Here's the weird story of the day.
According to BikePortland.org, former Starbucks manager Fabian Mills was told by his district manager at a meeting that he couldn't ride his bike to work anymore. She wanted him to use a car, and said it was "inappropriate" and "unprofessional" to ride his bike to the meeting. Four days later, he was transferred to another store...16 miles further away than the store he was managing. Maybe this could be the start of a new ad campaign for the company: "Starbucks. For Professionals Only."
Mills filed a complaint with the company, but nothing ever came of it, so he quit and got another job.
[via Starbucks Gossip]
1. That is what is wrong with Starbucks. You CAN steam soy milk if you didn't purchase it. Soy is not a high risk potentially hazardous food. You can clean a pitcher and steam the milk , then purge your steam wand and clean again. You are just finding reason to say NO to a customer. My cafe is busy because I go out of my way for my customers. It is not that difficult to say YES. And I guarantee you that nobody will be upset about it or sick.
Posted at 10:15AM on Oct 23rd 2006 by Tom