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Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks' head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet

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[–] [email protected] 341 points 1 month ago (9 children)

How do you boycott a company you already weren't buying anything from?

[–] [email protected] 136 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Go there every day and ask for a water. It's free, but you're costing them a tiny amount each time.

[–] [email protected] 129 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Oh I was gonna recommend arson. Maybe your plan is better

[–] SpaceNoodle 94 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well you gotta use up all their water first

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[–] surewhynotlem 23 points 1 month ago

Free water, arson, bricks, and bullhorns. With these four powers combined, I am.. Captain Protest!

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[–] lemmus 226 points 1 month ago (14 children)

The sooner we destroy all private jets the better.

[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] T00l_shed 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

…To shreds you say?

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[–] [email protected] 208 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, if you aren't willing to relocate, you are not a good fit for the company.

I heard this in a job interview and the position was disclosed as remote.

[–] Scolding7300 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand why can't the CEO be remote. They can buy all their important staff Apple Vision Pros if they'd like and it'll still be cheaper than this

[–] bluemellophone 46 points 4 weeks ago

That’s not how you write off a corporate jet from your taxes.

[–] [email protected] 188 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Next time Starbucks does a greenwashing campaign just think of this asshole drinking champagne while commuting on a private jet.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind 165 points 1 month ago (3 children)

So, you're going to continue to increase climate change, rather than just using a zoom call. GOD DAMN CEOS!!! Why the hell is return to office so important to you assholes??? Just do a god damned video call!

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you considered the culture ?? Hmmm????

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah the cubicle farm that smells like farts and microwaved fish is integral to a good days work!

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[–] ashok36 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A zoom call has the possibility of being recorded. I'm 90% sure at this point all these execs insist on in person meetings is so they can plan and discuss illegal and unethical shit without worry.

I'm only in middle management and I know I feel the difference in the way I talk about things on zoom calls VS in person.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Self-preservation. If they stay at home for too long, they'll get sued for domestic violence.

[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Calling it "supercommute" is such a stupid thing. It should be called "stupidcommute" or maybe "commoronute".

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 weeks ago

Cuntycommuting

There ya go

[–] demizerone 84 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

I have to dry my clothes between 12am and 3pm and this m'fer gets to fly a jet to work. Private jets along with luxury yachts are things humanity shouldn't have.

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[–] Threeme2189 76 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

supercommute

I think the word they're looking for is 'travel'.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 weeks ago

Well fuck you and your co² farting anus, Brian Niccol!

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 70 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Real "Meetings that could have been Emails" energy on this executive level decision.

Honestly, doing the big Star Wars Emperor hologram head would have made this guy look less evil.

[–] spookedintownsville 60 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Do we have the FAA registration number for the aforementioned jet yet?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Didn't they change the law so you can't track private flights anymore? Or was Melon Husk just trying to get that done? Or was that just me imagining things again? 🤔

[–] spookedintownsville 35 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As far as I know, you can still track Elon's flights. It's not illegal since it was all publicly available information to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 weeks ago

It's also not something that you can really stop people from doing.

You might be able to stop people sharing the information freely, but, the transponders that people track and the protocols and standards for the communication are well known internationally. It doesn't take more than $50 in parts to set up your own receiver and connect it to a computer.

I'd consider any law prohibiting the observation of air traffic by the public to be impossible to enforce. How can you stop someone from listening by law?

Sharing the information, however, that's a bit different.

[–] mvirts 26 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

They can't prevent tracking because aircraft are required to broadcast their information when in flight.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Dependent_Surveillance%E2%80%93Broadcast

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

The FAA reauthorization act slipped in that ownership of private jets could remain anonymous. So you can still track them, because all flight plans are public and need to be for safety reasons, but they no longer have to tell you who owns what tail number. A dedicated tracker can figure out what plane belongs to who, either by showing up at the airport, or by comparing flight logs with other information about celebrity locations.

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[–] FuryMaker 59 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)

Just stop buying their coffee. You don't need it.

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 47 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’ head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet

Replace all the Taylor Swift memes with this fucking guy.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago

Bro should one way supercommute into the sun

[–] AshMan85 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 weeks ago (13 children)

I think there should be tax on flights, and the tax rate should double every time you fly in a year.

Nobody needs to be this cunty.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The fucker should fly business class with everybody else

[–] SpaceNoodle 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] Donebrach 34 points 4 weeks ago

We need to return to the office though.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Remember kids, climate change is your fault specifically, and only you can make things better by making your own life harder!

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[–] cultsuperstar 30 points 4 weeks ago

Lucky him. Other corporations are designating hub cities and forcing remote employees to move or find a new job.

[–] Linkerbaan 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Be glad he's not hypercommuting

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 weeks ago

I wonder what happened to all the Chipotle head office employees who had to relocate to be near this guy now that he bounced

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