Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Embarrassing Barista Moments (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by DoctorTeo
Anyone got any embarrassing moments they've had while on the job?
I'm still a green bean, so I'm still making little mistakes (if it's fixable, I'll gladly redo it of course), but I had one a few days ago that stood out:
Sometimes when I get a mobile order and someone comes in right as I'm delivering it, I check the name on the cup/food and see if the person who just walked in might be the person whose mobile order it is - in this case, the name on the order is Christian.
A fellow comes in and I say, "you look like a Christian to me,"
To which he says, "I'm Jewish, actually."
Had to pause to process what happened. We had a good laugh.
I'm still a green bean, so I'm still making little mistakes (if it's fixable, I'll gladly redo it of course), but I had one a few days ago that stood out:
Sometimes when I get a mobile order and someone comes in right as I'm delivering it, I check the name on the cup/food and see if the person who just walked in might be the person whose mobile order it is - in this case, the name on the order is Christian.
A fellow comes in and I say, "you look like a Christian to me,"
To which he says, "I'm Jewish, actually."
Had to pause to process what happened. We had a good laugh.
exmothrowaway1830 2 points 5y ago
I called a caramel frappuccino a "crappuccino" while I was working DTO. We have a camera in our DT and I saw the customers cover their mouths so I wouldn't hear them laughing.
far_outtahere 1 points 5y ago
This made me giggle!
pigeonhathaway 2 points 5y ago
I didn’t put the lid on the shaker all the way for a berry hibiscus and it went all over me... didn’t help that it was an 8hr shift and I couldn’t go home and change.
Asher174 2 points 5y ago
I've ripped my pants doing floors once
YoungKwangYu 2 points 5y ago
I forgot to put the lid on the blender when blending a frap
caseyune 2 points 5y ago
I for the life of me cannot use a spoon to keep back foam while pouring without spilling milk all over the place. Once I spilled about 90% of the milk on the counter and the customer looked over and said "I'm gonna need more milk than that" my face got so red. I wanted to crawl under the counter.
mitchr2017 2 points 5y ago
I realized I haven’t been putting caramel syrup and giving people coffee fraps instead. Also the other day I pumped the chai so hard it splashed all over my face.
ivintaged 1 points 5y ago
Definitely tripped and fell while working the floor.
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