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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2019 - 12 - 08 - ID#e826qf
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killing those customer connections, a venti rave. (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by different_as_can_be
okay so. it’s a normal sunday at the bucks, having a good time on DTO. someone pulls up, i can tell he’s a good guy and wasn’t gonna yell at me. he wanted an irish cream cold brew, but we ran out. so, i reply with my go to person to blame, mr. starbucks. that’s not a euphemism, that’s just who i like to blame for things, good or bad. so i said “unfortunately, mr. starbucks didn’t send us enough and we ran out, im not too happy either.”

so he goes: “oooooh, mr. starbucks and i have beef now.”

and our mr. starbucks conversation continues, and he tries to order a nitro and our nitro lines were frozen and broken. so he says “okay okay okay, is peppermint mocha possible by mr. starbucks standards of broken equipment?”

i did laighing, along with everyone else, and tell him he made the right choice this time. we go on, he finishes his order.

he says to me “this is the most quality interaction i’ve had today, thank you, can’t wait to continue at the window.”

idk why this guy was feeling so goofy and fun, but goodness he made my and my partners days so much better. one of my favorite customer connections yet.
lea-oppalove 47 points 3y ago
I love customers like that! They are the ones who are chill and have been thru Starbucks enough times to know they don't always have what they came for, but instead of making things difficult just pick something else off our vast selection. But this guy liked the nice 'Mr.Starbucks' touch (as do I, as blaming others shouldn't be our default response). Thanks for sharing a great interaction!
SatanicCat666 22 points 3y ago
I had a customer come thru DT and literally everything she asked for we were out of. It killed me to continue to tell her we were out. Ugh
glitchvomit 6 points 3y ago
god i know the feel. ;_; was she at least cool about it?
SatanicCat666 4 points 3y ago
She was..lol I said "don't kill the messenger" all scared and she laughed really hard. It was a great opportunity for me to connect and was able to recommend my favorite holiday drink we do have. So it was a win win lol ish
thenarwhalsbarista 4 points 3y ago
There is a family that comes in always hoping for everything Bantam bagels, and every. Single. Time. The last one was just sold 😔😔 on days they don't come in, we've got a surplus.
stephanonymous 9 points 3y ago
When I have to tell someone that we’re out of something and I can tell they’re going to be disappointed, I usually add “I’m not happy about it either, I wanted to have that on my lunch break.” It’s very hard for them to direct their disappointment at you when they feel like you are also an “aggrieved party”.
different_as_can_be [OP] 2 points 3y ago
oh i do that alllll the time bc it usually is something i really wanted 😂
lilmorphinannie 2 points 3y ago
The chill customers are my favorite. Makes the job so much better if only for that brief few minutes.
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