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So apparently Starbucks have ‘partnered’ with mermaids

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Kenworthington · 29/01/2020 13:57

So the manager of my local one told me today. She looked aghast when I said I didn’t agree with it then as I started explaining, she had to take a drive through order. We had been chatting about my eldest ds being gay and she obv thought I’d approve of this collaboration. Hah. . I’m thinking of writing down where I stand on it and passing it to her. I take my elderly mum in there every day for a coffee and pastry. Not any more. Sigh. I hate thats it’s made me ‘that’ person

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Beamur · 29/01/2020 14:57

Their lack of paying tax has put me off going there for years!

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Kenworthington · 29/01/2020 14:56

It’s def mermaids the charity. She told me. Whether it’s just that one cafe rather than the whole company I don’t know. We go there because I can park immediately outside and my mum is elderly and infirm and can’t walk far. It’s convenient. I don’t choose to go there if I’m on my own.

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Langbannedforsafeguardingkids · 29/01/2020 14:28

Well, even if they haven't actually partnered with Mermaids the charity - explaining to the manager will probably peak trans another woman so it's all good....

Lumene · 29/01/2020 14:26

Have they partnered with them? Not seen anything about this. Are you sure you got the right end of the stick?

Mockers2020Vision · 29/01/2020 14:24

This is the Starbucks that claims never to have made a profit in the UK because it buys its coffee from itself at twenty million times the global market price?

Support your local independent coffee shop that pays its taxes.

Langbannedforsafeguardingkids · 29/01/2020 14:22

'that' person is a person who is concerned about the assault on the safeguarding of children and dismantling of women's rights, and who won't stay silent for an easy life.

You should be proud OP to be 'that' person, uncomfortable though it can be.

That manager may thank you if you do explain to her. I am immensely grateful to the women of FWR just as I'm grateful to anyone who gives me information that will help me keep my kids safe and challenge safeguarding failures. Let us know how you get on.

aliasundercover · 29/01/2020 14:20

I cannot find anything about this online - just lots of stuff about Starbuck’s having a mermaid as a logo.

Orangecatfish · 29/01/2020 14:13

What is ‘that’ person?