Another Starbucks ‘brew’haha

Thank you, Charles Dickens. Because of “A Tale Of Two Cities,” Starbucks has the perfect title for its social-engineering agenda.

Two controversial incidents, in two cities, at two coffee houses — and two entirely different tales about how the Starbucks’ brass handled them. In both instances, the lasting impacts have as much to do with what isn’t happening, as what is. Let’s compare the situations through an objective lens:

Recap of incident Number One: In 2018, two men, who happened to be black, had been sitting in a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything. One asked for the code to unlock the bathroom. Following policy, the store manager denied that request, and asked them to leave since they were not revenue-generating patrons. The men refused, and the manager called the police. The police repeatedly asked the men to leave the private establishment, but again, they refused. According to the police chief, the men were disrespectful towards officers, and eventually arrested, but charges were later dropped.

Incident Number Two: Six police officers in a Tempe, Arizona Starbucks — all of whom had done what people are supposed to do when visiting a coffeeshop, namely buy coffee — were asked by the Starbucks manager to leave.

Was it because there was a ruckus on the street? Or a car accident that needed attending?

No. It was much more “compelling:” One person in Starbucks “did not feel safe” in their presence. Notice I didn’t say “patron” or “customer,” since that snowflake could well have been taking up a table, using the bathrooms, and hanging out indefinitely without buying anything.

So let’s get this straight: A person, who might not have purchased anything, whining that his/her “entitlement” of a Starbucks’ “safe space” is being violated, carries more weight than six paying police officers, several of whom were also veterans.

That’s bad enough, but the hypocrisy in how Starbucks handled both situations is mindblowing.

Immediately following the Philadelphia incident, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson jetted across the country to meet the “aggrieved” and offer a “face-to-face apology.” In addition, both he and then-Chairman Howard Schultz blasted their manager’s decision as reprehensible, and called her a racist in front of the planet. Needless to say, her time at Starbucks was over.

The company brain trust then closed all 8,000 stores for a day of racial bias training, while lavishing a financial settlement on the two men.

Now let’s contrast that with Tempe:

First, neither the CEO nor chairman flew out to offer an apology to the police - who, for the record, didn’t violate any of Starbucks’ rules. Instead, the cops got a dime-a-dozen executive V.P.

Second, Starbucks wouldn’t even say if the manager would be disciplined, let alone fired.

And that leads us to the biggest loser: The Tempe police union, and, ultimately, police nationwide. Their inaction and buzzword responses have let Starbucks off the hook.

Rather than play hard ball and give Starbucks a taste of its own bitter brew, the union punted away a golden opportunity by choosing meaningless rhetoric.

“We know this is not a national policy at Starbucks corporate and we look forward to working collaboratively with them on this important dialogue,” it said.

Really? You’re holding all the cards, and that’s the best you can do? That’s pathetic. Newsflash: Anytime “looking forward,” “collaboratively,” and “dialogue,” are in a press release, you know it’s all fluff, and absolutely nothing will change.

But it’s not too late for police both in Tempe and nationwide to whip up their own brew and move the ball forward. They should:

— Organize a boycott of Starbucks for a predetermined time to illustrate their economic muscle.

— Ramp up a “coffee with a cop” program, to be held at competing coffee shops, especially independent ones.

— Launch a national ad campaign stating that such discrimination won’t be tolerated. Period.

The commercial could end by asking those who feel unsafe in the presence of police whom they’ll call while being robbed or assaulted, and whether it is okay to disrespect police only when one isn’t being threatened.

To America’s police: There’s no time for a coffee break. Your 15 minutes are here. Time to strike back while the “brew”haha is hot.