cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6199807

Starbucks now says that time-stamped footage from the store at 6332 N. Northwest Highway does not show any of its workers writing that message. Instead, the note appears “to have been added after the beverage was handed off, likely by someone else,” a spokesperson told Block Club.


Garretson wrote that a relative, whom she later identified as her mother-in-law, ordered the Mint Majesty tea with two honeys — an order known to be Kirk’s favorite drink — from the Starbucks. When the order was completed, the cup had “Loser” written on it, Garretson said.


“I’m talking 5 p.m. today, I want some form of action to the employee that represents this business that wrote ‘Loser’ on my mother’s cup,” the man, who is not seen on-camera, can be heard saying in the video, which was posted Wednesday.

“We’re looking for not corporate bureaucracy. I want immediate accountability; and if not, I will have this whole intersection lined with patriots today, I’m not even joking,” the man told a Starbucks employee.

What an emotional response jesus. Guy sounds like a loser.

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    I can’t fathom sucking this badly.

    Like I’m not so awesome but god damn. This makes me feel like Fonzi.

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      Yeah, like what is up with Katie Hopkins, like did she just forget the only reason she’s even famous is because she says controversial stuff. If everyone started agreeing with her she wouldn’t even have the sliver of a “career” she has.

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        She’s not the only one.

        Candice Owens began as a progressive, writing about the “bat-shit crazy antics” of Republicans. When that failed to gain much traction (or pay the bills), she switched sides and started attacking progressives, earning the $upport of conservatives. IMO she’s ONLY following the money, otherwise no one would have ever heard of her either.

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    I love the implication that not only did some Starbucks employee take the time to memorize Charlie Kirk’s favorite drink AND assume anyone ordering this incredibly basic combo was doing it to honor him, but also decided to write something on it that would get them fired. In an environment that almost certainly has cameras everywhere. That they thought anyone outside their cult was going to believe this incredible mound of horse shit is amazing. They really are sending their best.

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        I honestly feel like his favorite order going viral is fair. Like all those people changing their avatars to Clippy after Louis Rossmann explained why he did so.

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      The idea that the employee would care about it at all is pretty far removed from reality.

      They don’t care. They just want you to take your order and go away.

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        Really they just want you to go away-- they don’t care about your order either… Getting the order right just makes you go away faster.

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    best part is not only they had to write it themselves, but now we all know they’re pathetic losers

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    I love how these fucking hogs have zero problem lying through their teeth about shit like this. Presumably because in their mind they know the woke Starbucks employee they decided to target definitely did do this at some point and was just never caught. So it’s not that he is lying, he’s just exposing the crime that’s already there and nobody has caught before.

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      Anyone going to or working at Starbucks must be a millennial loser.

      Nevermind that Millennials, a favorite scapegoat of the Right for their expensive coffees and avocado toast, are approaching their mid-40’s.

      So of course the wannabe victim-of-the-violence-of-the-left heads to a Starbucks, home of the Christmas Cup war on Christians, Millennial overspending, and pledges to donate to human rights issues, to make an attempt at stirring the shit.

      And besides…the “victim” had Starbucks points they had to use before they expired.

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          Defending by mocking the ridicule of the Right because the right still uses the millennial generation as the butt of many generational jokes despite the fact that the generation is hitting 40+. “Millennial” is a stand-in for any generational trait they don’t like or want to make up.

          Sure, not everyone has hit 40…but the leading edge of the generation is past 40.

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      Many have pointed out that conservatives believe liberals are doing $heinous_thing, so they’re justified doing the same. In their mind, lies like this are simply self-defense.

      For example; They believe almost all political violence comes from the left. When they strike out, they’re defending themselves against an aggressor.

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    I wish companies would start pressing charges and suing these fuckers for blatant bullshit like this.

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      Yeah this is essentially libel and harassment, with threats of vexatious litigation (intentionally bullshit lawsuits) and/or violence.

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      They should at the very least be compensated for lost business for having to close shop because of it. Without consequences, attention whores will keep doing shit like this.

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    Invent the narrative you need to allow the behavior you want…some Americans are so fucking stupid that it’s dangerous…

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    My friend’s daughter works at a Starbucks and has been dealing with this, because they’re not allowed to write political names. I told her to start calling out the name Charles, because it’s his legal name, and it’s not inherently political.