If You Build It

9 Replies to “If You Build It”

1. And to think I feel guilty about putting my motorcycle helmet on it – even with a few bugs it was cleaner than that.

2. Couldn’t see that one coming. /sarc

3. Hunter Thompson once said about America (incorrectly, IMO)

   “…you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high water mark — that place where the wave finally broke, and rolled back.”

   I think that we may be at that moment in this leftwing virtue-signalling. At some point Starbucks is going to have to return to kicking non-paying occupants of their shops out. Or they will go out of business.

4. This is what happens when you give in to the whiner class.

5. I have never patronized Starbucks, I make my own coffee and when I’m away from home and really need a coffee there’s cheap good enough coffee readily available. I even drink instant coffee sometimes, there’s some delicious instant options – espresso or flavoured. Any competent adult who makes any effort to budget their spending should avoid overpaying for basic daily coffee requirements…
   Having said all that, the point of my post… I believe Tim Horton’s in Canada has always had a policy of allowing the general public to have access to their washrooms and, over the years, I’ve only seen and heard of problems in the Toronto and Calgary inner cities/urban cores with homeless and addicts trashing the cans. I wonder about any downtown Vancouver Timmy’s horror shows. Any knowledgeable Tim Horton’s insiders or regulars reading this who can comment?

   1. I suspect that you are right and that in certain urban environments the problem would be intolerable while most locations would be fine. Big box stores have washrooms available to all and have few problems but they aren’t located in inner cities. I still don’t patronize Starbucks as I don’t like their overpriced coffee and pastries let alone their progressive corporate culture.

   2. With a great deal of sanity, most places let the local operator decide if “bathroom controls” are needed or not. Starbucks, near me, had some of each. Open to all in the nice places, with locks at the one near the abandoned Rail Road Tracks with people camping there for miles… It ought to return to that local control policy. Only the guy running the shop knows if he has an issue to deal with or not.

      LOTS of places have open bathrooms. One option is the way Walmart does it (though they are big enough and a Starbucks shop isn’t). The bathroom has no door, just a open hallway / baffles. Like in most airports. Enough traffic and visibility to prevent clandestine activities, not enough to violate privacy on the “can”.

      Starbucks Central Planning Committee made the wrong choice, as most Central Authorities do. They need to return to devolved authority.

   3. I don’t know how they do it, but it seems to me that Tim’s washrooms are built from new to look like IV user shooting galleries. Brand new store opened where I used to live north of Toronto and the bathrooms were disgusting after the first week. Now, this was in Keswick, so that may be your problem right there.

      Was in Cambridge recently and the Tim’s I stopped in had a sign on the door saying that the cans were locked after 7:00 pm “for your safety”. The tap in the sink dispensed only a pathetic dribble of cold water, probably to discourage the locals from bathing in the sink. Which was unfortunate, as I had to bathe in the sink after accidentally stepping in the Grand River.

6. This won’t last long. Expect the policy to quietly disappear. Libs love the poor and huddled masses…just not anywhere they can see them.