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Doors at Houston area Starbucks glued shut by protesters

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  1. ima_drummer2k

    ima_drummer2k Member

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    One word comes to mind....why?

    Doors at area Starbucks glued shut by protesters
    Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle News Services
    Dec. 1, 2003, 6:28AM

    Employees at as many as 16 area Starbucks were greeted Sunday morning with stores whose doors had been glued shut, police said, in objection to the ubiquitous chain's "corporate coffee."

    Protesters placed glue in the locks at several stores in central and western Houston and left behind fliers.

    "I bet you are wondering why your local Starbucks is closed this morning," one read, according to Houston Police Department spokesman Alvin Wright. Attempts to reach officials with Starbucks on Sunday were unsuccessful.

    "This dispute appears to be part of an ongoing conflict between these individuals and the chain," Wright said.

    Employees were able to unseal the locks and opened for business as scheduled, Wright said.
     
    #1 ima_drummer2k, Dec 1, 2003
  2. A-Train

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    Dante: Who eats ****?
    Randle: Bunch of savages in this town...
     
    #2 A-Train, Dec 1, 2003
  3. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Boy, those protestors sure showed the evil Starbucks! I am sure this event will leave quite the lasting impression! Millions of dollars lost in revenue! How is Starbucks going to comeback from this traumatic event? :rolleyes:
     
    #3 Deuce, Dec 1, 2003
  4. goophers

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    These protestors actually make me wonder how much free advertising Starbucks has had from their antics. Maybe the Starbucks people are gluing their OWN doors. Hmmmm :)
     
    #4 goophers, Dec 1, 2003
  5. meggoleggo

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    that's hillarious. Does that mean that I can attempt to cancel my finals by gluing the doors to the lecture hall shut??? that would be the day!
     
    #5 meggoleggo, Dec 1, 2003
  6. pradaxpimp

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    This has left a bad taste in my mouth
     
    #6 pradaxpimp, Dec 1, 2003
  7. rockHEAD

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    does it taste like glue?
     
    #7 rockHEAD, Dec 1, 2003
  8. pradaxpimp

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    "This was a bad week to stop sniffing glue"
     
    #8 pradaxpimp, Dec 1, 2003
  9. Isabel

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    Was anyone else at UT a few years back when they glued a bunch of the locks shut in the classroom buildings? It was supposed to start a strike, or be part of some day where the staff/students didn't go to school in protest of low wages. In Welch Hall, once someone got the door open, we all worked anyway (science people... we'd rather just go and get our work done). The locks didn't get fixed for nearly a year, so we couldn't use our exterior keys (those of us who had them :) ). In other words, no matter what time of night it was, there was a door hanging wide open somewhere.
     
    #9 Isabel, Dec 1, 2003
  10. Coach AI

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    Idiots.


    Like the employees - the only ones who got any kind of annoyance out of this at all - are the power behind the 'corporate coffee'.

    Some people just have too much time on their hands.
     
    #10 Coach AI, Dec 1, 2003
  11. Mulder

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    I was at UT when we did a virtual walkout. Since it is illegal for state employees to strike we had to do it virtually. We all wore black in protest. Like the students gave a ****. lame.
     
    #11 Mulder, Dec 1, 2003
  12. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    **** doesn't get censored on this board? Who knew?
     
    #12 StupidMoniker, Dec 1, 2003
  13. DallasThomas

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    Yeah, I encountered this on my way to work this morning. My usual Starbucks was glued shut, so I had to go right across the street to the other one.
     
    #13 DallasThomas, Dec 1, 2003
  14. subtomic

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    Actually, doesn't Starbucks treat its employees pretty well? Shouldn't they be gluing the doors at Wal-Mart or something?
     
    #14 subtomic, Dec 1, 2003
  15. AMS

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    I saw some episode on MTV about Senior pranks at highschools, and locking doors was one of the crappier ones that took place, Shoot even our school did that, the funny part is that our bosnian janitor just yanked em open, so yes we were all at schoool at 8:45 AM
     
    #15 AMS, Dec 1, 2003
  16. zhaozhilong

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    Bunch of stupid people, get a life. Don't they know that Starbucks are just offering another option? That no one is forcing them to go to Starbucks?

    This reminds me of the movie "You've got mail" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, with Meg's character trying to start a campaign to save her local bookstore from the "evil" giant bookstore. Coincidently, both Tom and Meg went to the same favourite coffee shop called......Starbucks.

    I really wanted to tell Meg, when your shop loses customers, it's because your shop s*cks and they prefer going to the other bookshop, not because the other bookshop is pointing guns at their heads!!!
     
    #16 zhaozhilong, Dec 2, 2003
  17. IROC it

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    Since when in a 24 hour period during 365 days of the year does the Wal-Mart in your city close long enough for this?





    Po-dunk towns maybe, but even those have supercenters now.
     
    #17 IROC it, Dec 2, 2003
  18. Austin70

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    Maybe this is all Tweek's dad's idea.
     
    #18 Austin70, Dec 2, 2003
  19. A-Train

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    Yeah, just like p***y, ***, and MOOCHIE don't get censored.

    Yo SM, my grandfather used to have a pretty nice ****...It really protected the hens well.

    Would anybody like to come over for a COCKtail later on??

    My cousin's daughter has a pet COCKatiel, but it's pretty loud so they keep it outside
     
    #19 A-Train, Dec 2, 2003
  20. Preston27

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    Sounds like something Homer Simpson would do.

    "Corporate coffee hmm? I'll keep those rich bastards out" *Homer pulls a bottle of glue out of his pocket and tries to glue the door shut*
     
    #20 Preston27, Dec 2, 2003
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