when you’re as big a corporation as
Starbucks you’re bound to offend people
from time to time welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
Starbucks controversies people are more
divided than ever by this unity cup so
before we begin we published new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at those times
when Starbucks caused argument and ended
up in the news both in America and on a
global scale and the worst part is
nobody wants anything pumpkin flavored
from December through August and here’s
how I know that you can have it whenever
you want
number 10 misspelled names on cups
possibly since Starbucks became a
national and international sensation
baristas have been putting the wrong
names or wrong spellings on cups from
understandable little misspellings like
exchanging a knife or an EE or vice
versa to completely misheard names
sometimes it’s hard not to celebrate
when a name is actually spelled
correctly however there are times when
the name on the cup can be crass or
offensive and while some of these are
funny
the barista may or may not have ended up
with an awkward situation on their hands
number 9 no pumpkin in pumpkin spice
lattes we are all looking at this I’m
thinking I don’t know why but I simply
have to drink that in 2014 one food
blogger started a movement that changed
an entire recipe for one of the biggest
seasons of the year for Starbucks that’s
right
the pumpkin spice latte season
publishing an article about the famous
syrup food babe as she’s known stated
that Starbucks never included the squash
plant after which the drink is named in
the ingredients after this post quickly
went viral the coffee company was forced
to respond and as of 2015 the syrup has
been revamped to include some actual
pumpkin puree now I’ll tell you it’s
made with a lot of amazing pumpkin pie
spices nutmeg cloves number eight Jo
magazine if you’re scratching your head
thinking Starbucks had a magazine don’t
worry you probably aren’t the only one
this blinken you’ll miss it
collaboration with Time Inc came out in
1999 and after only three issues the
project was pulled hardly anyone had
seemed wanted to read articles that one
eBay purchaser described as quote a
little esoteric and abstract the company
lost a lot of money on the failed
venture but former CEO Howard Schultz
allegedly kept copies of the magazine in
his office as a reminder that quote
sometimes you have to have the courage
to fail honestly not bad advice number
seven the unicorn Frappuccino the
unicorn Frappuccino is one of the most
colorful drinks the famous coffee
company has ever served the frosty drink
is a burst of pink purple and blue with
a topping of whipped cream and sugars of
the same colors the flavors of this
bright drink range from sweet to fruity
to sour depending on how your strasse
ters it also looks very very similar to
the unicorn latte you can get at a
coffee shop called the end in Brooklyn
New York yes it seems to be true
according to the smaller cafe the
conglomerate stole their drink and
called Affairs well it is awfully hard
to deny the similarities right here is
the unicorn latte this drink is a drink
that really helps you tap into your most
cosmically powerful mystical magical
self it helps you fly high you know
spread happiness so hence unicorn latte
number six Franken bucks Starbucks has
always touted their transparency and
their natural ingredients why then would
the company refuse to talk about where
they get their milk for all of their
drinks and other baked goods this was
the question the movement Franken bucks
demanding Lee asked it was found that
the milk was potentially less than pure
taken from cows injected with a growth
hormone known as rb/gh after a lot of
pressure from the campaign Starbucks was
once again forced to reevaluate the
ingredients for their menu items number
five supporting the Israeli military
it’s amazing how quickly a tiny rumor
whether true or untrue can become so
much bigger than itself this is
especially true when it concerns a
company as large as Starbucks when word
got around that the copy’ conglomerate
might be
according the Israeli army there was
pushback the company denied any dealings
with anyone political and/or religious
cause but they still faced some hearty
questioning by the public even with the
denial there were still some claiming
that if Starbucks wasn’t allied with
Israel
they must be allied with Israel’s
enemies it seems you can’t make anyone
happy
however the rumors finally subsided into
the darker regions of the internet
number for refugee hiring in response to
President Donald Trump’s statement on
refugees Howard Schultz had a statement
of his own Starbucks would be hiring
more refugees in America and worldwide
10,000 over the next five years to be
exact this sparked cheers and jeers from
either side of the issue people took to
Twitter with one side patting Starbucks
on the back for doing right by their
fellow man and the other side starting a
boycott movement in their own response
despite all of this the company stuck to
their guns and is still hiring the
refugees I think we have a lot of
number three cup designs every year it
seems Starbucks upsets someone with
their cup designs when their earlier
designs exclusively portrayed Christmas
leaving out the other holidays around
that season people were offended and
brought attention to it then in 2015 the
company put out a plain red cup and
Christians thought of it as a war on
Christmas there was also the unity cup
controversy this design was meant to
show as the name suggests unity ahead of
the 2016 election but the public thought
that Starbucks was making a political
statement and it seemed no one wanted
that from their coffee this is ugly
I want snowflakes number two
hashtag raced together hashtag raced
together was a great effort gone
horribly wrong a conversation about race
is clearly important but that’s a time
in a place CEO Howard Schultz thought
the world needed to discuss the problems
surrounding different races in order to
understand one another a little bit
better people warned you not to touch
this issue that it was just too hot
button of an issue and not to go near it
while this is true when the conversation
is
most people agreed that this discussion
is best not had while waiting for a
morning latte I rejected that I rejected
that because if we all individually and
collectively continue to be a bystander
on something that is dividing the nation
where is this headed and then there was
the blowback on the executives
themselves with people pointing out the
lack of diversity among them at least a
discussion was started even if it wasn’t
the one the CEO originally intended this
Starbucks is battle to fight yes it is
the battle of everybody who believes in
justice number one black people arrested
in 2018 in a Philadelphia Starbucks two
men were waiting for a friend
they didn’t order anything and simply
took a seat to chat the manager upon
seeing that they didn’t have drinks in
their hands called the cops to have the
pair arrested for trespassing
well at least trespassing was the reason
she gave for calling the police in the
first place
however she hadn’t done it to other
patrons the difference the arrested pair
have an opinion about somebody else’s
intent the facts speak for themselves
when news of this hit the internet it
started a boycott movement on Twitter
and other social media sites the company
responded stating plans to close over
eight thousand stores for a day for
racial bias training protesters calling
for justice today after the arrest of
two black men at this Philadelphia
Starbucks on Thursday do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
Starbucks you’re bound to offend people
from time to time welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
Starbucks controversies people are more
divided than ever by this unity cup so
before we begin we published new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at those times
when Starbucks caused argument and ended
up in the news both in America and on a
global scale and the worst part is
nobody wants anything pumpkin flavored
from December through August and here’s
how I know that you can have it whenever
you want
number 10 misspelled names on cups
possibly since Starbucks became a
national and international sensation
baristas have been putting the wrong
names or wrong spellings on cups from
understandable little misspellings like
exchanging a knife or an EE or vice
versa to completely misheard names
sometimes it’s hard not to celebrate
when a name is actually spelled
correctly however there are times when
the name on the cup can be crass or
offensive and while some of these are
funny
the barista may or may not have ended up
with an awkward situation on their hands
number 9 no pumpkin in pumpkin spice
lattes we are all looking at this I’m
thinking I don’t know why but I simply
have to drink that in 2014 one food
blogger started a movement that changed
an entire recipe for one of the biggest
seasons of the year for Starbucks that’s
right
the pumpkin spice latte season
publishing an article about the famous
syrup food babe as she’s known stated
that Starbucks never included the squash
plant after which the drink is named in
the ingredients after this post quickly
went viral the coffee company was forced
to respond and as of 2015 the syrup has
been revamped to include some actual
pumpkin puree now I’ll tell you it’s
made with a lot of amazing pumpkin pie
spices nutmeg cloves number eight Jo
magazine if you’re scratching your head
thinking Starbucks had a magazine don’t
worry you probably aren’t the only one
this blinken you’ll miss it
collaboration with Time Inc came out in
1999 and after only three issues the
project was pulled hardly anyone had
seemed wanted to read articles that one
eBay purchaser described as quote a
little esoteric and abstract the company
lost a lot of money on the failed
venture but former CEO Howard Schultz
allegedly kept copies of the magazine in
his office as a reminder that quote
sometimes you have to have the courage
to fail honestly not bad advice number
seven the unicorn Frappuccino the
unicorn Frappuccino is one of the most
colorful drinks the famous coffee
company has ever served the frosty drink
is a burst of pink purple and blue with
a topping of whipped cream and sugars of
the same colors the flavors of this
bright drink range from sweet to fruity
to sour depending on how your strasse
ters it also looks very very similar to
the unicorn latte you can get at a
coffee shop called the end in Brooklyn
New York yes it seems to be true
according to the smaller cafe the
conglomerate stole their drink and
called Affairs well it is awfully hard
to deny the similarities right here is
the unicorn latte this drink is a drink
that really helps you tap into your most
cosmically powerful mystical magical
self it helps you fly high you know
spread happiness so hence unicorn latte
number six Franken bucks Starbucks has
always touted their transparency and
their natural ingredients why then would
the company refuse to talk about where
they get their milk for all of their
drinks and other baked goods this was
the question the movement Franken bucks
demanding Lee asked it was found that
the milk was potentially less than pure
taken from cows injected with a growth
hormone known as rb/gh after a lot of
pressure from the campaign Starbucks was
once again forced to reevaluate the
ingredients for their menu items number
five supporting the Israeli military
it’s amazing how quickly a tiny rumor
whether true or untrue can become so
much bigger than itself this is
especially true when it concerns a
company as large as Starbucks when word
got around that the copy’ conglomerate
might be
according the Israeli army there was
pushback the company denied any dealings
with anyone political and/or religious
cause but they still faced some hearty
questioning by the public even with the
denial there were still some claiming
that if Starbucks wasn’t allied with
Israel
they must be allied with Israel’s
enemies it seems you can’t make anyone
happy
however the rumors finally subsided into
the darker regions of the internet
number for refugee hiring in response to
President Donald Trump’s statement on
refugees Howard Schultz had a statement
of his own Starbucks would be hiring
more refugees in America and worldwide
10,000 over the next five years to be
exact this sparked cheers and jeers from
either side of the issue people took to
Twitter with one side patting Starbucks
on the back for doing right by their
fellow man and the other side starting a
boycott movement in their own response
despite all of this the company stuck to
their guns and is still hiring the
refugees I think we have a lot of
number three cup designs every year it
seems Starbucks upsets someone with
their cup designs when their earlier
designs exclusively portrayed Christmas
leaving out the other holidays around
that season people were offended and
brought attention to it then in 2015 the
company put out a plain red cup and
Christians thought of it as a war on
Christmas there was also the unity cup
controversy this design was meant to
show as the name suggests unity ahead of
the 2016 election but the public thought
that Starbucks was making a political
statement and it seemed no one wanted
that from their coffee this is ugly
I want snowflakes number two
hashtag raced together hashtag raced
together was a great effort gone
horribly wrong a conversation about race
is clearly important but that’s a time
in a place CEO Howard Schultz thought
the world needed to discuss the problems
surrounding different races in order to
understand one another a little bit
better people warned you not to touch
this issue that it was just too hot
button of an issue and not to go near it
while this is true when the conversation
is
most people agreed that this discussion
is best not had while waiting for a
morning latte I rejected that I rejected
that because if we all individually and
collectively continue to be a bystander
on something that is dividing the nation
where is this headed and then there was
the blowback on the executives
themselves with people pointing out the
lack of diversity among them at least a
discussion was started even if it wasn’t
the one the CEO originally intended this
Starbucks is battle to fight yes it is
the battle of everybody who believes in
justice number one black people arrested
in 2018 in a Philadelphia Starbucks two
men were waiting for a friend
they didn’t order anything and simply
took a seat to chat the manager upon
seeing that they didn’t have drinks in
their hands called the cops to have the
pair arrested for trespassing
well at least trespassing was the reason
she gave for calling the police in the
first place
however she hadn’t done it to other
patrons the difference the arrested pair
have an opinion about somebody else’s
intent the facts speak for themselves
when news of this hit the internet it
started a boycott movement on Twitter
and other social media sites the company
responded stating plans to close over
eight thousand stores for a day for
racial bias training protesters calling
for justice today after the arrest of
two black men at this Philadelphia
Starbucks on Thursday do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and be sure to
subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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