Starbucks to close all U.S. stores for training
SEATTLE - Starbucks is shutting its doors for three hours Tuesday night, the latest drastic step in a companywide bid to improve its sagging fortunes.
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Schultz has said the shutdown, which begins at 5:30 p.m. local time, is a way to energize its 135,000 employees and provide some barista re-education in the "art of espresso" at its 7,100 U.S. locations.
Never mind the art of espresso.
What will the bloggers and web designers of America do without their haven, their anchor? How can they hope to look down on the rest of us without comfy chairs and electrical outlets with which to one-up us?
3 HOURS, people! 3 HOURS!
LOL. What's funnier is that I saw this sign at Starbucks that said, "We'll be closed for three hours...yadda yadda." BUT, they're opening back up at 9:00 PM. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, one way to reduce the sag, may be to close up shop during your slow business hours. I have seen my local Starbucks at 9:00 PM. There's no one there...and I saw this as I drove by.