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Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks' head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet

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[-] AstroGnomeical@mander.xyz 325 points 4 months ago

How do you boycott a company you already weren't buying anything from?

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 127 points 4 months ago

Go there every day and ask for a water. It's free, but you're costing them a tiny amount each time.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 122 points 4 months ago

Oh I was gonna recommend arson. Maybe your plan is better

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 87 points 4 months ago

Well you gotta use up all their water first

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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Free water, arson, bricks, and bullhorns. With these four powers combined, I am.. Captain Protest!

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[-] lemmus@lemmy.world 220 points 4 months ago

The sooner we destroy all private jets the better.

[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 104 points 4 months ago
[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 59 points 4 months ago
[-] Arcanum@midwest.social 26 points 4 months ago

…To shreds you say?

[-] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

There are legitimate reasons for private jets to exist, though the list is admittedly small.

The ability to transport lifesaving medications and things like organs long distances as fast as possible comes to mind.

There isn't much reason for individuals to travel on private jets in non emergency scenarios though

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

Transporting organs doesn't happen on Private Jets, helicopters and courier craft typically do the job. It's also now well within the possibility for medium sized drones to be able to rapdily move something the size of an organ container reliably long distance, faster and more efficient than a jet can load, fuel, taxi, land and unload.

Private Jets are just luxury items of the rich, and are the carbon equivalent of burning down small forests or power a small town with coal burning. There is nothing they do that can't be done more efficiently by a drone or helicopter for a fraction of the emissions.

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[-] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 199 points 4 months ago

I'm sorry, if you aren't willing to relocate, you are not a good fit for the company.

I heard this in a job interview and the position was disclosed as remote.

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago

I don't understand why can't the CEO be remote. They can buy all their important staff Apple Vision Pros if they'd like and it'll still be cheaper than this

[-] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago

That’s not how you write off a corporate jet from your taxes.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 178 points 4 months ago

Next time Starbucks does a greenwashing campaign just think of this asshole drinking champagne while commuting on a private jet.

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 159 points 4 months ago

So, you're going to continue to increase climate change, rather than just using a zoom call. GOD DAMN CEOS!!! Why the hell is return to office so important to you assholes??? Just do a god damned video call!

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 52 points 4 months ago

Have you considered the culture ?? Hmmm????

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[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago

A zoom call has the possibility of being recorded. I'm 90% sure at this point all these execs insist on in person meetings is so they can plan and discuss illegal and unethical shit without worry.

I'm only in middle management and I know I feel the difference in the way I talk about things on zoom calls VS in person.

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[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 4 months ago

Self-preservation. If they stay at home for too long, they'll get sued for domestic violence.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 98 points 4 months ago

Calling it "supercommute" is such a stupid thing. It should be called "stupidcommute" or maybe "commoronute".

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 22 points 4 months ago

Cuntycommuting

There ya go

[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 82 points 4 months ago

I have to dry my clothes between 12am and 3pm and this m'fer gets to fly a jet to work. Private jets along with luxury yachts are things humanity shouldn't have.

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[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 73 points 4 months ago

supercommute

I think the word they're looking for is 'travel'.

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[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 72 points 4 months ago

Well fuck you and your co² farting anus, Brian Niccol!

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 67 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Real "Meetings that could have been Emails" energy on this executive level decision.

Honestly, doing the big Star Wars Emperor hologram head would have made this guy look less evil.

[-] bacon_saber@fedia.io 64 points 4 months ago
[-] spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 58 points 4 months ago

Do we have the FAA registration number for the aforementioned jet yet?

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 months ago

Didn't they change the law so you can't track private flights anymore? Or was Melon Husk just trying to get that done? Or was that just me imagining things again? 🤔

[-] spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago

As far as I know, you can still track Elon's flights. It's not illegal since it was all publicly available information to begin with.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago

It's also not something that you can really stop people from doing.

You might be able to stop people sharing the information freely, but, the transponders that people track and the protocols and standards for the communication are well known internationally. It doesn't take more than $50 in parts to set up your own receiver and connect it to a computer.

I'd consider any law prohibiting the observation of air traffic by the public to be impossible to enforce. How can you stop someone from listening by law?

Sharing the information, however, that's a bit different.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They can't prevent tracking because aircraft are required to broadcast their information when in flight.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Dependent_Surveillance%E2%80%93Broadcast

[-] Xtallll 23 points 4 months ago

The FAA reauthorization act slipped in that ownership of private jets could remain anonymous. So you can still track them, because all flight plans are public and need to be for safety reasons, but they no longer have to tell you who owns what tail number. A dedicated tracker can figure out what plane belongs to who, either by showing up at the airport, or by comparing flight logs with other information about celebrity locations.

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[-] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 54 points 4 months ago

Just stop buying their coffee. You don't need it.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 47 points 4 months ago

I think there should be tax on flights, and the tax rate should double every time you fly in a year.

Nobody needs to be this cunty.

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago

Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’ head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet

Replace all the Taylor Swift memes with this fucking guy.

[-] DampSquid@feddit.uk 21 points 4 months ago

We can do both, let's not forget that Taylor Swift is a garbage person too!

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[-] kfchan@fedia.io 42 points 4 months ago

Bro should one way supercommute into the sun

[-] AshMan85@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago
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[-] subignition@fedia.io 38 points 4 months ago

The fucker should fly business class with everybody else

[-] tacticalsugar 32 points 4 months ago

Remember kids, climate change is your fault specifically, and only you can make things better by making your own life harder!

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[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

We need to return to the office though.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

Lucky him. Other corporations are designating hub cities and forcing remote employees to move or find a new job.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

Be glad he's not hypercommuting

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