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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 05 - 23 - ID#njgnd1
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Shortages on top of shortages (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by FelixFelic1x
Its no secret we’re all probably facing shortages. But omg, it just doesn’t stop. I don’t remember the last time we had peach or guava juice. We’re out of cinnamon dolce, which I didn’t notice was so popular until i kept having to say we were out. Every time we get some drink carriers, we run out within like two days. The real big one is we’re out of all fruit inclusions. To me i would not care cause tbh i dont really like the inclusions but omg so many people apparently love them. The one thing i dont get is every time someone orders a refresher we tell them it wont change the flavor just the color. To me its no big deal, but so many people say nevermind, especially for the the mango dragonfruit drink. As if the color is the only thing they care about. Idk i just think its odd. But back to shortages. Some people are so nice and understanding, some even joke with us about it. Others get so rude, like its not the end of the world that we dont have fricken freeze dried strawberries and its also not our fault. The craziest thing that’s happened so far is people will be in drive, try to order something we’re out of, and just say they don’t want anything instead. Like im sorry you’ve already waited like 20 minutes to order (our line gets like 35+ cars waiting to order) and you’re gonna have to wait at least another 15 minutes to get out, you might as well get something, get a fricken cookie at least. Its just seems so crazy to be so okay with wasting all that time to not even get anything out of it. I have a lot more to say, and we have many more things we’re out of and I don’t really know where i was going with all of this but share some of your thoughts or experiences with all the shortages happening. Whats the most dramatic response or the most common shortages you’ve had?
InternationalCat23 16 points 2y ago
Not really dramatic but kinda funny so I thought I'd share. We were out of the small bags that we usually use for deliveries, so we asked drivers if they preferred taking the order in a carrier or in these really big bags. Most just took the drink carrier, but this one guy came to pick up an order of one drink and insisted on the big bag. Just thought it was kind of comical and seemed very impractical but to each his own.
Petty_Pentagon606 5 points 2y ago
We got a notification that they are temporarily discontinuing peach,guava, and berry hibiscus so they can focus on getting everything else out.
echowolf9 5 points 2y ago
I personally hate the inclusions in the refreshers but my boyfriend doesn’t like the drink without them. We both used to work for Starbucks and I’ll tell him “you know it’s just placebo” and he says ya so for some reason I guess the color changes peoples perspective on the drink.
FelixFelic1x [OP] 5 points 2y ago
I cant stand the inclusions, they just make it harder to drink and i dont wanna eat them. My boyfriend likes them too for some reason and when we share a drink, i leave them in for him. But yeah, not a fan, and don’t understand the love surrounding them. I’ve even had people order extra on the side to snack on
N3IIEN 4 points 2y ago
We have a lady that comes in and orders a Venti VB all the time except she wants like 12 scoops of the blackberries, like no joke she wants it filled to the base line with blackberries and EXTRA shaken. I’ve shaken it 20 times before and she said it wasn’t shaken enough and that there wasn’t enough berries and pulled out of the drive to park and come into the store to complain to my manager when I “sassed” her about how much I had shaken it and added berries.

She just needs to ask for a grande in a venti cup and say to fill the space with berries.
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