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How about some GOOD news? [View all] AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 OP
How clever and thoughtful of the Starbucks staff to offer this help! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #1
Yay!!!! Karadeniz Oct 2023 #2
Fantastic! There is human kindness left in this world. We need to encourage it when possible. Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #3
Notice concern and compassion comes from the average citizen worker Stargazer99 Oct 2023 #61
Seems a little weird, actually lostnfound Oct 2023 #4
No joke..oh, my gosh! Somebody approaching someone and Talking to them! masmdu Oct 2023 #5
No... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #6
What's not safe about someone talking to someone? masmdu Oct 2023 #10
Unfortunately... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #15
Not true. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #42
I agree with you... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #43
Maybe they Rebl2 Oct 2023 #18
You weren't there ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #56
How do you know the guy WAS? Rabrrrrrr Oct 2023 #69
Thank you for saying what I was going to say. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2023 #72
Nothing, in ideal circumstances. forgotmylogin Oct 2023 #71
Yeah, and it seems like they left out some details of the encounter Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #9
An older man talking to a very young woman can give a creepy vibe in a variety of ways. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #14
True, but I have to agree with the other posters saying it may have been an overreaction. Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #21
It's a social media post by someone who wasn't there ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #57
Yes, they need more there , as it gives ammunition treestar Oct 2023 #64
They empowered *her* to decide whether she was safe and whether the interaction was normal. Mister Ed Oct 2023 #12
Well said, and an excellent point. Think. Again. Oct 2023 #16
Agreed. FailureToCommunicate Oct 2023 #17
Wasn't she already empowered to do that? masmdu Oct 2023 #22
No one assumed anything. They merely asked her. Unobtrusively. Mister Ed Oct 2023 #26
Sure they did. The assumption was that one person approaching another and talking to them is masmdu Oct 2023 #29
+1. Excellent analysis. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2023 #37
All this from the comfort of our place at the keyboard and the lofty heights of our ivory towers. Mister Ed Oct 2023 #39
Good, but "empowered" is not the right word. I'd say, they let her call the play without interfering Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2023 #36
Aye. I knew that wasn't exactly the word I wanted. Mister Ed Oct 2023 #38
Exactly we can do it Oct 2023 #46
Exactly we can do it Oct 2023 #47
I don't believe stories like this anyway. LisaM Oct 2023 #30
I've seen this story more than a few times already... Native Oct 2023 #34
same pic, tho. mopinko Oct 2023 #44
Your anecdote ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #53
Not sure Italy is a good example -A 65 yr old man can grope a teen as long as it's under 10 seconds. progressoid Oct 2023 #31
Oh, Delphinus Oct 2023 #51
This was my take RAB910 Oct 2023 #50
If you weren't there ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #52
As but one example of how gob-smacking naive it is ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #55
whoever tells the story knows we were not there treestar Oct 2023 #65
Anytime you see a child being forcefully taken to a car you should ask them if that is their parent. Maraya1969 Oct 2023 #59
It never hurts to be careful with people we dont know especially for females Stargazer99 Oct 2023 #62
Yeah, they need more description there treestar Oct 2023 #63
I like it republianmushroom Oct 2023 #7
Wow Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #8
Was this in Seattle? The Blue Flower Oct 2023 #11
For those with social anxiety like myself Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #13
Don't come to the south. I will start a conversation with just about anyone. Lochloosa Oct 2023 #19
True! "Accidentally" spent a couple of hours yesterday chatting with masmdu Oct 2023 #23
Same in the Keys tavernier Oct 2023 #28
And you showed up right? Lochloosa Oct 2023 #32
Me too. I make it a point of having pleasant conversations with strangers. CaptainTruth Oct 2023 #33
Do you approach people in a way that makes them ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #58
Well Bless Your Heart. I was not even responding to the original Post nor about the story. Lochloosa Oct 2023 #66
I read that as the drink was extra-hot, in case she needed to dump it his lap JoseBalow Oct 2023 #20
I stopped into the Highway 1 Brewery along the Coast Highway with my college-age niece. We were on NBachers Oct 2023 #24
Know the hand signal for distress. usonian Oct 2023 #25
Having worked in the food service industry (light years ago) you get used to "reading" fierywoman Oct 2023 #27
Something like this happened to me and I'm a guy. A woman came in and reached for Wonder Why Oct 2023 #35
The Starbucks staff did the right thing. wnylib Oct 2023 #40
Great story! I can't think of a better guardian to keep you safe. NBachers Oct 2023 #41
That one did in 1966 when this experience happened. wnylib Oct 2023 #48
One thing that I didn't mention. wnylib Oct 2023 #49
it was fla. mopinko Oct 2023 #45
EXCELLENT n/t CousinIT Oct 2023 #54
What a great anecdote!!! BobTheSubgenius Oct 2023 #60
It was a judgement call by the staff and they did the right thing. world wide wally Oct 2023 #67
I wish MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #68
This is beautiful ❤️ redqueen Oct 2023 #70
So fucking what if it was an over-reaction??????????? Ferrets are Cool Oct 2023 #73
Crime statistic in general are not necessarily relevanyt to any given situation soldierant Oct 2023 #74
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