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Full History - 2021 - 06 - 04 - ID#nsentj

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So we didn't have our regular pump washed, so our store trainer whipped this bad boy out. Cool, but also, what the hell? (i.redd.it)

submitted by Hoax_Pudding_Cup

maddogracer161 102 points 2y ago

How did your store keep that hidden for so long? 😂 It was like...what? 5 years ago?

NOTcreative- 52 points 2y ago

Oh the ancient relics of Starbucks past that can be discovered in any given older store. I’ve found some gems.

LockAzzy 11 points 2y ago

Closer to six, I think.

Aliciarox11189 6 points 2y ago

I think 4.5 ... cause I'm starting my 5th year and we had it for like 6months when I started

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Gucci0313 4 points 2y ago

Great idea, one of ours is missing a gasket

Haunting-Message-953 98 points 2y ago

YOU GET A PUMP AND YOU GET A PUMP!! YOU ALL GET A PUUUUHUUUUUMP!

Interesting-Start408 7 points 2y ago

LMAO

junglejims4322 38 points 2y ago

I remember oprah chai as a customer..

PandaVike 26 points 2y ago

LMAOOO I remember when we were “supposed” to throw those away. I hid it for my co opener to find 🤣

Edit for clarity: I meant the giant Oprah cut outs. That’s what I hid. Not the pump haha 🤦🏻‍♀️

Hoax_Pudding_Cup [OP] 3 points 2y ago

Oh God, I can see it now. Just opening the milk fridge so innocently and BAM, Oprah.

PandaVike 1 points 2y ago

Omg your comment made me LOL all over again. “BAM Oprah”. It’s pretty much how it went 🤣

lmcgregor34 22 points 2y ago

It was a slightly spicier chai back in 2015ish didn't last long.

MonstrousGiggling 6 points 2y ago

It's what made me go to Starbucks for the 1st time lmfaoo

wanderer1522 14 points 2y ago

I don't know why I thought my boss was the only packrat but you've proved me wrong 😂

Hoax_Pudding_Cup [OP] 1 points 2y ago

My store trainer keeps everything, I swear to god 🤣

SnooDonuts3398 13 points 2y ago

It was basically the same thing as regular chai but almost imperceptibly different. I think it was like 2015-16?

LockAzzy 9 points 2y ago

I was working when that was released. You should have seen the giant Oprahs they brought in to advertise. TBH it was actually pretty good. Had hints of apple. Lovely drink that we mocked ruthlessly for the adverts.

olivinemultichrome 15 points 2y ago

My store kept one of the giant cardboard Oprah’s and as the closing shift I’d hide it somewhere different every night to scare the openers

coffeenb1 8 points 2y ago

I miss her 🥲

Broccoli_In_The_Butt 5 points 2y ago

It was a chai that they donated 50 cents to some charity for every purchase and it was conveniently $.50 more than any other chai

skyelimess 5 points 2y ago

I remember sweeping the store a couple nights ago and finding the Lightly Sweetened Chai pump cap amongst the massive pile of grounds and disgusting food crumbs

WartyTortoise 5 points 2y ago

The GIANT Oprah-head cardboard cutouts were straight up nightmare fuel. That shit was deeply unsettling. We always kept ours looking out the window in dt looking down the line so the customers were forced to be stared at by those cold, dead eyes that seemed to follow you. That whole marketing campaign was hilarious and also awful.

LadyBearJenna 5 points 2y ago

I visited corporate shortly after this came out. Apparently Oprah Hug Lines would form when she was in the building.

is_it_soy 3 points 2y ago

Oh, the memories...

I still remember the day I finally got to throw out all the damn Oprah chai that **nobody** bought after the first year.

killerwhaletank 2 points 2y ago

Didn’t Oprah chai become the lightly sweetened chai?

patrickburn 1 points 2y ago

Double check the pump volume. I can’t remember if that one was slightly less of a pump than the regular chai. They will look the same, but the gauging collar will say “Oprah chai.” Btw it was gross.

the_monkey_socks 1 points 2y ago

RIP Oprah Chai 😭 You were my favorite.

Accomplished_Kiwi211 1 points 2y ago

this is a relic, omg. im surprised the print is still legible

TheQueermonkey 1 points 2y ago

Okay, has anyone done department counts cause that still pops up every once in a while. I do miss the Oprah Chai. It was so good!

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