You read right...STEAMED. GUAVA. WHITE. TEA.

This older gentleman comes up and absolutely (and condescendingly) insists that other Starbucks have steamed the guava white tea for him before. I inform him that I haven't been trained to do so but can make him some hot white tea and add/steam the guava separately?


This is after a separate incident earlier this morning where a woman ordered a grande pike with me but complains, "your pike is SO WAtErY ThoUgH" To which I reply, "oh ok! I'm not sure why it tastes watery, but I can mix it with the dark roast and try to make it stronger!" she scoffs and does this whole 'wtf?' head shake/hand motion while I get her coffee. When I turn back to her, she snatches her coffee from my hand is like, "You have a nasty attitude!" (btw she came back for a refill, and I had to insist my shift help her, she made me so uncomfortable)


I've been holding back turning in my typed up 2-weeks notice letter because I love my manager (he has received several quitting notices including one tapped to his desk at 4 am this morning). I want to transfer to a cafe store, but my manager refused to give me a timeline of when that would even be possible due to how many people we have lost. I don't want to add to the labor problem, but these past couple of months have been horrific for my mental and physical health, and I feel so trapped because I care.

TL;DR: Old man insisted we steam our guava white tea. Meanwhile, a wild Karen looking for a fight belabored a barista about her "attitude" being "nasty" for helping.


Sorry for the long rant. Feel free to open up about your day below my fellow Siren Slaves.