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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 293 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

This fuckin' guy. He lives in Newport Beach and was made the CEO of Chipotle, which was headquartered in Denver. Since he didn't want to move to Denver, he laid off almost the entire corporate office and moved it to Newport Beach.

He justified all this by having a consulting company come in and do a study about where the best restaurant talent is in the US. Surprise, surprise. The best place for a corporate office just happened to be right where this assclown lived.

I guess what I'm saying is two things:

  1. Fuck this clown.

  2. Starbuck corporate employees are about to be surprised to learn that apparently Newport Beach has the best coffee talent in the country.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It all makes sense now, why the headquarters is close to Boeing Field. Remember, patronize your local coffee shop, no matter how cheap this shit gets. I live in Seattle, btw.

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[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Consultancy firms know where their bread is buttered. In cases like this one, they're not much more than professional yes-men in suits.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah fuck Seattle. All they ever did was revolutionize the entire coffee industry 2 separate times, and foster talent for generations of musicians. I guess they're also great at culinary experiences, art and culture, and maritime history. Oh and tech. They kind of dominated the tech industry for 40 years. But nothing else! Fuck that place! All hail Newport Beach!

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[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 138 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Life on earth isn't going to last much longer if we tolerate these types of people

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 84 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Unfortunately a significant proportion of the population idolizes these parasites because they think they too could be billionaires if they just lick those boots hard enough.

As long as we keep pretending conservatism is a valid political ideology, things will only get worse

[–] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 months ago

As long as we keep pretending conservatism is a valid political ideology, things will only get worse

Hear, hear

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

There's nothing wrong with conserving. There's everything wrong with whatever the fuck people who call themselves conservatives today are.

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[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This comment, in reference to anything but parasitic sociopaths who exploit others for their own benefit, would be very troubling.

But because this is targeted at a billionaire asswipe, I have to say I agree wholeheartedly.

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[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, people don't usually tolerate my brand of intolerance towards people actively making the world shittier.

A quick drop and a sudden stop pretty effectively neutralizes any future plans billionaires can make.

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[–] AmbiguousProps 78 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also don't forget that remote work bad!

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[–] aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Just don't buy Starbucks and this MF will magically disappear. It's terrible anyway...

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I started boycotting Starbucks when I learned they had partnered with Nestle for store-bought products - their Sumatra and Komodo Dragon coffees were pretty good.

I send an email every year or so to let them know, since boycotts aren’t effective if the group being boycotted doesn’t know why, with predictably apathetic responses.

Anyway, if you’re a no-Nestle person then Starbucks is on the list…

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I started boycotting Starbucks since the first time I tasted their coffee. Espresso isn't supposed to taste like burning tyres. I don't understand how they can charge so much for dogshit coffee.

It's not impossible to make a chain of coffee houses that serves decent coffee, Espresso House did it in Sweden.

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[–] Imp3riaLL@lemmy.world 70 points 2 months ago (4 children)

CEO's are the pox upon this planet! They are only here to maximize profits in anyway possible wich usually means fucking over everyone they can

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 13 points 2 months ago

Remember they only have to maximise profits because of the exorbitant salaries they demanded.

The profits were already there before they took them, and now they want the customers to increase their profits so they can hand that to their shareholders

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I'd say in general sure, but I've known some CEOs of small companies who really do care. They just never make it to massive companies, probably because they aren't willing to do the horrible shit needed to "take it to the next level."

[–] kinsnik@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I think cancer is a better analogy.

Like cancer cells, billionaires are part of the system that just keeps on trying to grow and hoard all the resources, hurting and damaging the organism

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[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I realize as a mere pawn in the giant corporate chess game I have no right to ask this question.

But how in the ever loving fuck is this man providing that much value that he can justify this kind of action. There wasn't another candidate for the job that could do 90% of the same work, but was willing to live in the same zip code as their employees and save the cost and emissions of this commute? I guess this man will result in the most profit for shareholders. I can't even comprehend how someone can justify it, though.

[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

His "value" is he can schmooze and stroke egos

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

This is really about class and a small club of inside people who are wealthy and have a lot of shit cornered.

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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'd boycott them but I haven't had Starbucks in years.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It should honestly be a disqualifying demonstration of bad decision making.

You can either put in a lot of effort straight away (saving time and effort later), or delay the inevitable, pay quite a large sum in transport costs every day, and have to do infinite airport runs?...

Choosing the latter shows he shouldn't have the job.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Honestly it shows a lack of commitment. By refusing to relocate it shows he’s not planning on staying.

Come in, axe some heads, “streamline” and “cost cut” whilst gutting indispensable roles that have invisible contribution. Stock gets attention, lines goes up, he gets his bonus payout; it’s a classic CEO shuffle pump and dump.

Or maybe he’s their agreed scapegoat for their increasing union busting. Either way, he clearly has no plans to stay with the company long term.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 33 points 2 months ago (5 children)

That guy's private jet is gonna crash with him in it.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

We need sky orcas to deal with the sky yachts.

I'm thinking armored California Condors? Maybe highly trained pods of Bald Eagles, with cybernetic enhancements.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pigeon mounted nuclear arsenal

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[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Fuckin' hope so.

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[–] nick@midwest.social 32 points 2 months ago (5 children)

On the bright side, every time he flies there’s the risk he gets into in a plane crash.

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[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck this guy. The only thing I think of when I see his face is that god awful video he did about Chipotle's portion sizes.

[–] nick@midwest.social 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] smokinliver@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck Nestle.

And since Starbucks is owned by Neste: Fuck Starbucks.

[–] Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Starbucks is a publicly traded company owned by its shareholders. But still, fuck Nestle. Also fuck Starbucks for being union-busting asshats.

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[–] lightyagami@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Stuff like this is why I hate these companies so much. Yeah mate I'll use a paper straw for your overpriced coffee to save the environment, you can continue to come to your office in a fucking plane everyday.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can he commute via billionaire submarine instead?

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The crazy thing is that when I try to put myself in their shoes, it would be hell to commute to an office by a plane, even if it had all the luxuries in the world, 5 days a week. That's like 5 hours wasted every weekday. If I had private jet money I'd just work from home or if that's not possible, buy a house a walking distance from the office.

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Why do billionaire vampires like this like their private planes so much? Between those and yachts, there's a remarkable redundancy to these planet-burning assholes, a lack of imagination, even an evil imagination.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

alright guys, lets not get into paper strawman arguments here

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

i'll be genuinely surprised if he lasts a year, especially with schultz standing over his shoulder

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I went to starbucks and bought a large reusable plastic cup that I'll probably never use again... I helped save the planet!

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

what dude cant pay for a fancy hotel or something? seriously?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not that I would be surprised, but source? I don't get my news from images that anyone can throw together.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I saw a news article about this pop up on my feed earlier - which had more info. He's not actually commuting every day. Just 3 days a week. They're also building an office for him in Newport for him to work out of.

Fuck this guy.

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[–] NightShot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What a bitch, fuck him with a traffic cone!

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

This guy looks so out of touch... Looks like the kind of guy that goes to a donut shop and when asked what he wants, he says, "uh, just whatever makes sense"

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