Crime 2 Arrested After Supergluing Themselves to Chicago Starbucks Countertop to Protest Vegan Milk Upcharge

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2 Arrested After Supergluing Themselves to Chicago Starbucks Countertop to Protest Vegan Milk Upcharge​

Two protesters were arrested Wednesday after supergluing their hands to the countertop at a Chicago Starbucks location to fight the upcharge for vegan milk alternatives.

The protesters with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, including a Buddhist monk, were charged with criminal trespassing after video showed a Chicago police officer and store manager asking the two to remove their glued hands and move their protest outside.

The protesters were eventually able to unglue their hands from the counter with the help of what appeared to be a bucket of ice.

Earlier on Wednesday, PETA supporters chanted, “Save the planet! Save the cows! Stop the vegan upcharge now!" in front of the Starbucks storefront at the intersection of East Adams Street and South Michigan Avenue, according to a release.

Video from the event showed two protestors -- one wearing a shirt that says "END VEGAN MILK UPCHARGE" and one wearing a black and orange robe -- each with a hand glued to the Starbucks countertop.

"We are here with PETA at this Chicago location Starbucks to let them know to wake up and to stop charging extra for plant based, animal and earth friendly milk options," one protester tells the crowd.

"No one should be penalized for choosing sustainable options."

Starbuck's currently charges customers around 70 cents extra for plant-based milk in beverages.

Starbucks released the following statement on the vegan milk upcharge:

We respect our customers’ rights to respectfully voice their opinions so long as it does not disrupt our store operations.

Regarding alternative milks, customers can customize any beverage on the menu with a non-dairy milk, including soymilk, coconutmilk, almondmilk, and oatmilk for an additional cost (similar to other beverage customizations such as an additional espresso shot or syrup). Pricing varies market by market. Adding a splash of any alt-milk to Brewed Coffee, Iced Coffee, Cold Brew and Americano beverages is offered free of charge.

A similar "glue-in" took place in May, when actor James Cromwell superglued his hand to the counter of Starbucks in New York city, also in protest of the coffee chain's upcharge policy for plant-based milks.

“PETA will stick to Starbucks like glue until it agrees to drop the vegan upcharge,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in the release.

 

[NigKid]

If you niggers want your expensive fucking almond milk you niggers have to pay for your fucking almond milk
god gave us cows and you retards are milking almonds

pretty telling these people dont even arrive at the conclusion to not go to starbucks anymore

 

[Frostnipped Todger]

Should have left them there to starve.
Anyone who pays for Starbucks is a mental defective.

 

[Meat Target]

Goober-smooching twits think it's price discrimination, instead of the cost of goods sold.

Your fancy soy milk is more expensive to produce. It doesn't magically materialize in the store.

including a Buddhist monk

If you really wanna send a message, self-immolate in the store. It'd send the message that you are all soft, bored losers with First world Problems, and we can laugh at you for your stupidity.

 

[NigKid]

the video contains a retarded vegan monk with facial spasms, pretty much what i expected

 

[TowinKarz]

pretty telling these people dont even arrive at the conclusion to not go to starbucks anymore

First world problems......

Those weren't "protestors" , media, unless you've changed the definitions to the point a baby throwing it's rattle out of the crib is now a "protestor" too.

 

[NigKid]

First world problems......

Those weren't "protestors" , media, unless you've changed the definitions to the point a baby throwing it's rattle out of the crib is now a "protestor" too.

that term has been assraped beyond recognition, if you throw molotov cocktails at the police youre a protestor, if you draw a shitty sign and glue your ballsack to the trainlines to protest the milking of cows youre a protestor too.

 

[FierceBrosnan]

Vegans deserve to pay more for being insufferable.

 

[TowinKarz]

Vegans deserve to pay more for being insufferable.

They should have to pay everyone they meet $5, or else, that other person gets a free crack at them right on the nose....

And don't say it's not fair, when I say "everyone" I also include the other vegans.

 

[TracdacianTortoise]

Lol, PETA back to form huh? Normally they go for more shock value, I expect a video game where you have to grind up baby cows for milk, not this pussy shit.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

If the protesters are glued to the counter, charge each patron of the place five bucks, and instead of getting their coffee, they can punch the protester in the face for fucking up getting their coffee.
Protesters can't do a thing because they're glued down, the customer gets their frustration out, and Starbucks still makes money.
Win-win to me.

 

[NigKid]

If the protesters are glued to the counter, charge each patron of the place five bucks, and instead of getting their coffee, they can punch the protester in the face for fucking up getting their coffee.
Protesters can't do a thing because they're glued down, the customer gets their frustration out, and Starbucks still makes money.
Win-win to me.

ive always been saying if the police just once, just fucking once, let these people stay there and soil themselves in public we would probably fix this problem

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

Most pizza places charge extra for gluten free base so it's not like this is anything new. If the option costs extra for the business and doesn't cause customers to turn up or buy more, you either don't offer it or put an extra charge on it.

So they are actually mad about business having a vegan options.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

I love it!

Both soy and almond crops are pretty bad for the environment but hey who cares you get to virtue signal!

 

[Your Starter for 10]

ive always been saying if the police just once, just fucking once, let these people stay there and soil themselves in public we would probably fix this problem

Like you wouldn't even have to be an ass about it, just pretend that you're finding a safe way to extricate them. Get another government agency (OSHA or HHS are two obvious examples) and that will basically add 8-10 hours at a minimum.

 

[A Gay Retard]

Go literally anywhere else. You aren't owed the exact coffee drink you want at the price point you demand.

edit people who drink plant milks are typically better-off financially and Starbucks clearly knows the market will bear this upcharge.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Starbucks customer base summarized circa 2022

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

Should have left them there to starve.
Anyone who pays for Starbucks is a mental defective.

This. Maybe expose them to all the crime in Chicago, and criminals could use them as target practice.

 

[Jack Awful]

Lol, PETA back to form huh? Normally they go for more shock value, I expect a video game where you have to grind up baby cows for milk, not this pussy shit.

That and they kidnap and kill dogs and cats.

 

[Der weiße Teufel]

I really can't stand the anti-milk people. I also work with annoying vegans/vegetarians who keep calling actual milk "cow milk" and insist on having 3 different alternatives in the kitchen.