Starbucks has apologized after two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies reported that baristas ignored them when they waited to place an order. This comes just a couple weeks after an Oklahoma Starbucks employee was fired for printing the word “PIG” on a police officer’s hot chocolate order label (above). And back in July, a Starbucks barista in Tempe, Arizona requested that six cops leave the store because their presence made a customer “not feel safe.” From CNN:
(Of the Riverside County incident,) Starbucks spokesman Reggie Borges told CNN the deputies were ignored for nearly five minutes — and there’s no excuse for that.
“We are deeply sorry and reached out to apologize directly to them. We take full responsibility for any intentional or unintentional disrespect shown to law enforcement on whom we depend every day to keep our stores and communities safe,” Borges said.
The deputies were “laughed at” and “completely ignored,” (Riverside County Sheriff Chad) Bianco said in a video. “They tried to get served, they asked if anyone was going to help them,” he said.
Eventually, they left, Bianco said.