!!