Megyn Kelly — host of NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today — took aim at Starbucks’ new bathroom policy on Tuesday, allowing anyone to use the coffee shop’s facilities regardless of whether they made a purchase. While discussing Starbucks’ race bias training initiative taking place at more than 8,000 locations today, Kelly lamented customers of the coffee giant who spend hours at its shops.
“That’s annoying already,” Kelly complained in response to guest Amy Holmes suggesting Starbucks already has people hanging around for long periods of time.
Panelist Jenna Bush responded by saying that she thinks the policy is “compassionate” and shows “kindness to people.”
Kelly wasn’t buying it.
“In New York City, they’re pretty good about providing churches for homeless to go and get meals and so on,” she said. “There’s a question about whether a commercial establishment is that place. Do you really want to deal with a mass of homeless people or whoever is in there — they could be drug addicted, you don’t know.”
“One of the key pieces within the policy is the respectful request of customers to behave in a way that maintains a warm and welcoming environment,” Starbucks said in a statement Tuesday.
