Friday, June 16, 2006
Unhappy With The Venti Size
Well, this was only a matter of time.
It will be interesting to see if these people are actually able to pull any weight.
I haven't been following the Center for Science in the Public Interest's legal action against KFC owner Yum Brands Inc, so I am not sure if that will turn out to be a serious case or yet another pathetic, yet entertaining debacle that publicly humiliates the American legal system; we tend to see a lot of those.
I also understand the overtly minuscule Starbucks workers union is backing the decision to target Starbucks as a chief dealer of obesity. That's wonderful. I remember when that whole thing went down. A few partners in a few stores in New York decided that because of their particular lot, they were going to start a Union.
I am only going to say two things to that:
1. I have worked in nine different stores in under three years with seven different managers. Each and every one of them were different. Some were decent managers, able to make a noticeable difference in both the daily operations of the store, as well as in the partners lives. Others were not so on par to the point where I have nearly thrown my keys on the desk and walked out.
2. The whole unionizing thing was over a year ago. One would think that if truly justified, a union would be able to recruit more than a few members from three stores in more than a year.
Yes Starbucks has fattening beverages, but so does everyone else.
Is this and excuse? No. I think that the company should continually try and set itself apart by striving to meet the necessary standards of the market, as they have proven to do so in the past.
I am also a little tired of the mindless lawsuits that are filed by the schooner load each day in this confrontation happy country. Give it up.
If you have to file a lawsuit against an entity that ends in Co., you not only have too much time on your hands, but you are wasting the time and energy of those of us who choose to use our brains.
It will be interesting to see if these people are actually able to pull any weight.
I haven't been following the Center for Science in the Public Interest's legal action against KFC owner Yum Brands Inc, so I am not sure if that will turn out to be a serious case or yet another pathetic, yet entertaining debacle that publicly humiliates the American legal system; we tend to see a lot of those.
I also understand the overtly minuscule Starbucks workers union is backing the decision to target Starbucks as a chief dealer of obesity. That's wonderful. I remember when that whole thing went down. A few partners in a few stores in New York decided that because of their particular lot, they were going to start a Union.
I am only going to say two things to that:
1. I have worked in nine different stores in under three years with seven different managers. Each and every one of them were different. Some were decent managers, able to make a noticeable difference in both the daily operations of the store, as well as in the partners lives. Others were not so on par to the point where I have nearly thrown my keys on the desk and walked out.
2. The whole unionizing thing was over a year ago. One would think that if truly justified, a union would be able to recruit more than a few members from three stores in more than a year.
Yes Starbucks has fattening beverages, but so does everyone else.
Is this and excuse? No. I think that the company should continually try and set itself apart by striving to meet the necessary standards of the market, as they have proven to do so in the past.
I am also a little tired of the mindless lawsuits that are filed by the schooner load each day in this confrontation happy country. Give it up.
If you have to file a lawsuit against an entity that ends in Co., you not only have too much time on your hands, but you are wasting the time and energy of those of us who choose to use our brains.
