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Has anyone else in covid hotspot areas had an uptick of customers ordering the medicine ball lately? (self.starbucksbaristas)

submitted by sofso

Like, a suspicious amount, frankly.

1300727 373 points 1y ago

No, but I’ve had a lot ask for remakes because they say it taste bland…..

sofso [OP] 272 points 1y ago

Submission for one sentence horror story right here.

GarbageValuable1888 44 points 1y ago

Was explaining to someone what it tasted like, this lady right behind her said “oh I love it, i had it everyday when I had covid back in February” - and yes, she came into the store with covid to get it.

Virth 11 points 1y ago

I hate it here.

girl_in_blue180 119 points 1y ago

Reminds me of when Yankee Candle started getting bad online reviews because customers lost their sense of smell due to COVID-19 smh

Stay safe out there everyone

Edit: wait, what's the "medicine ball"?

AppleJuice214 3 points 1y ago

Honey Citrus Mint Tea

emmaniamh -8 points 1y ago

A mint majesty tea bag, a peach tranquility tea bag, honey and steamed lemonade

ourgodwhofucks 94 points 1y ago

i thought it was jade citrus mint & peach tranquility?

kqs13 44 points 1y ago

It is jade citrus mint

emmaniamh 9 points 1y ago

I could be wrong I haven't worked in a year

OneRoseDark 20 points 1y ago

it's now technically "honey blend syrup" which is 1) bad, and 2) does not have the health benefits of honey. fortunately, we're out of that so now it's made with honey again.

Improvmomolyfe 18 points 1y ago

If only we had it. It’s been god knows how long since the store has had it. But not to worry. We have agave. It is supposed to go with the blueberry oatmeal.but not to worry, cuz we can’t serve oatmeal cuz we don’t have the cups to put it in. Don’t you love being a partner in COVID age

fortytwounder_ 8 points 1y ago

Except the amount of sugar in the lemonade definitely negates any “health benefits” from the honey anyways.

jams1015 17 points 1y ago

It's a jade citrus mint, not a mint majesty.

girl_in_blue180 6 points 1y ago

Oh that actually sounds decent

AndrewSaidThis 8 points 1y ago

Even if you’re not sick and want something relaxing, it’s good.

kitsustar17 35 points 1y ago

Had someone awhile ago get 20 pumps of classic in their black tea and complained it didn’t taste sweet. Got a new mask and hand wash after that lady.

calebaretta 8 points 1y ago

Good God this reminds me of a partner from a different store who would always come to our store and order a trenta black tea with 30 pumps LCS

sadilg 7 points 1y ago

Oh god

PhilosophyWizard 159 points 1y ago

I told a customer that a medicine ball won’t protect you from covid-19 and I got written up for it

misscerh 61 points 1y ago

But where is the lie?

PhilosophyWizard 12 points 1y ago

For real and dm had to have a coffee talk with me about it

misscerh 11 points 1y ago

Now what on God's green earth is a "coffee talk"?

PhilosophyWizard 15 points 1y ago

A coffee talk it’s just a paid 1 and 1 with sm/dm/shfit to talk over things. So we talk about how I can’t tell people it doesn’t cure covid 19.

Silly_Goose2 14 points 1y ago

Uh Health Canada and the FDA take false or misleading medical claims very seriously. Doing the opposite of what you did could result in monetary penalties. What is your manager on about.

[deleted] 12 points 1y ago

*MaKe ThE mOmEnT riGhT*

PhilosophyWizard 12 points 1y ago

Imma start dick slapping people who don’t wear a mask after aug 5

salemsflatline 8 points 1y ago

as a customer, I condone this

etbarista 145 points 1y ago

i refuse to call it a medicine ball for this reason!! i only say honey citrus mint tea, there is nothing medicinal about your sugary hot lemonade, go to the doctor

mayor-em 48 points 1y ago

‘Im sorry we don’t have medicine, just coffee and tea, but can i get you the honey citrus mint tea? I hear it’s comparable’

sofso [OP] 45 points 1y ago

LOL yeah the conversation always goes like;
customer: "Can I get a medicine ball?"
me: "Sure thing, what size did you want that honey citrus mint tea?"

givemeapples 47 points 1y ago

I refuse to call it a medicine ball too, and that's how my conversations go... but then they are followed by the customer saying: "a what? i want a medicine ball" me: "it's the same drink you are referring to, except we don't call it a medicine ball as it offers no medicinal properties whatsoever"

miniinovaa 15 points 1y ago

Reminds me when people would ask “oh what do you have thats keto?” And id say “idk maam I’m not a nutritionist nor your doctor, I’m not gunna assume anything is gunna follow your diet “ lmao

The_walking_man_ 12 points 1y ago

Correct. I always correct them on the name, to make sure their dumb ass realizes nothing about this drink is "medicine."

pink_haired_bitch 84 points 1y ago

It scared me so much when we had this customer in December last year and she was like can I have this remade? This tastes like nothing. She got a venti medicine ball with 13 pumps honey blend. That lady had us all looking at each other at the exact same time. As soon as she left I wiped down that whole damn lobby and every surface and door handle. Didnt help that she was coughing and sniffling I’m like honey you need a doctor not a medicine ball omg

kqs13 6 points 1y ago

you guys have honey blend?

general0rgana 18 points 1y ago

probably not; op said in december

kqs13 2 points 1y ago

lol I missed that part!

general0rgana 2 points 1y ago

I can’t wait for honey blend’s return im so sick of sticky fingers from opening honey packets

Alan_Man22 41 points 1y ago

I had a customer a few days ago who refused to wear a mask and ordered 3 venti medicine balls 🙃

shmeep10 23 points 1y ago

Within the last three days, yea actually

halfaxa23 22 points 1y ago

yessss everytime some orders a medicine bell i yell out delta lol

blue-agate 15 points 1y ago

Had to remake a couple of drinks because they couldn’t taste the coffee :P as well as the medicine ball. Although our store doesn’t have any kind of honey right now

pixelatedHarmony 9 points 1y ago

Plenty enough that we ran out of honey 🍯

shikiP 8 points 1y ago

No but I swear one lady had covid. Did 8 pumps of white mocha for a venti frappucino and they still complained they couldnt taste anything.

The only people who have been ordering the HCMT were the ones who get it regularly anyway.

VenusInFirs 7 points 1y ago

We actually have people ordering all the time. But this is funny.

[deleted] 6 points 1y ago

They try to but we’ve been out of honey blend, honey packets, and jade citrus mint for weeks lol

sophrologie_ 3 points 1y ago

unfortunately so but also we’re out of honey blend & honey packets.

EeePeeTee 3 points 1y ago

I don't acknowledge that we have anything by that name. Our company sells a Honey Citrus Mint Tea though. Are you talking about that?

Mayachees 3 points 1y ago

I get people ordering it but we don’t have any lemonade.

TylerJ716 3 points 1y ago

We don't have any honey LOL

darkwolf523 2 points 1y ago

We have the tea bags but no honey. F

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undaunted_cookie 1 points 1y ago

It’s called medicine ball? This whole time I’ve been calling it a medicine bowl. Lolol

notagirlnotarobot 1 points 1y ago

nope but that's probably because we're out of our peach tranquility, jade citrus mint, and honey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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