Starbucks abruptly closes popular 1st and Pike store near Pike Place Market

[@ScottGrammer]

215 days into the year, 255 911 calls. I could be wrong, but maybe THAT'S WHY THEY BAILED OUT?

[@Cmon-Man]

Yeah, just maybe 🤔. (They’ll still blame some political person or climate change etc…) no accountability as always

[@lupodisol]

Absolutely!!!!

[@larrybruce4856]

After just 10, 911 calls in 215 days------------------I'd be a blur out of that city. No one should put up with animal behavior like that. What has this world come to ???

[@leezy7028]

Liberal paradise!

[@matapendejos9190]

They support the policies that make it happen now deal with the consequences.

[@toomanybears_]

When a company says it isn't a "goodbye forever", it's goodbye forever.

[@mas7241]

Hahahaha. Awesome. Like a breakup.

[@dpharr100]

Decriminalizing crime has consequences

[@diana7043]

It starts with the American doing their civic duty before voting.

[@leemecham9633]

They aren’t doing that ha ha

[@PNW.sparky]

All the blue cities are soft on crime, no wonder they are all sh*t holes

[@pigdroppings]

Career criminal George Floyd, laughing in his grave, says ....look at what i have accomplished.....I be great

[@tomdoyle5720]

Jay is not aware of any crime issues in a downtown Seattle.

[@Cmon-Man]

“Some people have been going to the bathroom in front of door and I think they don’t like that!” Ha. Wisdom right there. “Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society” - Aristotle

[@LGmarge]

He said it like it's ok to do that.

[@j.griffin]

@@LGmarge At least he understood that it might upset some people… That puts him ahead of many politicians on both sides in the US.

[@eiryamorlais4978]

Absolutely, the quote. "Thoughts and prayers" - vacuous heads, vapid minds...

[@gridley]

Being very tolerant of & permissive towards criminals is the epitome of compassion. Yah, compassion! BTW, Joseph Stalin was very compassionate towards the working class!

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@eiryamorlais4978 Vizzini: I can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for my brains. Westley: You're that smart? Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Westley: Yes. Vizzini: Morons.

[@redjetsen1002]

2 blocks away from zombietown. Druggie paradise has another victim

[@AnAmericanPatriot1555]

Did they have those needle collection bins in the bathroom too? Can’t imagine how that would have a negative impact on the community. 🤔

[@hughmcboo8329]

@@AnAmericanPatriot1555I mean just safety wise, I’d rather see those collection bins so at least a percentage of those sharps (that are given out by the govt) end up contained and outta the way. Anything that cuts down on the amount we are stepping over on the street or worrying about kids picking them up. Also useful for insulin sharp disposal. But yeah, it’s not a great indicator of a healthy community or society at large.

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

​@@hughmcboo8329 my town has no needles in the bathroom or the street. We put drug addicts in public, in jail

[@hughmcboo8329]

@@LetsTalkAboutPreppingok? Im very happy for you and the city you live in. It sounds lovely. Pretty sure the video was about Seattle though. Just saying, the sharp containers are there for a reason and as somebody who worked groundskeeping, their existence made my job a tiny bit easier. And like I said, diabetics use them too. *edit: town you live in*

[@user-ry1vi1jc7o]

I'm actually surprised this one at Pike didn't close three or four years ago. It's been bad since before the riots, and especially after. But I don't understand the one at Alki. That one was pretty safe. It was a slower store and got most of its business during the summer, though. Maybe Starbucks is hurting financially.

[@The_Black_Knight]

Seattle downfall continues acceleration. All actions through personal choice have consequences.

[@467076]

Ferguson is already in the lead to win governor, these stupid people don’t learn but somehow they’re “educated” because they got a college degree.

[@Steve-yu5pf]

Time to take a break? Yea lifetime

[@yeehawboy1410]

One less Starbucks…. how will we survive this tragedy…..

[@wtfserpico]

@@yeehawboy1410 You really think this is isolated to one Starbucks?

[@ParadoxicalSerenity]

​@@yeehawboy1410it isn't just a Starbucks that closed down 😂

[@kevo8498]

Not many people feel sad for Seattle and Portland or even SF. Self enflicted and enabled by local government.. Where are the millions of taxpayer dollars that have been pumped into this problem??

[@Psychiatricnerd]

Or Minneapolis.

[@jamesbridges6502]

I feel sad for the residents that didn't vote for them.

[@AlanToon-fy4hg]

Went into a few people's pockets. Social problems are a big business.

[@kevo8498]

@@AlanToon-fy4hg Alan, I have no doubt about that!!

[@michaelcap9550]

@@Psychiatricnerd NYC, LA, Boston, etc.

[@Incog87]

If you voted to defund the police this is a direct result of that. Way to go

[@yaoming-j6g]

Dumb voters being guilt tripped into voting far left is the issue.

[@Incog87]

@@yaoming-j6g what do you expect? Everyone is indoctrinated to not think for themselves anymore.

[@clncaaquintero3595]

Agree

[@DustinHill-s9t]

Washington State's hospitawful as bad as California with businesses.Leaving you got Seattle and Spokane.And all you see is businesses leaving

[@solotraveler6025]

@@DustinHill-s9tJesus, did you drop out of school at the age of twelve? What language is that?

[@buckyheon6313]

Doing a bang up job Seattle

[@BreadBox42]

Do you people have no compassion?! Who among us has never wanted to smoke fenty and go #2 in front of a coffee shop, I thought this was AMERICA!

[@clncaaquintero3595]

😂

[@Eric_Luke]

Lmaooooo

[@ryanlemmers5300]

While screaming FREEDOM! William Wallace style 😂

[@Jacksonzole57]

U had me rolling

[@steveparsons3498]

Get off the internet, Randy Marsh

[@MyScoutTraveler]

And I thought Seattle only hated small businesses.

[@bluejedi723]

Druggies and crime: this is why we can't have nice things

[@Nod-zt3fw]

democrats is why you can't have nice things.

[@frankmacleod2565]

Nice things like Starbucks? There must still be a few dozen Starbucks left in Seattle, you'll probably survive

[@amynadine9669]

Great comment “why we can’t have nice things.”😂😂😂😂

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@@frankmacleod2565 Who appointed you to determine how many Starbucks locations or any other enterprises are acceptable for others?

[@frankmacleod2565]

@@eastbaykidd8574 wow, you must really like your Starbucks. You can relax, there are 118 Starbucks stores left in Seattle.

[@nancyoconnor4420]

Seattle following in San Fransicko's footsteps.

[@Steve-yu5pf]

How will the left function without unicorn urine.

[@davidmarlow8269]

Call the police.... wait.... never mind...we defunded the police

[@latrinemarine826]

1958 police staffing levels baby! Woo!

[@patrickahaus6570]

And demanded they take an experimental jab or loose job🎉

[@mazyata9958]

Both sides are a mess. When was the last time cops did their jobs and the system punishes them accordingly? 😅

[@danidiaz2377]

Exactly so many criminal cops

[@Qacc6]

Is that why Trump is still at large?

[@KARLMARX56]

When virtue signaling goes wrong 😂😂😂

[@thymekiller]

Exactly. Sad they cant admit it. Self inflicted wound, lol

[@MrBadjohn69]

Has nothing to do with virtue signaling. It has to do with Seattle is a crime ridden city.

[@lolitaalmostgrown]

Which virtue signaling are you referring to? Their willingness to hire tens of thousands of refugees? Their hiring of ten thousand veterans? Their dedication to LEED certified roasting plants? Their fair trade coffees? Oh I know, it must be their willingness to allow the homeless to use a bathroom that you’re referring to! You’re so smart

[@anderander5662]

Virtue signaling has become a virtue...

[@Qacc6]

Hopefully Trump gets locked up soon 😂

[@DansChan995]

People should know this isn't isolated and local. Starbucks just closed their big Astor Place location in downtown Manhattan at NYU. And this isn't a city with low police presence. Problem isn't just lack of cops. High prices for the consumer, high rent for the business, high homeless problems...all converge and businesses close.

[@1motomanic]

Not to concerned about a woke company like Starbucks in a woke city like Seattle, this is the Utopia you all wanted.

[@andrelockridge9109]

Zootopia!

[@Hwotermelon]

Too*

[@kevo8498]

Said perfectly

[@Trad-Am]

You're not wrong!

[@1805movie]

Starbucks is about as "woke" as Jeff Bezos on his multi-million dollar yacht.

[@celebrityrog]

There is also 4 starbucks within 3 blocks.

[@louis5276]

Seattle is next to dumpster fire in the dictionary.

[@latrinemarine826]

Actually if you look up dumpster fire in the dictionary, it shows a picture of Seattle

[@maryjogreen1706]

someone been going to the bathroom think they don't like that! seriously!!???!? where were you raised in a barn

[@JS-qw4ln]

its really not. You just watch too much MSM

[@louis5276]

@JS-qw4ln I don't watch any MSM. The streets don't lie. What you smoking lol

[@MP77USA]

We lived there about 12 yrs ago. Driving through the city or into downtown now is almost unrecognizable. Graffiti, trash, zombies, criminals. You reap what you sow, Seattle. So sick of this abuse of the word “tolerance”. Its LAWLESSNESS. Look it up. When citizens can’t walk into a coffee shop in the city’s most famous center - lil bit of a red flag, Seattle.

[@judd442009]

What is Mayor Bruce Harrell and the City Council doing about the Retail Flight in Pike Place Market? and the Retail Flight in the rest of the City? DERELICTION OF DUTY. These elected officials are failing Seattle.

[@GazzaBoo]

Seattle elected them, this is exactly what they voted for. They’ve been voting for the same bunch of clowns forever, did you really expect a different result? Really?

[@skeezix8156]

My guess is they’re going to stuff the homeless in this area after they bulldoze it. Then they’ll put a homeless levy on a ballot so homeowners have to foot the bill. Seattle residents love taxes

[@dicktracy5234]

​@GazzaBoo Throw your hat in the ring if you can do better. If not, you're just talking out of your bowel mover .

[@Sawbucks23]

As a Republican Californian, we can relate due to the democrats always wanting to vote the same.

[@andrelockridge9109]

Nothing,they got elected. Dumb liberal voters will continue re-electing the same cast of characters!

[@pneumaticman5927]

“Some people have been going to the bathroom in front of the door and I think they don’t like that.” 😂 yeah, I imagine that’s still frowned upon, even in Seattle.

[@stevepark2643]

The disconnection from reality with these people is astounding.

[@Dr_KW]

Dude said it like he also drops a deuce outside starbucks occasionally

[@pneumaticman5927]

@@Dr_KW 😂😂😂

[@ssds86]

Seattle politicians need to be ashamed it’s this mess

[@kannermw]

Yes sure their paychecks keep coming with promise of lucrative pensions they will feel horribly ashamed😂😂 But lefties keep voting them in because they don't accept cause and effect hard evidence and lessons from real history. Instead they support false ideals about human behavior that simply dont exist.

[@buckfiden2807]

And yet they are not ashamed nor accountable. Everything is someone else's fault. They're still blaming previous administrations for their failed agenda.

[@ragtowne]

They’re behind it they’re probably celebrating the probability when real estate prices collapse they’ll purchase property for 10% of it’s real value

[@buckfiden2807]

@@ragtowne sounds like Capital Hill

[@babysam3768]

In order to feel shame you need to have a conscience..

[@oscarcoreocontreras4127]

Thanks for the safety and support Governor, mayor and council members

[@smal1393]

Don't forget the city, county and state AG's, the latter one wants to be your next governor, running on a Law & Order platform.

[@oceania2385]

Wow, that's a major tourist attraction. Even during the pandemic there was a line out the door.

[@Adventuregirl96]

The one you are thinking of is a different one and is on Pike Pl at the Market. This one is about 5-minute walk away at 1st and Pike St.

[@JJJohnson441]

@@Adventuregirl96 Is this the one across target?

[@frankmacleod2565]

Too bad, now they'll be restricted to the other dozens of Starbucks around the city. How on earth will we survive this disaster, one less Starbucks

[@Adventuregirl96]

@@JJJohnson441 I think there is a Target over on 2nd and Pike but I am not sure of the exact location.

[@patricialavallee8286]

Not starbucks!!! Laws not being enforced. Duh

[@tanyafrida7380]

"Things have been getting out of hand"...Ya think?

[@John-d7p]

I won't miss it. In fact, I dont miss Seattle.

[@John-d7p]

@@tailgatecarpenter26 I grew up there in the 1960's- 1970's. By the late 1980's there was significant deterioration, with many gang fights occurring in certain areas. Tacoma was very dangerous. Not to be political, but the 1980's saw the fallout from the 1960-70's, and it wasn't pretty. Ultra liberalism, hedonism, and Leftist politician took over. It's been downhill ever since in every medium to large American city.

[@byroncoffelt7023]

Maybe the city of Seattle government could do something to reduce the crime for a change.

[@youtubecensors5419]

There's way too much money in the problem getting worse. Their job is to increase drug abuse, crime, and poverty.

[@wtfserpico]

There is no more "crime". They've changed the definitions of most and "decriminalized" the rest.

[@JetLagRecords]

KOMO News, I cant stop watching your videos!

[@NonotEver1]

You can think the democrat voters for that

[@MrBadjohn69]

Vote BLUE in November baby!!

[@larrys.3992]

I tried to think and nothing happened!

[@DTM45]

100% correct!

[@Qacc6]

And you can thank the Republitards vote for the biggest clown of the century.

[@TheRealRoch108]

Well Earned and well deserved. Congrats Seattle!!!

[@Userf451]

I took my family to Seattle in the 80’s for a five day vacation. It was nice. Now it looks like a shyt hole.

[@youtubecensors5419]

I'm from here, left for 20 years, recently moved back (family reasons). It is a Bolshevik dystopian hellscape and a soulless shell of what it once was. It's irretrievable, unfortunately.

[@MsJamieburns]

Cuz it is….

[@2FRESH-4U]

This place is being destroyed on purpose

[@youtubecensors5419]

@@2FRESH-4U It's called "managed decline" aka "Cloward Piven" strategy. It's not just Seattle, it's worldwide, and of course, online.

[@joesimons7387]

I used to live in Seattle but sold the house and moved out after the defund movement. I saw things were going to go from bad to worse and it has. Too bad Seattle used to be called the Emerald City....I would call anything but that now.

[@kevo8498]

@@joesimons7387 You were not the only one who moved and our moving.. Even the CA transplants are no longer moving this way..

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

⁠@@kevo8498: What…you’re whining about Cali people avoiding Seattle? Wouldn’t you be thrilled?

[@markpreston6930]

You lived in Federal Way or Everett.

[@kevo8498]

@@TheTrueOnyxRose Not really since we moved out of State soon as I retired..And as so so many others have chosen to do.

[@anderander5662]

💩

[@robertpresha9504]

Close Seattle 😅.

[@frankblangeard8865]

Just for a time...to evaluate.

[@jimb.942]

Maybe the North Koreans can do us one little favor, please?

[@Qacc6]

Shut down Trump country.

[@johnlcyborg]

What's the big deal? Starbucks coffee tastes nasty anyhow.

[@andrelockridge9109]

Thank you! I always wondered how they got so popular Tully's & Seattle's Best Coffee both were far superior!!

[@NonotEver1]

Who goes to Starbucks for a coffee.7/11 has better coffee if it's company store anyway

[@marshajacobberger1646]

I agree @andrelockridge9109 with you 100%.​@andrelockridge9109

[@kevo8498]

Dunken!!

[@SalveRegina8]

& worst chai ever.

[@TRAININGPORPOISE]

😳 dang! Now I ain't gonna be able to buy my $10 coffee served up in a cup with a Mermaid with NO nipples and TWO fish tails!! Mermaid swam in Starbucks coffee and mutated!!!

[@Chris-fq4xz]

Don't forget to price in the tip they expect for handing you an overpriced cup of coffee.

[@Trad-Am]

There's been a ton of warning, with all the homeless and crime! If you're still voting for people like Inslee and Ferguson, you're getting what you voted for!

[@clncaaquintero3595]

Totally agree

[@youtubecensors5419]

"Bbbbut I hafta vote for da Democrats cuz iffen I don't den dat means imma Notsi!" This is all that is in the Seattle voter's brain, they'll never vote for improvement. I live here, the people are zombies.

[@youtubecensors5419]

Oh, and Ferguson will win in a landslide, and we'll get a state income tax before 2030.

[@MK-es8ou]

Get rid of blanket primaries, start again with in-person voting and have audits of the ballots. All gone.

[@user-ry1vi1jc7o]

One would think that this is a voting fraud problem. However, when I was still there and things had been really bad for a while, I absolutely could not believe that there were still vast numbers of extreme far-left supporters. They would rather see their city burn down than vote differently. I guess if they were to do that, they could no longer virtue signal their friends. I don't know.

[@fedbia2003]

Damn. How were those unions coming along? Kinda sucks not having a job at all, huh?

[@chrisel4349]

Sucker!

[@FranktheDachshund]

Might have to do with the open air drug market you have to drive by to get there.

[@liannebedard5521]

We should be glad the Market is reachable by several other approaches, because that block of Third Avenue is one for the annals of urban decay.

[@edwinrodeo]

Surprised OMG …keep voting for same

[@andrelockridge9109]

Don't worry the voters will! Clown show!

[@azmike3572]

Seems that they'd be sending a strong message if they said the closing was due to crime. Why sugar-coat the excuse?

[@Psychiatricnerd]

Almost like the policies in Seattle aren’t working…

[@blakethomas8897]

🎉🎉🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! THIS IS AWESOME!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU! YOU HAVE WORKED FOR THIS! SO DESERVING! HOPEFULLY MORE TO COME! WONDERFUL!

[@UAL320]

“Pick up your mobile order and get the hell out”. That is the future of Starbucks.

[@grantdustin1]

Sorry to hear it's closing. Happy that I was able to visit the store in 2021.

[@TheShadowKarl]

They're saying it was because of crime but did this store or the other one coming up make a move to Unionize because it has been a well documented observation that Starbucks close these locations frequently to stop this from happening. Either way, less Starbucks is a good thing in my opinion.

[@davidgolf3245]

This is what you get when your city officials have no balls and let crime and homeless people run rampant. Seattle is on it's way down just like it's neighbor to the south California. Cheers from Australia.

[@rbm4163]

For at least 12 years, Seattle’s downtown has been deteriorating. Add to that inept leadership for much longer, punching in and collecting a paycheck. Happy I moved from that half-assed town. And that’s another thing, half-assed is good enough. Infrastructure all the way down to sports steams.

[@jimdoe3288]

1:03 No cops around was why you wanted to defund the police 😂

[@lillygirl7238]

Do you blame them…or any other business in that horrible area? City leaders are doing nothing. It’s their fault.

[@toddnewkirk2782]

No police anywhere

[@skeezix8156]

I wonder what the city’s plan for all the empty space is once they’ve ran businesses to extinction. I don’t blame you though Starbucks, I’d leave too

[@youtubecensors5419]

The only thing that's ever built in Seattle anymore: an ugly thirty story residential building with a first floor of vacant storefronts.

[@jons7771]

Ha. ha!! Keeping Seattle sketchy. What a dumpster fire. And yes, it smells.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

@jons7771 💯.

[@druu988]

Why is it such a big deal? It’s just coffee

[@JL-fs9wh]

This city is a mess. You have to have some degree of law and order. I pay thousands of dollars in taxes to this city. I have no idea where it goes. Horrible streets, trash every where and always fearing the next negative encounter with someone.

[@normanott644]

Over 200 911 calls, that’s not so many.

[@gwenaellepage]

This is not the Seattle I fell in love with when I visited the first time in summer 1996, I have been living in WA since 2003 but this state has changed in a way that I don’t enjoy anymore. Making plans to sell our home in the next few years and move out to a different state or even out of the country

[@ChrisSchramm-bt8do]

Violence, the entrance being used a bathroom. To dangerous to operate a business in downtown.

[@dam00k]

Went to a ball game in Seattle last month, driving up I-5 started smelling it in Federal Way. Almost lost an argument with myself to turn back and go home. The shoes I wore are still outside b/c we have a burn ban.

[@issahumps]

255 911 calls since January 😂😂😂

[@wtfserpico]

More than one per day.

[@keysuniverse]

I had recently visited the Starbucks located in Alki and there was a man who was mostly on drugs and he arrived in the store making loud noises and apparently trying to get into the back area where the supplies were. Thank goodness their where baristas there of statue. Customers called the police. No police showed up while I was outside waiting for my transportation. It was really sad the entire store cleared out immediately. Some customer still went in to order but left after. That is such a nice Starbucks; great location and clean. It is so bad down there in downtown Seattle. If people don't vote better or vote the same way there won;t be any change. You don't defund the police you reform them. It is no longer safe and there will continous be a huge Exodus. I love my hometoen but there needs to be some serious changes.

[@justsayingforafriend7010]

You got what you wanted... Now live with your choice!

[@JMarSa-1]

I travelled for my job for many years and spent time in SEA, would walk all around Pike Market, and while it was sketchy around the market area, Pioneer Square, I have known SEA has become so unsafe to roam around on foot, when I think I would love to revisit, I realize, perhaps not.

[@ryandarko2115]

Paying benefits and workers is such a tragedy now adays

[@eastbaykidd8574]

News Flash: when the cost of doing business exceeds revenues, it's no longer an economically viable proposition. It's a concept that every person running a business, whether a corporate CEO or hot dog cart owner/operator, understands intuitively. However, it's a concept that's totally incomprehensible to Democrat politicians and left-wing social activists. 😐

[@KevinW.Jenner]

Thankfully, Starbucks is committed to sound principles of work ethic (they're done with the mutiny), AND ready to move on from supportive of our 'right to protest' everything from businesses and infrastructure to the law itself (hippie/activist ways and means have gone WAY TOO FAR) to vehemently opposed both to crime and also dissidence. The closure of the store delivers a sign, probably had everything to do with it's closure. There exists a great deal of honorable word over this matter. I'll take that cup of coffee, Mr. Schultz, and hopefully the values in the work, those beyond monies, becomes us first indulgence in a common and shared fine way of living and secondly whatsoever we might choose among the free and capitalist world. An honor, my friend.

[@VulcanAvenger]

Where's my Seattle Suck's Tee Shirt!

[@kotk05]

Why announce the Alki closure but not this one?

[@ruthiemay423]

They announced this was closing a few months ago. I spoke about it to some friends. I was a regular when it first opened, back when they were just selling by the pound.

[@robertplant2059]

This is what Kamila and Dim Tim will bring more of! Why are all the Dem run cities of NY, LA, SF, Seattle, Portland and Chicago crumbling?

[@Kiabeautifullife]

You must not live in or near a major city. I don’t know about the others but NYC has always been nasty and one of the most dangerous cities no matter who’s in office. When Giuliani was in office it was dirty and dangerous also.

[@fayefaye3388]

Same in Vancouver Canada Sad

[@maestrovso]

Sleepless In Seattle. Apparently the politicians haven't read the bad news came in when Alexa said "You've Got Mail".

[@Lukesh30253]

I use to work on that store like flooring and things the wood floor was original. Back is rubber.

[@bigjohn2811]

Starbucks promoted lawlessness. Now the their stores have closed, weird how that happens.

[@DonWalker-gv1ws]

Our city is dying, and it's sad. This is not the city I know and grow up in. We need changes.

[@MW-xm1rc]

Open borders have consequences, so does drug use. The people there don’t buy $8 cups of coffee. Biggest Oxymoron? union Worker!

[@user-pg3ti3vc5g]

I'm sure it has nothing to do with them trying to unionize. But keep on rambling

[@andrewDanger138]

No, the above comment is right-yours is not. Seattle is an unsafe dump filled with drug addicted homeless and their antifa neighbors.

[@liannebedard5521]

That block is unsustainable. Wisecracking gives the online guys more places to open their mouths and be stupid…while the adults wonder how to get a grip on this disaster.

[@liannebedard5521]

They do buy coffee, even at those prices. Fortunately there are lots of ways to access Pike Place…

[@robertvondarth1730]

Alki Starbucks is also closing

[@franklesser5655]

I don't think these rich corporation realize is that when they shut down retail and restaurants the street people will have no where to steal.

[@tammynicewander2991]

They will just move into the housing areas..

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

Well….🤷🏼‍♂️……get used to it.

[@cynthiacarter532]

I was last there for a convention in 1995. That’s almost 30 years ago, no plans to go back.

[@williamna5800]

Vote blue for more of this inner city fun!!

[@nikehp99]

“Some people are going to the bathroom in front of the door and they don’t like that.” He said it like it was the norm. Wow absolutely crazy!!

[@animula6908]

I used to dream of growing successful enough to afford Starbucks. Now I dream of winning the lottery so I can afford gas. Life goals have shifted the last 10 years.

[@chadsmith7075]

dreaming of starbucks?

[@cgimovieman]

Seattle, Portland and San Francisco have long been 3 of my very favorite cities in the U.S. since I was a little kid. I still think they’re all amazing places, but man does it break my heart to see some of their decline in recent years or even decades. I don’t know what the solution is though.

[@betterjustice6697]

Isn't there another starbucks just around the corner near Pike Place?

[@Adventuregirl96]

Yes, it's the tourist attraction that everyone goes to.

[@nicklibby3784]

Yeah the one in Pike Place market itself is the very 1st Starbucks ever. It's the original Starbucks where all the tourists go and the line is stretched out all the way down the street. It is still open. The one being closed is a different Starbucks and is nearby the original, but not actually in Pike place market itself.

[@Capohanf1]

@@nicklibby3784 FOR NOW!!!!!!

[@hadguy1]

I’m so glad I visited Seattle and Portland before they turned to crap.

[@vihtoripuurola3775]

Haven't been to Starbucks since they decided to unionize and raise prices.

[@craigm.5674]

I haven’t lived there in a long time, or visited…. But Seattle was such a great place and city in the 80‘s and 90‘s….good memories. Scared to go see what happened… Too many people too fast and from other states…. It is what KILLED Denver in the last 8 years Loved Denver…not a complete POS

[@stonecrestquilt]

No Starbucks for Seattle, No Walmart for Portland Oregon and Chicago. Drats 😆

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

Wait…Portland doesn’t need Walmart…What are you thinking?

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@@TheTrueOnyxRose Nice that people like you can decide what the rest of a city needs, instead of letting others decide for themselves. No wonder you people are ln love with communism, socialism, and the like... you see them as vehicles to impose your personal preferences on others. 😐

[@robertf3340]

We had a two day stay scheduled for next year. Just cancelled it and will be making alternative travel plans.

[@thebrianchannel9890]

Hey Seattle do you have any public bathrooms yet? Or are you still blaming drug addicts?

[@BallardBaller]

There are plenty if you go into a non homeless infested area ,,, yes I blame the fucking addicts

[@OrsonBuggy1958]

Every alley is a public bathroom.

[@thebrianchannel9890]

@@OrsonBuggy1958 or we could come up with system of public bathrooms that are private and easy to access you know like other major cities all around the world? I spent a good bit of time downtown Seattle andit is torture. It’s bathroom torture. that particular Starbucks they close was one of the only good ones and it had a line of like 20 people at all times. You can’t even go in a stall in Seattle without some security guard, practically sticking his head underneath.

[@franksinatra1977]

what's wrong with pissing outside on sidewalks?

[@LGmarge]

The drug addicts destroy public bathrooms.

[@beejls]

What an incredibly bad way of handling a store closing. They didn't tell employees? And why not at least put up a sign directing customers to the nearest available Starbucks? Lots of balls dropped.

[@Jay-og4yb]

Maybe to avoid a mass vandalization of the store

[@beejls]

@@Jay-og4yb somebody's watching too much Fox.

[@BufordDuckworth]

Oh no they closed a completely unnecessary business!

[@youtubecensors5419]

Almost every business is technically unnecessary.

[@BufordDuckworth]

@youtubecensors5419

[@ayoutubechannelname]

Yeah, the whole of Pike Place could shut down, and life would go on.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

Would you have the same attitude if you were employed there? 😐

[@ayoutubechannelname]

@@eastbaykidd8574 It’s beneath him.

[@thetrailbuzzard]

Really sad. I remember going to Seattle 20 years ago. Hanging out at the Owl and thistle pub and a few other pubs. Visiting REI and eating at Ivars or the spaghetti factory. You could park anywhere and walk the city without worry. I go back to Seattle now and its not the home I remember it once was...

[@nichele3692]

As someone who worked for Starbucks for over 25 years I can tell you that basically and really crazy incident happened inside of the store. The manager and whatever partners tried to handle it internally and then finally had to call corporate. As a person who has seen the corporate cleanup team come in I can tell you personally they're the ones who blocked out the windows because the stores just don't have that on hand perfectly measured to every window. We just have no space to store things like that inside the store for possible emergencies where we'd have to block out things ,lol. Literally a store manager would not be allowed to to do or participate in anything like that on their own. The team that came in would have also reached out to all of the employees. The thing is with that is that and I don't know how they do it but they send you voicemails where your phone doesn't ring it just goes straight to your message with a full-on automated voicemail that says your personal store manager will be reaching out to you add a date and time and they'll explain that you still will get paid for whatever your schedule week was. But yeah something really bad happened in the store and they don't want to be liable in any way or have to explain in any way that could come back upon them or how they handled things. It's better to just lock it down until all i's have been dotted and all the t's have been crossed.

[@johngunderson5463]

Try again, this time in English. Everything except the last sentence was unintelligible.

[@ruthiemay423]

​@johngunderson5463 thank you John. I thought it was me! 🙄😵😵‍💫😝😆

[@FlyLikeDove]

@@johngunderson5463 actually everything they wrote was logical, they're just lacking punctuation and structure. Your Grammar Police squad just couldn't follow along. It'll be ok.

[@mas7241]

In London, Ontario, Canada, they closed one downtown store for same reason. Walkers. (homeless drug users.) The other one they've removed all seating, and closed washrooms (Walkers would use washrooms for drug use.) It'll be closed next.

[@lupodisol]

Pike Street Market is to dangerous day or night to visit simply because one may be a victim of being shot by a hand gun by some teenager with an handgun along with the despicable possibly of observing someone overdosing on drugs. Perhaps this may be (should be a ) a call out for more serious police enforcement along with the ban of owning or caring a handgun. Starbucks was a great Seattle institution when Seattle was a safe place to visit or reside in. Now the alleged Emerald city (an oxymoronic label) is just another city of grey hopeless city of Concrete…..a Fort Apache the Bronx West.

[@AlpineAlien]

Uh, no. Banning hand guns DOES NOT STOP CRIMINALS. You're literally trying to make things worse. Stop.

[@DoudD]

Ummm....this was never the best part of town even many years ago. I never really saw the appeal, personally. It's gone from sketchy to bad, it seems.

[@thebrianchannel9890]

Oh, somebody tried to form a union again

[@johnlcyborg]

I think you have hit the nail on the head. Kudos to you, sir!

[@thebrianchannel9890]

@@johnlcyborg well you know they tried pulling that crap here in Portland. So did target. let’s go on and blame our corporate greed by using Fox News narrative

[@vihtoripuurola3775]

Haven't visited Starbucks since they unionized.

[@thebrianchannel9890]

@@vihtoripuurola3775 hi go either way because they have crack in it

[@warrenash5370]

Cheaper to close than accept the union. Good business sense.

[@youtubecensors5419]

Seattle is thriving!

[@ronlokk]

JUST AS THE STOCK MARKET STARTS TO CRASH. HMMM.

[@jmsnsaddler03]

Thanks Inslee