Starbucks Coffee drives off the Police on Duty: the police eat at the gate of Starbucks and affect the brand image

Last night, a screenshot of the moments went viral on Weibo:

I believe that many people will have the same reaction after reading it. However, the follow-up of the matter directly let netizens "fry the pot".

Due to the weekend, the ancient town of Qiqikou, one of the tourist attractions in Chongqing, has a large number of tourists, and the local area has sent additional police on duty to maintain order and serve the citizens, most of whom stand guard near tourist centers and popular scenic spots. By lunchtime, the police may be worried that they will not have enough manpower after they leave for dinner, so they sit on the outdoor tables and chairs of Starbucks next to the Ciqikou Visitor Center, hoping that citizens can see them and help them as soon as they are in need.

In the middle of the meal, the Starbucks staff came out and asked, can you eat somewhere else? You will affect our brand image. So the police are also very helpless, and speed up the meal, before leaving the table cleaned up, there is no garbage left. As a result, Starbucks staff called the relevant departments to complain about the police on duty who were dining in front of their store.

Why do Starbucks staff think that the police on duty eating at the door is affecting the brand image of Starbucks? Some netizens with big v said so, and at the same time, they also gave you an excerpt from the "regulations on the Internal Affairs of the people's Police of Public Security organs":

At the same time, it also questioned the post of a police netizen on Weibo:

The police netizen who was questioned for this replied as follows:

There are also other police netizens for the reasons why the police squatted on the side of the road to eat box lunch.

On the one hand, there was a heated debate about the appropriateness / appropriateness of the police on duty holding a box lunch in public places, while some sharp-eyed netizens found that the 17 excerpts from the "regulations on the Internal Affairs of the Public Security organs and the people's Police" issued by netizens with Big V are not the same!

Big V netizens selected the "regulations on the dress Management of the people's Police of Public Security organs" and cobbled together a number of text provisions to form an excerpt of the so-called "regulations on the Internal Affairs of the people's Police of Public Security organs". If nothing else, the big V netizen is ready to wait for the public security department to invite him to "drink coffee".

Other netizens also commented on the fact that "Starbucks staff think that the police on duty eating at Starbucks gates will affect the brand image."

With regard to this matter, Starbucks customer service said: it is checking with the stores involved, and if it is true, it will punish the employees involved. At the same time, it also said that Starbucks has no rules not to eat in front of the store. Meanwhile, a suspected person present in the comment area posted a Weibo post:

Netizens also raised a few questions about the Weibo post: if there are good questions and guidance to change places to eat, why complain? Does Starbucks have a place for civil servants to eat? Did the guests ask the Starbucks staff to "dissuade" the police, or did the Starbucks staff think on their own?

Similar things have happened both abroad and at home. In July 1919, Starbucks publicly apologized for driving out police officers drinking coffee in the store because the police made customers feel "insecure". In August 21, Songshan Wanda Starbucks also "dissuaded" the police for fear of affecting its brand image.

Starbucks China / officials have not made any statement on the incident as of the deadline.

Photo Source: Weibo Network

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