Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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DT Store or Cafe (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by cmthunbe
Hey fellow baristas! I am a green bean and have been working for the bux for less than a month. I have generally been enjoying my work but the Drive Through position is absolute heck for me. Literally cannot handle the grumpy 4am customers, the beep of the headset, and doing a thousand electronic-based things at once. Every time I hear the beep I panic, lol.
I really like working bar and front POS, and am pretty good with the front customers. My store manager says I have a good personality for Starbucks and is going to try transferring me to a slower cafe store.
Does anyone prefer cafe stores over DT stores? I am curious to hear opinions!
I really like working bar and front POS, and am pretty good with the front customers. My store manager says I have a good personality for Starbucks and is going to try transferring me to a slower cafe store.
Does anyone prefer cafe stores over DT stores? I am curious to hear opinions!
blondiebarista 7 points 3y ago
From my experience covering cafe only stores, they can either be the slowest place in the world, or straight up chaos, all depending on location. However, I think Café only stores are better for getting to know people.
cmthunbe [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Oh my haha. I really want to get to know the regulars!
officialsmolkid 5 points 3y ago
I prefer drive over front. I find front gets boring easily. With drive more people are coming by so the shifts go by faster. If I’m front I end up finishing 2-4 cards by noon.
parisdiva96 1 points 3y ago
Same
coffeeslinger2000 2 points 3y ago
I hate DT with a fiery passion however I’ve been covering in cafe stores and 100% coming from a DT store to cafe store makes it so boring and slow.
cmthunbe [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Oh wow!!! This is good insight, thank you
eyoungyoung 2 points 3y ago
I personally always work at 4am at a DT store and I’ve been doing this for the past year and a half. It definitely gets easier as the time goes on, you’re more used to waking up before dawn and not as tired. I start to enjoy not having to talk to too many people for a good amount of my shift and have also made some great connections with the early regulars.
cmthunbe [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I feel that. I like the early mornings but the drive through crowd is rough haha. Especially on Friday at 6am when they need there caffeine ASAP lmao
telllthemoon 2 points 3y ago
in my experience they’re pretty different worlds. if customer connections are your favorite part of the job, and you find yourself stressed under chaotic pressure of DT, a cafe store will most likely be your best option. might not hurt to go visit to see what you may be dealing with.
cmthunbe [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Great, thank you!
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