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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2019 - 04 - 21 - ID#bft942
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Interesting day today... (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by [deleted]
So I worked a morning shift today, (Happy Easter to me), and it went pretty good I must admit. I got a lot of bar practice today (I'm a 3 month old partner) and I then later i got put on dtr. Like I said, customer's weren't too bad, day was going pretty fast........until.....

An older lady pulls up to the window in a pick-up truck, she ordered an iced green tea latte but in her personal cup (the reusable iced coffee cups with a flat top and straw that are like $3).

Well, she asks me if I can not only pour the drink into her personal cup, but if I can also put her straw and lid on for her so she doesn't spill it in her vehicle. Before I can even tell the women that touching customers straws is a health code violation she shoves it into my hands and her straw drops onto the pavement. She quickly yells "For fucks sakes", so I offer to grab her a brand new straw on me (I believe theyre only $1), and she complains but finally agrees. So I go to grab her one, explain that I cannot put her lid and straw on for her and why, and boy did things heat up from there. She then starts telling me that I am a 'fucking idiot', getting out of her car to grab the straw on the ground and throw it, and as I go to apologize and tell her to have a good day, she continues to shout at my entire team about how stupid we are as she attempts to then drive away. That was fun.

The best part was the car after her saw how angry she got and drove up to the window laughing and asked me how on earth did I piss her off so much and we all just laughed, they were nice people.

Yeah so that was my Easter at the bux.
mcr0414 12 points 4y ago
Holy shit. First off, you are a saint to even offer to buy her a new straw, we don’t get paid shit! I don’t know how I would of handled the situation or what I would of done . Maybe tell her to pull forward, get her own damn straw and and I would sanitize it for her? I don’t know. I can’t see myself actually doing that tho. Lol. I am sorry this happened! You did the right thing at least by telling her in the future you can’t touch the lid or straw. 😊
[deleted] [OP] 5 points 4y ago
Thank you! I tend to deal with miserable people quite well lol. I am a large emotionless wall

Hey lets be friends! You have mcr in your name that's fucking great.
mcr0414 4 points 4y ago
Hahaha it’s actually my initials so maybe the excitement isn’t as exciting? Sorry! But I always love making new friends! Especially people who know what the fuck we go thru at work lol
[deleted] [OP] 3 points 4y ago
Thays the funniest mistake I've ever made 😅😅😅😣
mcr0414 3 points 4y ago
It’s okay everyone tells me they love my initials haha
[deleted] [OP] 3 points 4y ago
AS THEY SHOULD
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