Some nice lady living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sent out a tweet about this time last year which included a picture of a sign taped to the entry door of a Starbucks in the city. The sign reads, “PLEASE NO ENTRY FOR LADIES ONLY SEND YOUR DRIVER TO ORDER.”
For real, check it out:
#Starbucks store in Riyadh refused 2 serve me just because I'm a WOMAN & asked me 2 send a man instead@Starbucks pic.twitter.com/6Nj6DkOtFJ
— Manar N (@manarn8) February 1, 2016
Saudi Arabia has all sorts of jacked up laws to keep women, which are property like dog or goat, from living a normal life. Like voting and opening a bank account. You know, stuff that needs to be properly vetted to a woman via a mansplanation.
Anyhow her image went viral, and the good people of Starbucks were forced to deny any wrong doing.
@Jenn_Abrams That was a temporary sign during a store renovation. This store now accommodates all customers in accordance with local law.
— Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) February 6, 2017
While there’s no sign of renovation taking place in the picture, one still has to wonder, “Why would some contractors at work merit keeping woman out? Would they trip on an air line and take a nail to their ovaries, making them less valuable property?”
Of course, we must point out the irony that Starbucks recently vowed to hire 10,000 refugees instead of veterans, poor students, or you know…normal non-displaced people who can’t find work.
Regardless, when Starbucks started saying their growth plan was focused on China, where the water is metallic and counterfeit is rampant, it became less than an ideal investment.
Now they’re caught in the center of a political hot topic in a whole bunch of ways. A viral picture of a sign on their door banning woman from entry does not help their situation.
BEARISH
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This is real, but it was a while ago. Signs posted while they were building a separation wall so that the men didn’t have to be bothered by the women and children.
If a kid won’t stop bothering me while I work, I whack em with the handle of my hammer while it’s still in the tool belt, when their parents aren’t looking.
this was over a year ago.
Still a little ironic, don’t u think?
I started boycotting Starbucks when they announced hiring 10k refugees.
I was spending probably $75+ a week there.
I now despise the place.
let them serve their traitorous water to the ignorant only. Good form
$75/week? You, sir, are an idiot.
Beheading of “Manar N (@manarn8) February 1, 2016” by liberal Saudi regime on deck.
What’s up with these apologist comments?
There are separate areas set up in restaurants for single man and families. Women aren’t supposed to be unchaperoned. They don’t get an area.
duggery Look! The only advantage a male has over a female is physical strength — whereas a woman has tremendous emotional strength and doesn’t require constant companionship as do most men who can’t bear to even live alone — whereas most women can easily handle and often welcome solitude. And you still cannot create a human being! Someday, women will rule the planet as males as basically useless after some sperm is removed from them then they can be discarded.