Starbucks Will Close All Its Stores in May for Racial-Bias Training

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I don't understand the furor. If you go to a cafe, you are expected to order something. When the manager asked the two men to leave, they should have either spent a few dollars or left. If they were planning to meet someone, they could have waited outside.

No, you're not expected to buy anything at Starbucks. Other customers in that store had been waiting and hadn't bought anything, and they hadn't been asked to leave.

It is very common for people to meet at Starbucks, and it's totally normal for people to wait until everyone is there before they buy drinks.

That's all behaviour that has been encouraged by Starbucks.

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