"how are you?"

"caramel frapp"

"i'm doing alright, thanks for asking"

My favorite is “I’ll be right with you” and then they start ordering then and there

I have a coworker that always passively corrects customers when they order ‘wrong’.

C: I need a caramel frappé

Her: a caramel Frappuccino, yeah what size?

C: large

Her: a Venti caramel Frappuccino, anything else?

It’s not much but it’s pretty funny to me sometimes.

I actually use talking customers as a way to subtly slow down the line if it looks like my person on the bar needs it. Usually after a large party orders all of the frapps. If the line of drinks is really bad, I will just re-ask the question.

We usually only have two people working at a time.

When a costumer comes up to the bar and starts ordering

I'm so glad I joined this sub... Its so great to know I'm not alone 😭😭😭

For me it’s backwards. I’m antisocial and don’t care about a customers day so for me conversations go like

Customer- “Hey how are you?”

Me- “What could I get for you?”

C- “Doing good, can I get your overpriced coffee?”

M-“What size?”

C-“That’ll be all”

M-“What size?”

One time I was walking by the register, clearly walking away from it (I was holding two drinks and three pastry bags headed to the drop off) and I smiled to say hi to a customer (register was getting coffee for someone) and I kid you not as I walked smiling he stared yelling “GRANDE CAPPUCCINO!” like I am not even standing at the register I’m holding five things and you just are shouting orders at me? I was half tempted to yell “VENTI FRAPPUCCINO!” like it was a greeting.

I work in at a store in a grocery store. The regulars speak and talk about their day. But honestly if I'm horrible and my life is chaotic do you really want to know? Most never say how they are really feeling. I've only been working 2 weeks still learning. Some people are patient others get angry.

“Hello what can I get for ya?”

“Caramel frappe. Venti.”

“Okay, I’ll just go fuck myself 🙂”

I don't like the how are you question in general. No one cares how I'm doing. They just want a drink. Does anyone really care? Not really. They want in and out ASAP.