I had a really disappointing experience with the owner of Trouble Coffee exposing a vitriolic anti-homeless attitude this morning that I think it's important for me to share.
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Bear with me for a moment — this will be a thread. 👇
Since moving to the Outer Sunset, Trouble Coffee has become my favorite coffee shop in the city.
They have anti-fascist arrows on their window and a sign that says "fuck off Nazi scum". While I realize this rings hollow from a for profit business, it always has made me smile.
They have anti-fascist arrows on their window and a sign that says "fuck off Nazi scum". While I realize this rings hollow from a for profit business, it always has made me smile.
We don't have many homeless neighbors living on the street in my neighborhood.
But there's one man who lives in the area who's occasionally stopped me and asked me to help him get food. He's always very friendly (not that this makes him any more deserving of basic human needs!)
But there's one man who lives in the area who's occasionally stopped me and asked me to help him get food. He's always very friendly (not that this makes him any more deserving of basic human needs!)
This morning he stopped @kylpeacock and me and asked if we could buy him some food and a coffee. Kyle kindly obliged.
The man was across the street from the coffee shop, not on their property and not bothering anyone.
The man was across the street from the coffee shop, not on their property and not bothering anyone.
When the owner of Trouble Coffee saw that we'd bought him some food, she became EXTREMELY angry.
She told us that we should never do anything for a "white man" because they give us nothing in return and any white man who was homeless was nothing but a "mooch".
She told us that we should never do anything for a "white man" because they give us nothing in return and any white man who was homeless was nothing but a "mooch".
Even more disturbing, after seeing that we bought our homeless neighbor food, the owner of Trouble Coffee threatened violence against him.
She didn't just threaten to get him kicked out of the neighborhood — she told us she'd get him "kicked in the face".
She didn't just threaten to get him kicked out of the neighborhood — she told us she'd get him "kicked in the face".
The violent threat @kylpeacock and I witnessed at Trouble Coffee this morning is unfortunately just a small sample of the violence homeless people face in our city, simply for being hungry.
This attitude is often perpetrated by small business owners.
This attitude is often perpetrated by small business owners.
It was especially insidious to see anti-homelessness disguised as social justice against "white men" — from "anti-fascist" coffee shop Trouble Coffee.
Capitalism corrupts even supposedly social justice-minded business owners and they ultimate act in their own self interest.
Capitalism corrupts even supposedly social justice-minded business owners and they ultimate act in their own self interest.
After this experience I'm going to rethink patronizing Trouble Coffee, and unfortunately I'd recommend that you do, too.
No human being deserves to suffer from hunger or homelessness, regardless of their race, gender, or any other factor.
We're all equally deserving of care simply because we're human beings.
We're all equally deserving of care simply because we're human beings.
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