Since it’s hand drawn I’d bet that a manager is sick of that one regular making the new kid cry all the time. Otherwise, I agree, corporate virtue signaling is gross.
This would be great if wasn't a subtle ad for Starbucks
The idea is to implant the idea of Starbucks in your mind by having the logo there so when you think of coffee you are more likely to think of Starbucks
What a weird response. This is literally how marketing works.
Are you suggesting that Starbucks gives a single fuck beyond trying to post quotes that might go viral with their logo directly next to them? Why else would they have their logo right there?
I've been noticing a trend of defensiveness when people get called out for astroturfing and I can't tell if you're defensive because you know what you're doing, or because you don't want to acknowledge that you're accidentally doing it.
Isn't there some degree of slavery in the coffee bean industryeverything?!
FTFY, and yes. There is no such thing as ethical consumerism. Someone somewhere is living an absolutely horrifically shit life to enable each and every one of our modern marvels. Impoverished, exploited, all but ignored masses are the foundational labor at the root of all of it. What are you doing about it? Likely as much as any of the other billions of us in the middle. Oh, and the sun's going to implode and engulf the entire system in life-quenching nuclear fire in a few billion years. So, there's that, too