If you think this is a waste of time and money, luckily Missouri has set up its own DOGE, so feel free to report it
https://www.senate.mo.gov/committeeforms/GovernmentEfficiency/GovernmentEfficiencyPortal
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What are the chances that this actually goes anywhere?
In a decent world Starbucks would have a great standing to counter sue for being discriminated against for legal business practices.
This is insulting.
Coffee takes longer to brew if black people make it. This is an UNDENIABLE FACT supported by HARD SCIENCE.
Hey man, the GOP has to show their support to all those KKK members who voted for them
Also somehow cost more too. Scientific
Only in Missouri somehow. That's just an objective geographical observation.
result in slower service and higher prices.
How the fuck is that even relevant?
It’s racism plain and simple. “Brown” people are slow and ‘can’t work good’ or some shit.
It’s very relevant when you’re a racist piece of shit.
It really pisses me off when the cars are backed up but the person in the drive through still has to spend time doing land acknowledgements for each customer and asking them their preferred pronouns. /s
On the other hand, Trump's FAA has made airplanes do impromptu land acknowledgements
one counter would be that minorities and other under-represented groups are far more experienced at dealing with shit from the whiny, entitled, and often hostile, ~~haters~~white customers, aka 'karens', et al, and thus all else being equal--abilities, skills, etc--are the more qualified for the jobs there in the first place.
I don't mind DEI practices as they have been enacted by most companies I'm aware of. They're meant to make employment decisions more balanced and fair than they have been historically.
That said, one wouldn't hire a minority because other minorities have more experience or are better at handling complaints. One would ask interview questions or seek references for how individuals applying for positions handle these situations. It's almost as if people do not automatically have all the same characteristics as the majority, perceive or otherwise, of their group.
The problem is that their propaganda machine news sources tell them that DEI means they will hire the lesser, minority applicant over the much, much better white applicant just because they are a minority. The issue is "perception" (in that their perception has been curated for them). You could get every last one of them (save the truly racist) to agree to a system that could be proven to remove race from an identifiable attribute in hiring, not that this is possible in every situation. Sadly, they have been trained to believe that is not the goal for DEI.
The racists have been unleashed.
I feel the massive profit margins and serious under staffing might have more effect, but I'm not an idiot like MAGA politicians.
That's why Starbucks fills the ranks with women and minorities. They can get away with paying them less.