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Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

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Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

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i bet he will ban plastic straws to compensate

I don't understand the point of straws. Can't you just use your mouth?

Not a great way to drink milkshakes, they're too viscous to drink straight from the cup. Paper straws collapse on themselves due to the low pressure inside the tube combined with weakened structural integrity due to moisture flowing into the paper. I wish I could say it sucks, but it doesn't sadly.

Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

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post #30

Is the McDonald's of coffee. Why do people go there at all

If I’m local, I avoid it. On the road, I know it’s a consistent product.

Also, in my area, it’s better than a lot of coffee shops. Definitely not the best, but better than probably 90% of them

Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

#35

Boy, his Toyota Camry will be put to the test huh? Can't way for him to present the ESG section on the quarterly earnings call. It would be better than most comedy specials on Netflix.

Probably more reliable than a jet

Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

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post #3

i bet he will ban plastic straws to compensate

One of the first things I'd bring back if I were him, seen them creeping back in a lot of coffee shops and no one complains when they do, not to mention bubble tea shops which are growing in popularity all have plastic.

Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. We're all expected to suffer the inconvenience of soggy straws to offset this guys near daily commute. And it's not just this. Near all elites have unsustainable lifestyles that we are expected to offset by changing our daily habits.

There are so few lords, it doesn't make sense for them to change their livestyles. But we peasants are numerous, so we are the ones who must suffer austerity and reduce our standard of living. That's why it's good for these rich people to fly around in private jets to attend conferences about the virtue of making common folks eat bugs and walk everywhere.

Walking everywhere is great if you are able bodied and live in a place that is even halfway designed for it.

Re: Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

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post #36

No remote work for thee, but remote work for me.

Starbucks wanted/needed a new CEO because the previous one was mismanaging the company, and Niccols is the best Restaurant CEO in the industry, having lead Chipotle's turnaround.

Niccols was in a position to make his own demands, and Starbucks had no choice but to comply.

Niccols even became chairman of the Starbucks board (it's very rare for a CEO to also be the chairman of the board at this size of a company).

Already he's paying off by jumping SBUX stock from $75 to $94 just based on the announcement alone.

If you're truly indispensable and critical to the operation of a company, they will let you work however you want.

Niccols also has to deliver, otherwise he'll be ousted like Laks was after barely a year.

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