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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2020 - 09 - 13 - ID#is4j7z
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On this installment of still thinking about it...awkward white man tries to speak to me in Spanish ! (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Partymixvix
So there I was on DTR/DTO, and this middle aged man (maybe in late 40s) is enunciating pretty hard and asking me to repeat the total at the window a few times. I guess he decides that I am not an English speaker and proceeds to act kind of rudely. I give him his food and drinks and act perfectly sweet telling him to have a great day. When he doesn’t pull away I ask him if he needs something else, and he says in the worst American accent “servilletas por favor” with an awkward smile and I didn’t understand him like at all (I didn’t realize till later what he was trying to say), so I ask “do you need napkins or another straw?” And he says “um...yes napkins” in an annoyed tone and pulls away after I give it to him. At no point did I initiate a dialogue in Spanish, I have a slightly southern accent because I live in the South. I am Hispanic, but why would this man think speaking in Spanish would make things go faster or be helpful at all. It felt really condescending and embarrassed me a little bc he acted like I was doing something wrong/was illiterate ?? Idk if others get this type of treatment ?
badatlife15 6 points 2y ago
I feel like this is even worse than the people who slow down and basically scream their order in an annoyed tone when you ask them to repeat something. Like sorry...there are blenders, machines (some machine connected to our nitro/cold brew tap makes an AWFUL noise), people talking around me, people occasionally talking over customer on head set, and often me multitasking while taking your order). I’m not incompetent, I’m human and kindly asking you to repeat your order/part of your order so you don’t bite my head off when it’s not what you want.
SithlordzomB 4 points 2y ago
I live in Southern California in a highly Hispanic community. Most times white people come through they do stupid shit like this. It’s annoying.
AndrewtheRey 1 points 2y ago
This used to happen when I worked at McDonald’s. A man asked the woman handing out food for “extra salsa de tomato por favor” and this mf wanted ketchup 🤦🏻‍♂️ and yes he said tomato not tomate.
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