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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2020 - 04 - 29 - ID#gabwpf
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I really goofed on drive thru (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by carattica
The following is an unfortunate conversation I had with a customer while taking their order in the drive thru.

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*Hey howdy hey, welcome to Starbucks! My name's C; what can I get started for you today?*

"Hello, yeah. Could I have a sec?"

*No worries, I have* ***all the secs!***

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Cue dead stare from my rad shift manager, muffled laughs around the floor, befuddled look from customer. I died inside that day.

I was really lucky these people had a good sense of humor.
rainydase 116 points 3y ago
The manager at my old store did something very similar. Customer asked if they could have a sec and she replied with “You can have all the secs you want!”

Queue her face turning beat red and all of us losing our shit
carattica [OP] 47 points 3y ago
A mood; my shift manager had to take over drive because I was laughing too hard .____.
CasseroleHole 72 points 3y ago
Lol one time I was handing a woman her cake pops and I said, “Here are your birthday cocks!” The worst part is that I knew I said it wrong but it didn’t register what I said, so I REPEATED IT. “Sorry, your birthday cocks!” Only then did I realize what I said. Thankfully she had a sense of humor.
MonstrousGiggling 27 points 3y ago
LOL yesss
The fact you repeated it ♡

When I was much younger my mom was ordering us icecream bars/pops and she ordered a Reeces Pieces one for herself however she asked the poor kid at the counter for a Reese's Penis lmao she was dying from laughter.
Remi-Chan 5 points 3y ago
That's absolutely beautiful.
chrisjames277 34 points 3y ago
I feel that. One time I was working at another store with an automated drive thru window and while I was talking to a customer the stupid thing closed on my head. As if that wasn’t bad enough the two cars behind that one saw it happen and commented on it. I refuse to work at that store now😂
aintdeadyetmf 9 points 3y ago
I HATE AUTOMATIC DRIVE THRU WINDOWS. i feel and have felt ur pain many times before 😪
coffeesparklez 1 points 3y ago
I miss my automatic window though. I still wave frantically at the top of my window, then hang my head and open it manually while customers laugh at me.
janiel_foreva 25 points 3y ago
Someone had a conversation over drive thru that went like this

My boss: “One crappac- oh my, cappuccino. Sorry!”

Customer: “Been a long day?” *laughs*

My boss: “No actually I just got here!”

At least they laughed about it 😂
implicates_ 4 points 3y ago
I SAID CRAPPACHINO TOO HAHA except karen didnt think it was funny
janiel_foreva 2 points 3y ago
Ugh why can’t people see when something is an obvious mistake 🤦‍♀️
nobullshitplz 15 points 3y ago
One time a customer ordered a banana but bread. When I gave it to him at the window, I said “here’s your banana but bread”
TheSwimmingBrain 1 points 3y ago
😂
AIOfreak 9 points 3y ago
I made the same mistake but thankfully at home not at work. My sister said “give me a sec” and I replied “I have no secs to give!”
MonstrousGiggling 3 points 3y ago
Well that's good though lolol
Remi-Chan 8 points 3y ago
I asked someone if they wanted a stream crap instead of a strawberry creme Frappuccino and it haunts me
notwoke 3 points 3y ago
I ALWAYS fuck up “soy chai latte”. Comes out as “choy sai latte”. For some reason idk what it is
ladyelenawf 6 points 3y ago
I actually had to read it out loud to understand. Then I cackled. This was awesome,thanks for sharing.
HoneyLocusts 5 points 3y ago
I used to hate this. 20 minute queue and they get there and have no idea what they want.
Nigee_Ogee 5 points 3y ago
One time I accidentally called a Frappuccino the crappuccino when calling out a persons drink.
ItsMamaB 5 points 3y ago
I'm so dead!
SkylerSayys 5 points 3y ago
I totally fear myself doing something like this haha
coffeesparklez 4 points 3y ago
*and then I was fired for yelling "that's what she said!!!" across the store*
HollowRibcage 3 points 3y ago
My heart 😹😹
Jazzgx 2 points 3y ago
I have a bad habit of calling "crème fraps" "craps". I've just stopped trying to say it.
lrkr486 1 points 3y ago
Thats awesome
flappernapper69 1 points 3y ago
SAME. Today I forgot vegans exist and that soy doesn't come from a cow in the same order. This sweet lady came through the drive thru and ordered a grande iced chai with soy. Pays, gets her drink, comes back like 3 minutes later and tells me it was made with cows milk. (Our barista goofed I guess.) Anyways I could barely hear the poor girl and had already been fried at work for like 6 hours so TOTAL BRAIN FART. Anyways she was nice the first time around so I figured maybe she was joking?... idk why. But I LAUGHED at her through the mic. Not even realizing it WASN'T a joke bc SOY. IS. AN. ALTERNATIVE. After I finished laughing I asked again what the problem was. She again said it was made from cows milk and thats when I realized. I spent like 5 minutes apologizing so hard.
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