CHANGE: Starbucks reverses open bathroom policy.

In a letter directed to store managers and above, which the company provided to Fox News Digital, Starbucks executive vice president and president of Starbucks North America Sara Trilling noted, “we are establishing a new code of conduct that will be displayed in every store. This is common practice, and makes clear that our spaces, including our cafes, patios and restrooms, are for use by paying customers and our partners.”

The coffee company’s move to limit the use of its facilities to paying customers represents an about-face from its previous policy.

In 2018, the company declared, “Any customer is welcome to use Starbucks spaces, including our restrooms, cafes and patios, regardless of whether they make a purchase.”

It’s a tribute to human stubbornness that the 2018 policy lasted as long as it did.