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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2019 - 06 - 21 - ID#c3anio
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Remember when they tried to make this a thing ? It was so bad ! (i.redd.it)
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peroporquee 95 points 4y ago
These traumatized me. Also having to clean that god awful almond pump, and being one of the only two partners out of the store who actually cared to clean it
iqueefkief 34 points 4y ago
no one cleaned ours, one of my shift managers who is really good about that stuff helped me do it and a clump of mold shot out

rip
zsmith0919 9 points 4y ago
I cleaned mine and a huge clump of mood came out too I was so disgusted 😭🤮🤢
aclassybetch 59 points 4y ago
Getting flashbacks to green mold in the almond butter pump 🤮🤮🤮
CatbellyDeathtrap 30 points 4y ago
I was gonna say “ugh, clean your damn pumps” but then I remembered that almond butter was the most viscous, sticky, impossible-to-clean bullshit on the planet. who thought it was a good idea to try to make almond butter pump-able??
aclassybetch 11 points 4y ago
It was a combination of awful design and my lazy coworkers who cant wash pumps correctly 😂
Dawizba 12 points 4y ago
I always just took the pump apart and stuck the pump into the spout of the three compartment sink, then it shot out pretty quickly. I do the same with the skinny mocha too.
aclassybetch 7 points 4y ago
Thats exactly what I did when we first discovered the mold 😂 I shot water through and out popped a long green mold string lmao
HHH___ 1 points 4y ago
Wouldn’t it be the least viscous? Least like water
serenity_flows13 13 points 4y ago
Lol that’s definitely not normal 🤢🤮
kstarbz 1 points 4y ago
🤮🤮🤮 agreed ! I posted a picture on my feed awhile back 🤮🤮🤮
tayragang 39 points 4y ago
💀💀 i would always lowkey warn whoever was ordering it not to even though it was against policy but my little heart just couldn’t imagine having someone pay almost $7 for a disgusting chalky drink!!
spill-that-tea-sis 20 points 4y ago
My store manager actually told us to sell it with a disclaimer. We had so many returns it became bad business to sell it/promote it without warning people.
confusedteddygirl 4 points 4y ago
What was the disclaimer? Like what was wrong with it??
spill-that-tea-sis 17 points 4y ago
That it was nasty and no one liked it. Lmfao
darkwolf523 5 points 4y ago
That’s why you secretly put a banana in it.
realsheeps 39 points 4y ago
i have NO idea how the gym rats drank this liquid soy sauce garbage
neepnoople 2 points 4y ago
People drank it at your store? I hated making it because every single time I made it (yes, every time, except probably a handful of drive thru customers who drove without tasting), I had to make something else when they literally couldn't drink it.
spill-that-tea-sis 33 points 4y ago
Don't ever remind me of this again
spill-that-tea-sis 23 points 4y ago
The one big upside of this drink was that it started a trend at my store where every single time someone would say "cacao" there would be a chorus of ppl in the background, ranging from a soft whisper to a raging yell, going "caw caw!" We still do it to this day, just shout caw caw to each other as a greeting, and it's now beginning to evolve into a dramatic arm/wing flap. My SM participates too. It largely effects morning shift tho, night shift thinks we're all nuts...

When we had our rewards program group training, we did a coffee tasting and one night shift chick said it had flavor notes of cacao and it spawned the biggest caw caw chorus I've ever heard and I felt so proud!!!!
philography 16 points 4y ago
I wasted my free reward on one of these.
Thirdatarian 16 points 4y ago
This thing was not only disgusting, but the stupid special pump was a nightmare to clean and it took forever to make. Thank God it's gone and may it never come round again.
brandonray1432 7 points 4y ago
I'm offended, I enjoyed them (I'm fully prepared for downvotes)
Salty-Lemon 1 points 4y ago
I ordered sooooo many of these before I got hired
darkwolf523 1 points 4y ago
Did you put a banana In Yours too or just regular? Lol
melmoney31 6 points 4y ago
I had a customer order one and then literally throw it in the trash in front of me after one sip. I asked them if they wanted something else and they were so traumatized they just walked out after paying almost $7 for a drink.
Aether3a 6 points 4y ago
PEOPLE STILL ASK FOR THIS
malletgirl91 6 points 4y ago
*triggered*
HwoodTres 6 points 4y ago
I JUST AUDIBLY GASPED.
HwoodTres 11 points 4y ago
Side note: I just remembered a story. I was working at a different store for like two weeks during this time. Long story short, they were horrible: never cleaned anything, texting in front of customers during peak, made me open the bar while making whips, cold brew whips, mocha, and skinny mocha, etc. My breaking point with this store was when I went to the back to get the almond butter pump and found it in the Hobart sanitizer washer. I had a weird feeling about it, so just on a whim, I tried to pump some sanitizer through it to make sure it was clean. Thick. Streams. Of. Almond. Butter. Sludge. I swore I would NEVER AGAIN work at that store.
babbyalien 11 points 4y ago
Make you open the bar? What do you mean?
HwoodTres 4 points 4y ago
Like doing opening duties on bar like filling the hoppers, making teas, doing changeover, etc. Sorry for the confusion!
radpandaparty 5 points 4y ago
I went on leave right before this rolled out. My coworkers tried to talk me out of trying it (but I didn't listen) and that's when I learned that they really cared :')
fofonai 3 points 4y ago
Omgggg these came out when I was a mear green bean. The memories 😩😭😭
nomad-kid 3 points 4y ago
i actually... really liked it ? Maybe it’s because I get sick if I eat in the morning so I wouldn’t eat before my shift but being vegetarian there were few food options on my break. Wasn’t worth the pumps and the whole mess but if they fixed it a little it would’ve been good
Budget_Recognition 2 points 4y ago
excuse you I loved those and had two a day
thebibinana 2 points 4y ago
I told my team to stop using the pump and we'd just eye ball it with a spoon. Ain't no time for that pump
thedeadwillwalk 2 points 4y ago
It tasted like licking a tree.
darkwolf523 2 points 4y ago
I put a banana in mine. Taste less bad
decemberisforcynics 2 points 4y ago
I want the protein powder to stay. I can't have whey or soy and those protein powders were good when I mixed them in my own concotions 😭
agentdouble1s 2 points 4y ago
Has it been a year already??
Ilovedemcrystals 2 points 4y ago
Blended cold brew with heavy whipping cream is so good! My coworker had me try that recently and it's amazing! I haven't tried this almond thing but I imagine it'd be similar 😅
softneedle 8 points 4y ago
This is not the same. That sounds good. This was not that, I promise
Ilovedemcrystals 3 points 4y ago
Ohh I see! I'll take your word for it haha glad I missed out on this then (fairly new barista here).
serenity_flows13 2 points 4y ago
So gross
ylimeoo 2 points 4y ago
I liked it 😂 the almond with cinnamon dolce was soooo good. I think it was the almond butter that made it taste bad though! We ran out of the almond butter and I worked in a licensed store so I went and got a different brand of almond butter to try and it was so much better and creamier.
(The protein powder stunk though)
alimcc0220 1 points 4y ago
I legit told someone if they like joy in their life don’t order them lol
piscespost 1 points 4y ago
Bro, the chocolate one was more nasty than the almond one.
caeleym12 1 points 4y ago
Literally not a single person in our store liked it. God it was awful
fremelloso 1 points 4y ago
lmaoooooo that was some of lowest grossing, most hilarious ass shit I ever damn seen.
iWantToBeARealBoy 1 points 4y ago
I kinda liked the almond one :( the cacao one sucked, but I enjoyed the almond one. Especially with a banana in it
dalenakitty 1 points 4y ago
Only good thing was making hot chocolate with the cacao powder and vanilla.
rayannalemarr 1 points 4y ago
Oh my god I hated it
classicalyouth 0 points 4y ago
I always added a banana, it made it taste 10000% better. I always rework the new drinks to where I like em
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