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Tuesday 23 June 2026 00:10:00 GMT
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itskala94 :
I think the wildest thing here is the fact that it was the Korean Starbucks marketing team that thought it was ok. Like the American Starbucks marketing had nothing to do with this.
2026-06-23 22:46:21
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B :
What? The baristas were not the problem. It was their corporate side that created the campaign
2026-06-23 01:30:32
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Matthyboy :
The company makes a mistake and the franchises and employees are retrained?
2026-06-23 09:45:47
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justme123 :
Why did the employees have to take training when they didn't have anything to do with the ad?
2026-06-23 14:56:07
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Eris :
You mean after the entirety of Starbucks South Korea put their foot in their mouth with a joke about murder
2026-06-28 23:28:00
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HikaruVenus :
“it said that employees had used artificial intelligence to come up with the wording for the promotion and were not aware of the context.” — For people who think that AI is replacing humans.
2026-06-23 06:18:14
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Really cool guy :
The guy making my coffee has nothing to do with some corporate commercial
2026-06-23 19:57:27
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goodfellowglenn :
WHO got that approved?? Think how many eyes have to see a marketing campaign before it launches!
2026-06-23 02:11:27
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Gabe Logan :
The employees are innocent WTF???
2026-06-23 06:34:17
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beaverpelt :
Did the media marketing department get training?
2026-06-23 15:52:41
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knickelsandpennys :
Why are the onsite employees forced to do the training when clearly this decision came pretty high up the chain?
2026-06-23 02:12:54
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GeekMom72 :
Now show us how corporate was retrained
2026-06-23 17:17:44
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goose :
Employees got nothing to do w the design. It’s corporate
2026-06-23 12:47:12
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✨ Daniella 🧡🤍🩷✨ :
It was corporate who designed and green lit the project, not the baristas.
2026-06-23 02:52:55
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Phillip Kow :
Blaming employees is a ignorant touch
2026-06-23 17:37:01
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Wubbypie :
reminds me when the central US manager of the company I work for fell for an internal phishing test so we ALL had to take a 3 day long internet security training course now we get 3 fake spam emails a month to make sure we arent just handing out company data.
2026-06-28 22:49:00
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Lucky Vicky :
Annie moon is this family daughter btw
2026-06-23 09:31:49
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Gabriel :
One thing, maybe the only thing corporations understand, is a decline in sales 📉
2026-06-23 00:18:31
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RachelSchardt :
Why is it the employees are having to be retrained when corporate screwed up?
2026-06-23 13:08:57
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Haku :
SUPPORT LOCAL.
2026-06-23 09:06:27
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The Lady Lilith :
WTF does that have to do with the employees?!
2026-06-23 13:19:53
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user5798914259881 :
How is this the employees fault? They aren’t the ones who made the ad
2026-06-23 15:22:25
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david :
framing this issue on the employees is crazy
2026-06-23 10:58:10
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Melz_7 :
Why are the workers suffering the consequences for what corporate did?
2026-06-23 16:54:48
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kimberlucy 🏳️🌈🇵🇸 :
Why are the employees being trained when the marketing is done by a totally different team?
2026-06-23 20:57:35
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