You’re basically saying that businesses can order black people out for no reason, and then call the police on them. It seems like a way to get around having to accommodate the public.

I only read that they were refused access to the bathroom. Not asked to leave by the manager. People are “getting up in arms” because two black men were arrested for doing what everyone does in a Starbucks - what the CEO of Starbucks states as their USP - hanging around.

The manager of the store didn’t ask them to buy something or leave. The manager didn’t ask them anything - she just called the cops on them, and the cops told them to leave.

Other patrons had requested to use the bathroom before purchasing something and did not have the police called on them. The manager never asked the two men to leave. They came in, requested the bathroom key, were declined, sat at a table, and she called the police on them - within two minutes. They were singled out…

Ponds Cold Cream, wiped off with dampened tissues (and followed by washing with a gentle cleanser) - takes off anything.

I agree with Retta. I think there’s a generational thing happening here in the responses to “Grace’s” piece, plus, I think that Ansari was a bit slut shamed in the whole discussion.

You must be from the store since your post here reflects the store’s statement on this matter exactly. So, what is wrong with your employee’s vision that she conjured up an extra piece of clothing and was so sure that this family had stolen, when they had not? You say that the women’s accusation of racial profiling…

He seems like a lovely man, and I love him more now that he’s older.

Most people who go to Starbucks, including the white patrons of that same store at the same time - go to Starbucks and sit and hang out. Why weren’t those other people arrested? You’re acting like these two men did something that was unusual, when in fact it wasn’t. You said that you wouldn’t put yourself in that…

I kind of hate both Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell in Four Weddings..., but I love everyone else in that movie.

Not a terrible Tom Ford movie. Lovely, and very sad.

Ruby Bridges is 63. Your students don’t have relatives who are 63? Bernice King is 55. My mother is 68 - she lived through the 60s as a kid/teenager/college student.

That’s him totally ignoring Tiffany to shake some other dude’s hand.

I think her demands were totally pointless and a waste of time and money. “Get me a reservation at that restaurant I saw in the Times that one time (that I never mentioned to you and won’t explain).” <Spend all day looking for it> “Whatever peon, I meant the Washington Times, and I don’t want to go there anyway.” She…

I thought Miranda’s pointless demands wasted her staff’s time. Why send your staff on pointless goose chases with minimal instructions? In the book, she wasted so much money - leaving Hermes scarves around town like they were Kleenex. How did that stuff run the magazine (and would it fly in today’s world of people…

Banky from Chasing Amy. Yes, he was foolish and crude. But he was totally right about his assessment of Alyssa (basically that her persona was fake). I’ve always held that it was fine for her to have her past and it was stupid of Ben Affleck’s character to be so threatened by it. However, she lied about her whole…

Georgy Girl is a classic from the 60s, where the “overweight” protagonist gets together with her horribly mean, but fabulously stylish friend’s boyfriend (Alan Bates) after the friend gets pregnant. Meanwhile, her parents’ wealthy employer (James Mason) has always had a thing for her, and she continually resists him.

Carmela Soprano was one of the most morally reprehensible characters in that show. She pretended to be this suburban mom, and thought she was so above all the crime and dirt that built her life, but she would fuck over anybody for money and power. At least the mobsters owned it.

Again, part of the reason the cop laughed at her pain is that he doesn’t even believe that black people have feelings. Her being strong and stoic and accepting that being thought of as a criminal on her nice day at the mall as an everyday thing - that would just reinforce his views that she’s not a human who feels…

Alexis handled the situation much better.