Video of Starbucks employee in UK branch, part 2

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Setting up the continuation thread.

First thread at https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4801699-video-of-starbucks-employee-in-uk-branch

Place marking. Spats on!

New thread - lovely!

<polishes spats to high gloss>

Nice spats everyone 😁

<hopes no one spots lack of spats>

No spats here, but I have a long gothy black lacy dress upstairs which would be perfect to wear to a meeting of a terven witch coven --- if I may presume an invite?

<pulls up chair, gets cheeky G&T>

I had a look at the FB page of Vanessa’s partner, who took the video, after comments I saw that they were obviously dodgy. The comments on the video on there are a mix of his friends and people who have found it, and it has got a bit weird, but the early comments from friends are all basically on the lines of ‘people should feel free to be who they want to be but not everyone is going to be interested or noticed’.

It’s not people disliking anyone who is different - they’re just pointing out that most people don’t really care what anyone else is up to and so no one should expect to be the centre of anyone else’s existence. They’re not people contributing to a trans debate, just offering a pretty pragmatic view of the whole thing.

(Puts on spats. Pulls up chair. Nods at others respectfully.)

Can anyone give a summary of what's gone on since the video?
I saw it's been written about in the DM and the employee has been sacked, any more updates? Have either of the parties given interviews?

... wanders in, puts down violin case...

Evening, everyone.

<sticks head round door>

”Karen bin in?”

Brilliant!

We've got band!

🎻🎸🎷

Tommy & the Guns. We'll be on at 10 o'clock. Make sure you give the bandleader any requests you want.

She's just nipped out for a coffee.

Is someone going to make her a coffee she can't refuse?

<hides tin of sprats>

I’ve got millionaire shortbread for everyone.

Probably nothing more will be available until the police finish investigating.

The perp has lost his job and will not be able to give Starbucks as a reference to help get another, which is a substantial consequence in itself. As branch manager, he would have been full-time, not a student who could use academic references and just leave Starbucks off the CV when applying for the next job.

Evenin’.

Spats aren’t really my look, darlings, but I’ve got hobnobs if anyone wants one?

<opens camping chair and gets comfy>

Can I put in a request for the band to play 10 guitars

I haven't heard any updates to this, but its inspired a trend on the tikkitytok of Starbuck employees relaying their own devastating experiences being misgendered. I'm not sure how that's different from the countless other videos with the same theme, but anyway, Starbs announced a while back that they will cover affirming surgeries and time off, only to recently walk it back because their workforce is now comprised of people like this.

Genius! Brava.

Starbs announced a while back that they will cover affirming surgeries and time off, only to recently walk it back because their workforce is now comprised of people like this.

I didn't realise they'd gone back on this. Seems sensible just on a cost basis, from what I've read about the costs of "gender affirming" surgeries, after care, corrective surgeries etc etc.

Bringing over coffee from the happy place.

I briefly had knitted spats in 1982 - I returned them to Boots, in the late 80s I had the hiking ones but no idea what happened to them.

Anyway I do have a cauldron and a pointy hat (and a couple of spell books).

@Redbird87 can see how covering time off and paying for gender affirming surgeries could backfire for Starbucks.

Their ‘bring your whole self to work’ initiative hasn’t worked out too well for them either if that’s what the manager in the video was doing!!

<drags in cauldron and fire pit, sits down>

Tea, anyone? I'm just putting the kettle on.

pmk