Anyone go to that Starbucks where the black guys got kicked out? (2015, buying)

[Berteau]

I was curious if that location allows non paying customers to sit in there or has kicked them out before? Not others, but specifically that location or one close to it.

[MB1562]

I'm a 26 year old white guy, and I've sat/used the bathroom in numerous Starbucks locations all over the city and others without buying anything. Not once was I ever refused, including in some of the others around Rittenhouse (but never specifically that one).

I don't blame the police, as they did their job according to the law. But if they were middle-aged white guys in suits doing the same thing, the manager would have never said a word to them.

[Berteau]

Originally Posted by MB1562

I'm a 26 year old white guy, and I've sat/used the bathroom in numerous Starbucks locations all over the city and others without buying anything. Not once was I ever refused, including in some of the others around Rittenhouse (but never specifically that one).

I don't blame the police, as they did their job according to the law. But if they were middle-aged white guys in suits doing the same thing, the manager would have never said a word to them.

Did you have to ask to use the bathroom? Did you need a code to get in? According to the story he asked to use the bathroom which is odd.

[1ondoner]

What is odd about asking to use the bathroom? You've never asked to use a bathroom in your whole life?

Originally Posted by Berteau

Did you have to ask to use the bathroom? Did you need a code to get in? According to the story he asked to use the bathroom which is odd.

[Berteau]

Originally Posted by 1ondoner

What is odd about asking to use the bathroom? You've never asked to use a bathroom in your whole life?

Only when I was a kid in class or something. Never at a bar, restaurant, or coffee shop. Lets stick to my original question please and not get defensive.

[MB1562]

Originally Posted by Berteau

Did you have to ask to use the bathroom? Did you need a code to get in? According to the story he asked to use the bathroom which is odd.

Yes you always need codes to get into the bathrooms of "fast-food" places in any city. I've asked for the code or simply just gone to stand in line to use it more times then I can remember without ever being told no.

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by MB1562

I'm a 26 year old white guy, and I've sat/used the bathroom in numerous Starbucks locations all over the city and others without buying anything. Not once was I ever refused, including in some of the others around Rittenhouse (but never specifically that one).

I don't blame the police, as they did their job according to the law. But if they were middle-aged white guys in suits doing the same thing, the manager would have never said a word to them.

How do you know that? Just because?

[1ondoner]

Big cities are different from rural villages.

You could probably get away with taking a p.iss by the roadside where you live but in Philly it would be odd (and criminal).

Originally Posted by Berteau

Only when I was a kid in class or something. Never at a bar, restaurant, or coffee shop. Lets stick to my original question please and not get defensive.

[Berteau]

Originally Posted by MB1562

Yes you always need codes to get into the bathrooms of "fast-food" places in any city. I've asked for the code or simply just gone to stand in line to use it more times then I can remember without ever being told no.

Did you buy something when in there asking for the bathroom code?

[frbrown]

Yes you have to use a code in that Starbucks, and they change the code every so often.

I've never sat there without paying for anything myself

I have seen them ask non-paying people to leave (in those cases the people were pretty clearly homeless). And they left