LogFAQs > #983658904

Worked at Starbucks for 5 years and was a manager for 3. You sort of become numb to the people in the lobby, but the vast majority of people bought something. We did stop giving out cups of water without a purchase, because for some reason in the summer people just show up for water and nothing else.

Of course this is for the high volume urban stores I'd imagine. Pretty much everywhere downtown/uptown in my state already require a purchase for using the bathroom, so meh. I doubt you'd be kicked out in suburbia for asking to use the bathroom.