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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2020 - 09 - 16 - ID#iu89z1
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(Venti rant) Feeling really bad about a store review about me (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by __chewbecca__
So we had those free 25 stars vouchers yesterday, and I was on bar most of the morning. When handing out mobiles, I was doing my best to give one to everyone, although it was challenging as we were slammed, some customers were extremely confused or flat out rude about the vouchers (don't ask me why), and I was barring on my own basically the whole time, which made explaining to every single customer the reason for the promotion/the new stars system impossible. Basically, I ended up missing some customers and not giving them vouchers both by thinking I'd already given them one and simply not having the time.

Anyways, my store got a Yelp review later that day saying that my store is racist, and that the "young lady" (most likely me) who was handing out mobile orders gave a white guy a voucher, and then immediately handed the reviewer his drink but didn't give him a voucher. I have no specific memory of this, but, assuming I was the partner on bar, this would have been my fault and my mistake. I absolutely didn't intend to not give people the vouchers, especially not any customers specifically, and hate to think that I genuinely upset this guy through my own oversight.

I'm feeling super guilty about it even though it wasn't intentional, and really wish I knew who the customer was so I could apologize, but I didn't recognize the reviewer's name :(

Just wanted to get that off my chest
Gimmecoffee2020 13 points 2y ago
They’re supposed to be handed out at the window or POS to customers who don’t have the app to encourage them to download and start using it. That’s why they get a star card, to get them started. Bar partners wouldn’t know how a customer paid unless they rang them up as well, so you don’t need to be handing them out at the handoff plane.
__chewbecca__ [OP] 6 points 2y ago
That's really good to know, actually. My manager was on my ass the whole day about making sure to hand them out at the handoff, but I felt that was strange, since I had no idea if they'd received one already at the register, earlier in the day, etc etc
Gimmecoffee2020 3 points 2y ago
There’s just supposed to be some fliers about the new rewards program on the handoff plane for customers to grab. It’s called out in the Siren’s Eye.
Millerboycls09 2 points 2y ago
Why would they give the bar partner ANOTHER TASK when that should be the priority position?
_coffees 6 points 2y ago
I don’t understand why they went directly to the assumption that you’re entire store is racist. We get busy and shit happens, sometimes we miss things, we’re human. Not everything is about race.
badatlife15 5 points 2y ago
I was under the impression that it was just a very random thing to be handing them out, not necessarily to every customer. I was at the drive thru window handing them out and mostly gave them to people who either had a wait/something wrong with their order or to one person who is pretty much a regular that I know had a long wait yesterday and he always seems in a bad mood and another regular who just seemed really tired/in not a great mood. I know we can’t always explain to the customers exactly what we’re doing, but it sounds 100% like it was just a simple oversight that this particular customer didn’t get one.
emosweatshirt 3 points 2y ago
don’t feel guilty wtf? you were busting ass doing your job and its a damn coupon. customers need to stop being so sensitive. thats just ridiculous
Michigoose99 1 points 2y ago
There are negative Google reviews about my store that mention a specific former barista and even though he was kind of a jerk i still feel it's unfair. You're reviewing a store not an employee....contact the manager if you have a specific complaint about one partner. Anyway that sucks that that happened.

Also yesterday i was on POS & I was just giving the 25 star vouchers to everyone who paid with the sbux card or app.
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