I’ve never been a terribly huge fan of Starbucks—first because I simply didn’t care for their offerings, then because of their prolific anti-union efforts—but recently, I’ve acquired yet another reason to continue my vague moral beef with the company: their bathrooms will no longer be open to the public.

If you’ve ever been in a big city for more than two hours, you know that the singular boon a chain like Starbucks brings to a bustling downtown area is a clean, accessible public bathroom. Without that, they are worse than pointless—they’re just another generic coffee shop taking up valuable space and denying you a restroom unless you purchase one (1) scone. In my humble opinion, Starbucks has now outlived its usefulness, and should be shunned accordingly.

Now, some may argue that this is taking things a step too far. Surely Starbucks’ sole merit isn’t its bathrooms—people love their coffee, right? The food, the drinks, that’s what people love. It is, after all, a café.

WRONG. Starbucks’ offerings are good yet replaceable at best, and the definition of mediocre at worst. For practically all of their drinks, the recipes have already been leaked online by the workers they so desperately tried to keep from unionizing. (I can’t provide a link for fear of lawsuits, but I trust my readers are capable of forging into the wilds of the internet.) You can make everything it can offer you entirely on your own. If you lack the spirit or ingredients to accomplish such a task, you can bring the recipe to a different café and call upon them for aid.

And if you go to Starbucks for their baked goods, I worry for the state of your soul. Please go to an actual bakery at least once. Please. La Baguette is a three minute drive from VPM, it’s not that hard.

In conclusion, everything about Starbucks is inherently replaceable, and if they have chosen to no longer offer a vital service, then we can—and should—choose to take our patronage elsewhere.