From a Starbucks Insider

Writes a friend:

As a current employee of Starbucks Corp (I don’t work in the stores, more thankful now than ever), I wasn’t very surprised when I saw the headlines of the “Race Together” backlash.

After the first incidents in Ferguson and similar incidents elsewhere, Howard Schultz was hosting “workshops” so employees could vent their take on the situation. Why? I don’t know. It doesn’t seem like the sort of situation a sane company would want to make a staple of their day.

Howard was so moved by the results (One wonders how you quantify results for something like this), he thought it would be a fantastic idea to take the discussion to his retail outlets, eventually. About four months later, here we are.

This isn’t anything new to Starbucks. The blatant and insulting Progressive overtones that get sent to the store front and the media are light compared to what happens internally.

All-Inclusive staff meetings with lower pay grade employees typically revolve around the latest in State propaganda. Their major plank has been Global Warming/Cooling/Simmering/Basting or whatever it’s called today, and climate “sensitivity” (Yes, especially when it comes to water.) and how we as “Responsible Corporate Citizens” need to minimize the waste that leaves a “giant footprint” in our communities and, wait for it, “Mother Earth”. If anyone ever doubted that Al Gore founded a religion, let’s allow this to clear that up. Individuals that seemed disinterested, perplexed, or annoyed were asked in a softly threatening manner if they would like to leave. The only time I saw this reversed was when an incredible majority (qt least 80%) didn’t react positively to a strongly worded suggestion that “We all get vaccinated”. Employees who smoke became a subject of said meetings. Though you won’t get called out directly, be prepared to be collectively skewered for daring to make personal choices.

Personal expression was and continues to be the double standard that can be expected. While it was legitimate to have pro-leftist slogans and images on your clothing and vehicle, it was heresy to have anything pro-gun. (Don’t let the 2nd amendment argument from a few years ago fool you.) Though to SBUX’s credit, they didn’t outright disallow most things, at worst they just made it very uncomfortable to be pro-gun.

Criticisms of the State were also discouraged. Older employees say it didn’t really start until the current master got voted in, and it’s pretty sad to watch grown adults feel like they have to discuss objections to the State in hushed tones in less-frequented corners.

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.