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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 05 - 03 - ID#n468vu
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tiktok baristas.. (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by whereurmomat
quick rant but @ targetcafe.2113 on tiktok makes my blood boil 💀. i had people come in asking for the harry styles refresher and clueless frap today expecting me to know what that is 😐
BrsgrOtMlkShknENoIce 94 points 2y ago
Ugh fr! And all the comments are like “ItS yOur JoB” “donT wOrK theRE theN” “whY arE sTaRBucKs emPloyEEs alwAyS comPlaIninG” like fuck off I work at the busiest store in my district (drive thru) if you order multiple fraps with 8+ mods during peak you’re damn right I’m gonna complain
whereurmomat [OP] 42 points 2y ago
the comments piss me off too. like i get that its our job but we were trained to make drinks from the menu with SMALL modifications. this tiktoker literally makes drinks that you cant even put into the pos. i wish starbucks did something about it but we all know they wont since it brings them business.
BrsgrOtMlkShknENoIce 26 points 2y ago
That and maybe it’s just my managers but, TikTok drinks take longer to make which equals longer drive thru times. Longer drive thru times gets our stores hours cut
dtr1129 13 points 2y ago
lmao typical starbucks. "oh you guys are struggling to meet acceptable drive thru times?? well the solution is actually to give you less labor 🖕🏻🖕🏻"
irritablegarlic 26 points 2y ago
I always think it’s so hilarious when kids online tell us not to work for starbucks because we hate to see these tiktoks. like maybe I applied because I like making and drinking coffee??? and not making ridiculously complicated refreshers and fraps that target baristas made up??? god these kids make me antsy to get my ASU degree and go to a real coffee shop 😅.
jupiter_bug 11 points 2y ago
Those kids wouldn't be talking that shit if they had to work to live 🙄
saddestgirl1995 22 points 2y ago
Just went and looked at that account.. how do they find the time!?!?! They must work at the slowest store on earth.
BrsgrOtMlkShknENoIce 14 points 2y ago
They’re inside a target so their “peak” is probably the target employees that come in the morning (no hate to target baristas I used to work there I just hate this fucking account)
Gaming_Demigoddess 4 points 2y ago
So they work at the Macomb Target which I would say is not busy, as it’s one of 6 Starbucks in the area (there are literally 5 on one street which is a bit much lol). I doubt many people go out of their way to order at this one since there’s no mobile order or drive thru option.
medusas-garden 8 points 2y ago
My store is the highest volume store in my district too. And we’re doing almost twice the sales that we were before the pandemic.
Savmac1020 5 points 2y ago
Go look at Facebooks Starbucks page. That’ll piss you off even more. So many people complain
LatteMaster 27 points 2y ago
You are not supposed to be on your phone during work, but these licensed store baristas get away with it. Plus its free advertising for super expensive drinks. Nothing will happen about it sadly. Only hope is them posting unreleased drinks and getting in trouble for it. But tbh I would rather have them just stop over losing their job, dont wanna wish that on anyone.
whereurmomat [OP] 18 points 2y ago
agreed. starbucks should at least consider adding a new policy or something towards these modifications since it literally costs them more resources. some of these drinks call for extra caramel drizzle which leads to a shortage, refreshers with no water meaning more base and running out quicker, and vsccf on top of what feels like every drink thats ordered.
cringeqween13 6 points 2y ago
They have over 450k followers and are probably trying to get verified and become part of tiktoks creator fund so I doubt they'll stop
snarkysnape 2 points 2y ago
This absolutely seems like an issue as no one except corporate is allowed to be posting to social media about target AND no filming is allowed in the store. I’m a tarbucks barista who’s worked for target for 7 years. I would NEVER.
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Dazzling_Cut_6862 9 points 2y ago
I thought the same thing! It’s really gross. 😵
cringeqween13 3 points 2y ago
That literally the one thing that I miss most about my other jobs is being able to have my nails done and its so frustrating to see other girls with a fresh manicure working at Starbucks (even some girls at my store do it. They just wear the cheap gloves we have) its like I try to go by book but all these other girls just get away with it.
Gaming_Demigoddess 11 points 2y ago
I have one Target Starbucks friend who has a special drink she created, but I only ask her to make it since it’s annoying to order.
It’s especially bad for the employees when you are getting grilled for not knowing fake recipes off the top of your head, and can’t even ring it up if it was based off a current menu item with mods.

These girls were dumb enough to post the store number in their username, 2113. I went through the comments in some of their videos and it seems their team leads enjoy these drinks, but I’m not sure if they know of the videos. Corporate doesn’t like anyone misusing company time. Also, the amount of people saying ‘get a different’ job to the baristas openly commenting against their videos... do they realize the ratio of baristas that want to make these stupid drinks vs those that don’t? I’m not a barista, but this store should be ashamed of what they’re doing to other Starbucks locations for clout.

Sorry for the comment rant, but I don’t want your mental health and ability to handle irate guests to worsen because of shortages and fake menu drinks.
CrewInteresting9589 8 points 2y ago
it’s the people in the comments telling barista’s to ‘just quit’ or ‘get a different job’ as if we’re not in the middle of a global pandemic for me 🙄
frappeyourmom 8 points 2y ago
What in the deep fried fuck is a Harry Styles refresher and Clueless frap?
epixgamer64 7 points 2y ago
We had someone come to our normal store from a target cafe asking if we had the target dog sugar cookies, and then proceeded to say it was ridiculous that we didn’t have them. Guess I missed out on when target bought out the siren 💀
cringeqween13 4 points 2y ago
If it's not on the menu it doesn't exist!! Like I wonder how many people have gone to that tarbucks and asked for one of their creations and they've had to go back to remind themselves how to make it.
Throwawaysnore 3 points 2y ago
I’m pretty sure that licensed locations such as tarbucks can get their licenses revoked due to breaching policy... Such as posting recipes or videos on social media.. I could be wrong tho
Vilali 3 points 2y ago
The one that pissed me off the most was the Black Panther one where they told customers to ask for mango dragonfruit GROUND UP into white mocha. 🥴
80sserialkiller 2 points 2y ago
omg one of my drive thru customers cracked me up today. she was yelling about her kids waiting til she gets to the drive thru then try to order “some bullshit they got from tiktok” and make her look like an idiot. the kids were in the back of the car and i was laughing so hard.
throwaway3456678 1 points 2y ago
a barista who used to work at a tarbux transferred to my very high volume dt store and tried pulling that creating new tiktok drinks bullshit. we immediately put a stop to it because they were ridiculously complicated. she would tell customers “oh if you want it again just ask for [her name] to take your order!” issue is she works 3 super early mornings a week, and we didn’t know how she was ringing them in.
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