Four coffee shops closing their doors in Ann Arbor

[@missymason9192]

When companies don't make money, they CLOSE!

[@youdontsay2529]

I know! Big surprise!

[@singlefather01]

No... really? I thought these people were not in it for the money.

[@kimobrien.]

@@singlefather01 Bosses refuse to negotiate instead they fire workers.

[@Madcatz9000]

The employees are free to start up their own business. They will most likely see that running a business is a little more difficult than they think.

[@jamezbrian4135]

they dont have the guts

[@johndough6767]

Seeing these employees makes me sympathize w thr owners.

[@mrjonesandme8848]

Truest words on the thread

[@sgtpepperz25]

Coffee shop barista is not a union job...these kids are clueless about how the world works!

[@PoPoRocks]

One problem is you've got full grown adults trying to make a living out of a job that isn't meant for that

[@jeffwinterfeldt5705]

This is a crash course

[@flamingwheel9926]

Who would have GUESSED that people wouldn't buy in a place where they get TAXED 18% just for being a man, something that isn't controllable

[@cmmusic4721]

i was unaware of the man tax

[@Laura-Yu]

Even as a woman I wouldn’t support that kind of business.

[@mr.bluestone1276]

or wrong or deserving to be taxed

[@curtiswilson4737]

Talk about discrimination, being a sexist, and a hypocrite all in one business, no wonder they shut down.

[@ChrisMorganComedy]

The coffee shops in Australia. This is another dumb coffee shop

[@johnpaulmurray965]

Employee job , show up , work hard ,be respectful, get paid , that’s all that’s required of you

[@andrewshepherd5249]

I work like I'm paid. You pay shitty? I work shitty

[@miguelgonzalezgonzalez8166]

​@@andrewshepherd5249Your ass gets fired 😅

[@andrewshepherd5249]

@miguelgonzalezgonzalez8166 yeah. No. I let people like you work hard and I learn my bosses job. So I get the promotion

[@donmacneil547]

They expect me to work hard - oh I am so OPPRESSED 😅

[@abbottshaull9831]

If you are going to demand more money for your hourly rate from job where your wage include tips, then you better work your ass off to give your employer value. Doing the min. work for not even min. wage job, I am sure reflected in getting min. tips.

[@wesleydraves1281]

If you want to be treated equally you should treat others as your equal instead of forcefully charging men more

[@theyaden]

That was Handsom Her under Belle Ngien that did the priority seating for women and 18% you have dick tax rather than this one.

[@lhead7226]

Why don't they open their own shop and see what it's like to run a business.

[@southernfriedkiwi7726]

That would require too much work and too much reality.

[@ionskull13]

Financial risk and their moms said no.

[@MuckyPup115]

Some have… and then they close soon after. 😂

[@albeit1]

I think a group of dummies did exactly that in Toronto. The anti capitalist Anarchist coffee shop let people pay whatever they wanted to. And, yes, now that mention it, they did go out of business. It’s weird that you foresaw that outcome.

[@albeit1]

@@ionskull13but Mom!!!

[@ShaggyRogers1]

It's funny that these people don't want to acknowledge that no one owes them a job. Why would a single owner coffee shop want a contract with their employees? What does the shop have to gain from a bunch of unskilled laborers trying to dictate how things go? Of course the business is just going to pack up and sell off. The employees made the business untenable.

[@bongkey2210]

Maybe, if the business owner actually wanted to keep skilled employees who didn't feel the urge to unionize, they would have paid the employees a livable wage. That said, you're right, the business has the right to pack up and sell off. What the business doesn't have the right to is anyone's labor other than their own. This is a two-way street. Business needs employees to survive. Employees need business to survive. Neither is obligated to the labor and/or money of the other.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@bongkey2210 "keep skilled employees" Your first mistake is acting like the employees are "skilled". You can teach literally any semi independent person off the street to be a barista. "Paid their employees a living wage". Again, you fail to understand that not all jobs are MEANT to provide a "living wage". The job aimed at teenagers and college students trying to earn some pocket money isn't meant to provide a "living wage". If you didn't like the wages, don't take the job. Acting like forming a "union" and making a bunch of demands when the business hasn't even broken even yet is the height of stupid entitlement.

[@jeffw1267]

​@bongkey2210 The business owners were paying the employees their market value. If the workers want to make more money, they can seek another employer who pays more.

[@vanessak69]

5 years later, baristas are still trying to unionize and then finding they only succeeded in closing the store where they worked.

[@edwaggoner7403]

@@jeffw1267 If the employees want more money, develope a skill that is more in demand and worth more money.

[@norwegianblue2017]

"It's really unfortunate that the management gets to walk away with the money that they made..." It's almost like they created this business to make a profit and not for some sort of social equity experiment.

[@khrttartrahht4188]

Yeah. And they will probably open up again in a few weeks, and blacklist you. And what did you expect, exactly? If you have enough brains to run a coffee shop, run your own coffee shop. If you don't, try not to mess with your employer who does 🎉😂

[@VesPitts-c3p]

The same thing happened last week in Philadelphia. Three coffee shops owned by one owner closed rather than negioation being unionize.

[@scottw.9610]

This and Covid was why I bought my own espresso machine. By trial and error and in short time I learned to make my own iced coffees, flavored drinks and lattes better than any I ever bought. I stopped buying coffee from coffee shops, and my wife and i saved a few thousand bucks over the last 3 and a half years. 😊 Life is good, you baristas that want to unionize need to understand the public does not need you. Same goes for the fast food industry.

[@ahappilydrunkpuppy8961]

Nobody needs most things but still want service. Your logic is flawed.

[@russs7574]

These kids don't seem to grasp the concept that a business owner always has the option to take his ball and go home if either 1) The business is no longer profitable, or 2) The employees are just too insufferable and demanding to deal with anymore. Nor do they grasp the concept that nobody owes you a job.

[@carolynkuzio5649]

It is sooooo hard to make coffee. I feel sooooo sorry for these unemployed idiots.

[@Fireman9ify]

But how will this company get skilled employees like baristas to make coffee from ground beans and hot water. The world may be doomed if i am unable to get a skinny frappo coco latte.

[@Beecher_Dikov]

With pumpkin spice

[@robertslugg8361]

Society has evolved from the K-car to the K-cup.

[@KenLee-e5y]

Doomed, Doomed I tell ya

[@kingkong6917]

colored hair says it all

[@rafael2661]

💯

[@robertslugg8361]

Most of them would fit seamlessly into Gary Larson's "Nature's Warning Signs" cartoon.

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Overworked? how about No Work.

[@just-dl]

Overworked problem solved.

[@greglane3978]

Mighty Good Coffee and Mighty bad employees.

[@mistiinseattle]

Who would ever have thought that employees could not get by with ordering their employers what to do? Welcome to the real world!

[@williethewizard]

The old adage goes, "I've needed a doctor, a fireman, a policeman, but I've never needed a barista."

[@ahappilydrunkpuppy8961]

Everyone deserves a livable wage regardless of whether they flip burgers or perform brain surgery.

[@987654321wormy]

​@@ahappilydrunkpuppy8961the moral of this story is, if you want better wages get a skill that warrants better pay. Flipping burgers and making coffee isn't worthy top dollar with the skills required, no matter how much you wish for it.

[@catherinecastelli9105]

Well their coffee shop their choice to close it. Just like it’s your choice to unionize

[@michaelfincham2749]

As soon as I saw the red hair I was aware that the owners did the right thing. Once you give in to these kids, they will never stop asking for more. Best to close wirh your finances intact them fight on for years and let them tank the business you worked your ass off to build for 30 years.

[@Ingendio]

Bond with the barista? They pour hot water over ground coffee beans. I do that every morning. Make it at home.

[@johnjones5354]

You have to feel badly for the baristas. I mean, think about it. Eight years in college, almost finished with that gender studies degree, just three more years to go, and then this

[@Or_else_it_gets_the_hose_again]

😂

[@fatcatm0rty360]

Unions are for jobs that are specialized not for a job anyone off the street can do.

[@rbarnes4076]

Unions are generally profitably for union leadership, not for the union members. Hierarchies create their own needs, no matter what their stated purpose. It has ALWAYS been a scam to get money from the guy that is your rank and file union member. My grandfather hated them for this exact reason. Unionizing baristas is like you said, stupid. But I'd argue that unionizing any job is stupid. They don't fulfill their stated purpose.. they simply line the pockets of union leadership and create an unholy alliance with politicians. Dreadful.

[@jonathanklopf7581]

As a person who has been a union member for over forty years, people have to understand a small business cannot afford union wages, the profit margin just isn't there. Also it's usually not just wages soon will come demands for health care. paid vacations etc. those will for sure break the bank.

[@lawrencerobles6207]

I sympathize for the owner. These baristas made the ownership experience just horrible.

[@kimobrien.]

Boo Hoo Hoo the worm out hard working boss all worn out working at his computer.

[@matthenneman6180]

A no skill job trying to form a union and then shocked that the owners don’t budge. Kind of find this funny. Don’t ever want people to lose their jobs, hopefully this is a lesson that they can take.

[@Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww]

Seriously, customer service is not a learned skill its just a trait of human interaction go learn something marketable lmao

[@lhead7226]

@@Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww it doesn't look like they have much of that either. They don't look like, " I'm a people pleaser."

[@rickschuman2926]

Nailed it.

[@theyaden]

Sadly if the business is already running at a loss it's a risk to add extra expenses like a union.

[@larryclark1356]

I don't feel sorry for the former employees of any of the at least three coffee shop owners that closed after the employees decided they were more important to the business than the owner(s) that put up the money to start the business. If owning a small business is so easy, why don't these barista's pool their money and start their own coffee shop?

[@oldhag2881]

"It's really unfortunate that the owners get to walk away with their profits" ?????

[@williamrice4608]

Times are hard and businesses don't want the hassle or added expense of fooling with unions.

[@livefree6455]

We purchased a high end coffee machine last year from Williams Sonoma. Even with purchasing higher quality coffee beans, the machine paid for itself almost twice over. Not just independent baristas, but most coffee shops are going away and these people want a union to shake down management? Sorry, thanks to Bidenomics we can't afford hand made coffee anymore.

[@ericbradley2010]

Oh no! We’ve made it so difficult to do business that they’re closing operations. Who knew?

[@michaelmccrystal98]

Deep Breath, there is a work force of maybe 8 people for the whole store. How much wiggle is there in the P and L. You can have a 10-cent raise. Not enough, we are going out of business tomorrow. What about WARN? Does not apply if there are only 8 employees. Unions help if you work at Ford Motors not if you work at the Hava Java.

[@tincanboat]

coffee shops all over the country are closing.

[@Sagemaster00]

Unionize what? Who can put dirt in a cup?

[@mcmneverreadsreplys7318]

If a business is not making a profit it MUST close. But, if it is making a profit but the owner does not enjoy owing / running it he/she/it is under no obligation to keep it open - just like employees are free to quit any time they want to.

[@vinylrichie007]

“We get a bond with our barista.” Spoken like an out of touch elite.

[@jordankapeliela]

Imagine if all supermarkets owned by men (which most are) told women that they have to pay 18% more. 😂🤡

[@robheidel5627]

I'd like to see that too!

[@abbottshaull9831]

I am sure that coffee shop was in Australia that was charging 18% more for men who ordered. Some of few things small shops, stores, and eateries make money on items such fountain drinks, coffee, and tea. They don't make bank off these items, it is the other items they sell along side with it. For eateries it usually thing such as Fries and other sides that add up. Again it is all the other items they may sell that pay for cost of doing business such as payroll, electric, gas, property tax, and so on and so forth. Otherwise you have to have steady line people waiting to be serve Coffee, tea, or specialty drink for the shop to make enough money to turn a tidy profit. Next most Coffee Shops I have been too, the baristas get tips. So if you not hustling for the tips, it really your fault you not making the money you think you should.

[@jasonl8326]

I heard gas stations pretty much break even selling gas, and their main profits are selling snack/soda items.

[@stevekwan8232]

My God a business makes money and gets to keep it😮

[@kimobrien.]

The owners probably spend it on vacations in Vegas watching strippers.

[@Froward_Thinker]

What exactly did they think was going to happen?

[@timmclain5576]

If you're union, no tips please

[@robertslugg8361]

1:26 $20 bill in the tip jar. Did someone with a sense of humor plant that?

[@kimberlymartin459]

That would be awkward for a business owner to go from being the boss to a person who would basically be told what they can and cannot do...and have to pay them too.

[@scrumbles]

You won, they gave up. So you made your bed, you should lie in it. This is some locally owned coffee shop. It's a SMALL business, not Starbucks. They can barely compete with them as it is, im sure, and you go on strike. I have zero sympathy.

[@abbottshaull9831]

SMH. If these employees think the owners were making bank off their work, then they should feel free to pool their money and open their own coffee shop. Just saying.

[@henrychen5254]

This is the reason why so many businesses leave the US

[@frankbaine3918]

Apparently, the wages were agreed upon amicably when barristas signed on. The owners saw the inevitable future. Immediate demand for higher wages, strikes, hard feelings & $12 regular coffee. Nope to that. You want to make real money? Get a real job in an upwardly mobile career field is a recommendation.

[@rockyraccoon3630]

We develop a "BOND" with our barista???? It's not a "PLUG AND PLAY POSITION????? Now that right there was the dumbest utterance I've heard this week. Trust me, I've heard a lot of dumb things uttered this week, as I currently work at a coffee shop.

[@DVNelson]

Guess what! You can unionize ALL you want and demand high wages ALL you want. You know what you can't do??? Make a business stay open or deal with you. You got EVERYTHING you deserve!

[@hermithank9514]

Union of coffee servers? Killed their own jobs.

[@michaelborn3318]

Maybe she should borrow money from the bank and open her own coffee shop. She can make it a unionized shop.

[@JayTse-x7l]

A bond with your baristas? What kind of education is required to be a barista?

[@jimferris5476]

Nobody is interested in coffee activism, just coffee ☆ ☆ ☆

[@dangeroreilly2028]

Well, maybe the company walks away with all the money they made. OR maybe the company has paid wages, leased space, various insurances, costs of utilities, costs of product supplies, costs of cleaning supplies, and probably lots of other things that I didn't quickly think of. The employees provided work hours they were paid for, and invested their time filling out an app.

[@pedrowhack-a-mole6786]

Tears are falling into my drip coffee... tears of laughter over the reality check that their "career" choice won't be paying the rent anymore. What kind of degree do you need to be a barista anyway?

[@zardox0163]

Bunch of spoiled brats playing with daddies money...

[@albeit1]

I like how these people equate the loss of a job, which they could replace tomorrow, with a loss of a business, something that takes a long time to build. The owner closing the business, in their minds, walks away with a pile of money. They, or at least their arrogant spokeswoman, have a lot to learn about reality.

[@Watermark61]

Start your own company if you can't understand the ignorance of unionizing a small margin business.

[@leroysmith8741]

Lol No company has an obligation to stay in business. The objective of a business is profit.. Those employees were stupid.

[@Beecher_Dikov]

Lol...unionized coffee pourers...these people are a joke.

[@emd3271]

Why don’t the start their own coffee shop. The owner did it at some point in his life. It was probably a lot of long underpaid hours put in by the owner.

[@johnnygonzales1590]

THAT RED HAIR WAS HER DOWNFALL 😂😂😂 !

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

Bond with a barista...looking at the state of them hmmm 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikeg3439]

I don't have time for people who think being able to make a heart in latte' foam = having the power and wisdom to dictate business and commerce.

[@ammardewata9901]

They still blaming men for the closing

[@surfdocer103]

All I heard is waaaaaaaaaah

[@TimMeinschein-j4s]

Especially when they DEMAND $20 an hour!!!

[@watermaster4513]

When the karma kicks in

[@Paul4Krista20]

This made my morning. Thanks YT algorythm 😅

[@r.o.9356]

It’s called selflessness! They self terminated their job!!🤣nice move!!

[@russellkeeling4387]

OK fools, open your own business and make sure all your employees are unionized.

[@Me27399]

So u can't close ur own business? 😂😂😂

[@HistoryBuff1973]

Yes...imagine the audacity that owners walk away when they can't run it anymore and keep their hard earned money...LOL That girl clearly never had a economics lesson.

[@FlyMysticalDJ]

How many coffes do you have to sell to pay one employee 25 an hour plus benefits?

[@annisarden8095]

id say you picked wrong carear

[@sturvinmurvin9408]

Hahahaha....This is gold. Ann Arbor will eat itself. Oh boo hoo. It's not fair the business makes money. Oh so sad.

[@Konnichiwa80]

I guess they got tired dealing with ungrateful uneducated employees

[@Froward_Thinker]

They arent closing their doors lol they are just firing overly entitled bums

[@chuckyc6912]

Friggen handy. These folks need to open their own coffee shops and see how it works.

[@brucegor]

still gettin a chuckle outta this.

[@alexanderhua5497]

It's sad how other people take these job to support a family where it should be for high school teenagers for extra money

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

Aren't unions great, driving small shops into the dirt??

[@ramenlover334]

Employees don’t understand that the company has bills to pay, produce to buy, taxes to pay. They just think the coffee just comes from a magic bag.

[@jeffw1267]

2:21 This anchor speaks of coffee like it's a blood transfusion or something. Coffee is not a necessity.

[@clearnoise]

There's a barista union???

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

The reporter seems under the unfluence....

[@BloodyHeck]

So they're whining that they're doing an unskilled job and aren't becoming millionaires. If it's that easy to run a business and they believe the owners are getting rich, why don't they band together and open their own shop?

[@sonnyboyd9486]

More FAFO by employees who have NO desire to learn what business is all about.

[@beep1955beep]

I’m not anti union, but if I owned a business I would be damned if my Employees are gonna tell me what I have to pay them!!! Those that want the union and are crying cause they don’t control their bosses decision making and finances should get together, buy and run their own barista!!!

[@johnnodadgriffin6432]

1:06 MANagement

[@environmentaldataexchange3906]

Coffee shop freak show.

[@frankedgar6694]

Unions cost jobs.

[@greglane3978]

You cannot fix stupid !!!!!!!!!!!

[@daviddiehl-gy2sq]

Best one i saw was the employees showed up for work and the company and equipment were are gone.

[@michaelhernandez410]

While the workers do have the right to protest and form a Union, the business owners have the right to close a newly unprofitable business. That's Democracy, like it or not.

[@stevenorr2313]

So it's unfair for the owners, you know the people who risked their own money to operate the business, get to keep the profits???

[@josephbicknell6522]

"...The management gets to walk away with the money they made in their successful business..." Those are the words of a parasite. They can't close quick enough to shed themselves of this poison.

[@glennwatson3313]

She makes a bond with her barista?????