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For all their talk about social responsible this is now the third (out of three) Starbucks in New York that does not have customer restroom. You basically just have to use the tax payer funded one the park. And Starbucks does not pay taxes.

Sjors Provoost 2y ago

There's also the depressing trend of removing comfortable seats, sometimes even all seats. Combined with loud music and the big Uber Eats backpacks it signals: this is for take-away, just another Uber Eats dark store. But the nice wall decoration reminds the visitor of days gone by.

E.g. this on in the Bronx, five years ago did have nice seats:

But no longer.

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Sjors Provoost 2y ago

Of course we know the reason behind the trend: homelessness. This is apparently how Starbucks envisions solving that problem. It's part of a bigger trend that's certainly not limited to US corporations:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture

Sjors Provoost 2y ago

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Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

When i visited NYC for the first time in 2015, the starbucks often had prostitutes using the restrooms for quickie spaces

Sjors Provoost 2y ago

So they were supportive of sex workers :-)

086564b2... 2y ago

Patrons could enjoy a quickie then a latte. Full service coffee chain. ☕️👄