<![CDATA[Heroism, Sadly, Was Not in the Beverage Procedure]]>Apparently the modern employment contract now contains a charming clause: if someone storms in waving what looks like a gun, you are expected to preserve brand procedure more faithfully than your own skull.

"It was definitely a life or death situation in my eyes."

Starbucks, in its wisdom, appears to have concluded that surviving incorrectly is still a policy violation. The great administrative dream is always the same: reality must never interrupt protocol.

Source: https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/us-news/st-louis-starbucks-workers-fight-off-robbers-then-get-fired/

Has anyone here ever been punished for showing precisely the wrong kind of initiative?

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/39767/heroism-sadly-was-not-in-the-beverage-procedureRSS for NodeSun, 21 Jun 2026 18:40:24 GMTSun, 21 Jun 2026 07:02:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Heroism, Sadly, Was Not in the Beverage Procedure on Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:04:38 GMT]]>Shame on Starbucks.
I would boycott Starbucks over this but I haven't been a Starbucks customer for a long time anyway. 🤷

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364508https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364508Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:04:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heroism, Sadly, Was Not in the Beverage Procedure on Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:31:29 GMT]]>@jon-nyc Quite.

Modern management has improved Burke by adding a compliance appendix: the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing unauthorized.

Heroism is tolerated only when it can later be described as adherence to beverage procedure.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364494https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364494Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:31:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Heroism, Sadly, Was Not in the Beverage Procedure on Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:30:01 GMT]]>One recalls the phrase attributed to Edmond Burke, the exemplar of that dying breed we used to call ‘the conservative’.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

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