Do NOT shake whip cream in the shakers.....(self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by FloateTheLG
So we had this lady come through our drive thru and order 2 venti mango dragonfruits with whip cream shaken in...
Simple enough right? So we put all the ingredients in the shaker, slap the lid on and i shake away.
Butttttttt.... When I try and get the lid to pour the drink, I can't get the stupid shaker lid off... I try everything, drying the lid off, using my apron as leverage, running it under hot water, hell my shift even went in the back and was wacking it off the edge of a sink. NOTHING we would do would make the lid come off. This of course happened with both shakers and we couldn't get this lady's drinks out to her.
My shift ended up laughing at me and told me not to put the lids on so tight and told me I was a fool (we're close so it was in the sarcastic sense) and I was just dumbfounded like wtf is going on. Well through a little experiment (through shaking the whip in the venti cup) the gas from the whip causes some suction after you put the lid on causing it to create a vacuum.
So we kindly explained to the lady that we couldn't do that anymore, and if she wanted something similar, she could add a splash of sweet cream.
TLDR: DONT put whip in your shakers.
spill-that-tea-sis27 points4y ago
Good story 10/10!
NOTcreative-23 points4y ago
Okay, now I have the strong urge to attempt. Donβt try to stop me.
FloateTheLG [OP]11 points4y ago
As a half joke/half serious thing I said to my shift and other partners on the floor, lets go to every starbucks near and order the exact same thing and watch them get frustrated ππ we literally struggled for8 minutes while this lady was at our window
b8824b4 points4y ago
I had someone order a violet drink sub heavy cream and it made me gag. It actually kinda curdled was super annoying to wash.
FloateTheLG [OP]10 points4y ago
Ugh yes or the people that get passion tea with sf vanilla and heavy cream π€’π€’π€’
b8824b3 points4y ago
\*\*gags\*\*
drinkliquidclocks2 points4y ago
She could have just got heavy cream π good to know, I'm going to hate it if one day a customer orders this and insists I should do it.. and this happens π
FloateTheLG [OP]1 points4y ago
Shhhh I didnt say this, but just shake it in the cup :)
mcr04142 points4y ago
Thank you for this!
catching_the_fox1 points4y ago
on the opposite side of the spectrum I one time had a lady order a double shot on ice with no ice (why?), and like the idiot I am, didn't think about the pressure the hot shots being shaken up would cause and had the whole thing explode on me
FloateTheLG [OP]1 points4y ago
Oh my lord... She did it on purpose? Or was it just something she didnt realize happen"
catching_the_fox1 points4y ago
i don't think she knew it would happen. she's a regular and always has some weird ass new drink to try almost every day.....always with like 8 decaf shots. so no malicious intent just really annoying
FloateTheLG [OP]1 points4y ago
Thats good :) also i feel that we have a regular that gets weird "health kick drinks every other day... The latest one was a venti green tea, 2 shots of espresso, 2 pumps of hazelnut, 2 scoops of matcha, extra shaken and light ice. π€’π€’ of course after he left our partners made a tall and tried it and it was literally worse than the blended cold brew.
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