Warning: contain more sarcasm than previous editions.
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Trump Cups
Those of you who have been living in a box may not know, that the apocalypse has begun, 2016 is officially the year the world as we know it ended. Not only did Brexit happen, but it failed to serve as a warning to America, who seem to have inexplicably elected Donald Trump as their president. No, really.
The oppressed white male majority have since found the strength to speak out about the oppression they have been suffering over the years, most recently at the hands of Starbucks, allegedly…
According to CNN, a video of a Trump supporter shouting at a barista, went viral. On the website it states that the man claimed racial discrimination, and that the barista refused to serve him because he supported Trump. If you are feeling his pain though, fear not. The Trump supporting side of the Twitterverse has found the most ingenious way to fight back. #TrumpCups. They are protesting Starbucks, by asking for the name Trump to be written on their cups. That’s right, the are protesting them by buying their product. It is utter genius. If anyone would like to protest my books in a similar vein, please do so, I am happy to inscribe the inside cover “to dear Donald, with best wishes” if that’s what floats your boat. I’m told I have lovely penmanship, and the general sway of the stories is quite left wing, so it would be the perfect protest for you, really.
The one problem they may (if they haven’t already) encounter, is that if there is more than one of them protesting at the same time, how will they know whose coffee’s whose? Maybe they don’t even care, it’s the principle, after all.
The CNN report also states that:
Starbucks has responded to the protest by clarifying that it doesn’t require its partners to write or call out names.“Over the years, writing customer names on cups and calling out their names has been a fun ritual in our stores,” a Starbucks spokesperson said. “Rarely has it been abused or taken advantage of. We hope and trust that our customers will continue to honor that tradition.”
