Don’t forget to use your paper straw! : facepalm

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This fuckin' guy. He lives in Newport Beach and was made the CEO of Chipotle, which was headquartered in Denver. Since he didn't want to move to Denver, he laid off almost the entire corporate office and moved it to Newport Beach.

He justified all this by having a consulting company come in and do a study about where the best restaurant talent is in the US. Surprise, surprise. The best place for a corporate office just happened to be right where this assclown lived.

I guess what I'm saying is two things:

Fuck this clown.
Starbuck corporate employees are about to be surprised to learn that apparently Newport Beach has the best coffee talent in the country.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It all makes sense now, why the headquarters is close to Boeing Field. Remember, patronize your local coffee shop, no matter how cheap this shit gets. I live in Seattle, btw.

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Who goes to Starbucks for the coffee anyway? I goto places like Starbucks for over sugared blended ice drinks.

[–] aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just don't buy Starbucks and this MF will magically disappear. It's terrible anyway...

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I started boycotting Starbucks when I learned they had partnered with Nestle for store-bought products - their Sumatra and Komodo Dragon coffees were pretty good.

I send an email every year or so to let them know, since boycotts aren’t effective if the group being boycotted doesn’t know why, with predictably apathetic responses.

Anyway, if you’re a no-Nestle person then Starbucks is on the list…

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'd boycott them but I haven't had Starbucks in years.

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Life on earth isn't going to last much longer if we tolerate these types of people

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

Also don't forget that remote work bad!

[–] smokinliver@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Fuck Nestle.

And since Starbucks is owned by Neste: Fuck Starbucks.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It should honestly be a disqualifying demonstration of bad decision making.

You can either put in a lot of effort straight away (saving time and effort later), or delay the inevitable, pay quite a large sum in transport costs every day, and have to do infinite airport runs?...

Choosing the latter shows he shouldn't have the job.

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Fuck this guy. The only thing I think of when I see his face is that god awful video he did about Chipotle's portion sizes.

[–] nick@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Guillotine.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

That guy's private jet is gonna crash with him in it.

[–] nick@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

On the bright side, every time he flies there’s the risk he gets into in a plane crash.

[–] Imp3riaLL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

CEO's are the pox upon this planet! They are only here to maximize profits in anyway possible wich usually means fucking over everyone they can

[–] Numberone@startrek.website -1 points 3 months ago

In our healthcare system they're talking about refusing non emergent treatment for people without insurance until they get Medicaid, which can apparently take a month. This would save about 20million, which is strikingly close to what Propublica reports the system pays in executive compensation. In other words, if the money is THAT important, we have a way to save that money without literally denying cancer care (time is a factor). But reduction in executive expenses isn't on the table. Fuck these high earning sociopaths.

[–] lightyagami@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Stuff like this is why I hate these companies so much. Yeah mate I'll use a paper straw for your overpriced coffee to save the environment, you can continue to come to your office in a fucking plane everyday.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I used a paper straw once, it fucking melted in my drink because paper doesn't work well with liquids

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I remember when Maccas stopped using straws in France.

They just printed on the cup - "We've stopped using plastic straws. To drink, remove lid. You're not an infant"

Don't suppose that'd work in a country of insufferable crybabies though lol

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You think every American alive can't handle drinking without a straw?

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Try printing that on a cup in the US and see what happens

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You sound ignorant

[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 months ago

Lmfao the irony

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is actually a legit concern for some people with handicaps. That said, the number of people that just get handed a straw as a matter of course far outnumbers the number that needs it because of handicaps. And of course carrying your own around is a thing.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

It's a fair point that some people would need a straw to drink, but I don't think it's entirely unfair to expect them to have a reusable straw or something in preparation. Certainly it seems more reasonable than having the remaining 99% of the population default to having a straw, especially when they probably don't use one at home anyway.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I realize as a mere pawn in the giant corporate chess game I have no right to ask this question.

But how in the ever loving fuck is this man providing that much value that he can justify this kind of action. There wasn't another candidate for the job that could do 90% of the same work, but was willing to live in the same zip code as their employees and save the cost and emissions of this commute? I guess this man will result in the most profit for shareholders. I can't even comprehend how someone can justify it, though.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

This is really about class and a small club of inside people who are wealthy and have a lot of shit cornered.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

He’s not providing value. He’s showing off.

[–] Breve@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

To be a successful CEO at this level you need to have zero morals and be the most sociopathic person society has to offer. It really tracks when you see stories like this.

[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

His "value" is he can schmooze and stroke egos

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No other person has the chipotle experience he has.

Chipotle is up 135.78% above the s&p 500 over past 5 years.

All of that growth is directly attributable to the CEO (/s)

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

That growth is also directly attributable to short term gains that will ruin the future of the company.

Facepalm