my sm pulling stickers while i’m in bar and making a line of cups but getting on me for pulling mobile stickers to get to cafe stickers. like no, it’s not going to make me go any faster. it just makes me cramped and confused about the order.

-messing up my cadence when I’m CS

-standing around while up front when I’m dealing with a rush while I’m on bar. Don’t touch my stickers but grab a rag or something please! If we don’t have CS please brew coffee so I’m not having to get yelled at because we ran out of Pike during a rush!

-Grabbing stickers without asking while I’m on drive thru bar. I have a headset, I’m passively listening to the orders that come through, and I have a rhythm in my head. Pulling stickers and not telling me throws me off and I get really frustrated when that happens.

-passive aggressive partners correcting me on stuff and then getting mad when I point out they’re wrong

-and the biggest one is partners who don’t FIFO. I swear to god. Please PLEASE check the dates especially on the milk! That’s gross!!! It’s not that hard to move the milk around. On that note whenever I see people not shaking the alternative milks it turns my stomach. Curdled soy is gross. Take a few seconds to shake it and it’ll save a ton of frustration.

any and all bar support. ive coached partners time and time again on the best and most productive way to bar support when im solo barring. and they almost always end up either racing to make the drink first which ends up having multiples, or them starting a drink when the sticker prints whereas i started it when the customer ordred it at the order box, which also ends up in multiples. id rather just do it myself.

partners not replacing tongs ever and letting them get caked with nasty food.

cs letting sani’s turn to mud before changing them.

half-washed dishes.

putting pastries in sandwich bags and vice versa.

ive been here too long.

when my partners don’t shake refreshers. i get it if it’s busy and theres a lot.. even tho u should always do it. but refreshers look really off when not shaken

WHEN PARTNERS DONT SHAKE MILKS OR REFRESHERS/ICED TEAS

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Oooo. Yesterday was one of my worst days yet. The most frustrating thing was my shift. As policy, a customer doesn’t like a drink, or if something is wrong about it, then we remake it. This can be annoying, but still we do it!

I almost always have a smile and am cherry, even if sometimes it’s forced haha. My shift was so visibly frustrated over remakes and people “not doing their job right.” Whenever a shift gets like that and is basically getting pissed at customers and partners, it ruins chemistry on the floor. They’re supposed to be leaders, not whiny babies because a green bean forgot to do something.

Wandering partners who don’t stay in their position unless asked to help elsewhere

We had one who never brushed his teeth, and then he would breathe on you. Not good.

Leaving the door of the Hobart down so you slam your shins into it when you come into the back. Idk how everyone else’s store is but there’s no way to see it’s down until you’ve already hit it and it’s a big rule for us but we have some green beans who think it isn’t a big deal. When they cut their leg open on it maybe they’ll start shutting it.

When those who aren’t my boss try to order me around or overly try to change my stance on things. No, I will continue to talk the same way I have for the last 2 year because no, I have not gotten fired or even told off for it besides YOU who got bugged by it.

When a partner ices a drink and half the scoop of ice ends up on the counter. I understand you’re going fast but it’s not that hard to get ice into a cup

And EASILY number 1 most irritating: please throw out your drinks when your shift is over. I can’t tell you how many times I’m dumping 10 partner drinks that are 4 hours old

I can't stand when people leave milks out all over the bar area. Like, I get that it's more convenient when you're busy, but it's not sanitary, the customers can see it, and it crowds the countertop. Put. The. Milk. Away. >:(

STOP STICKERING MY GODDAM CUPS!!!! LMAOOO damn it irritates me so much! I can promise you it won’t make me go faster. I have a headset. I know what needs to be done and I don’t want to slow myself down peeling off stickers. Also get out of my way!!! Only like being on bar with maybe 3 people at my store because we work around each other and STAY OUT OF THE WAY. Damn, getting angry just writing this out lmfao

When people don’t rinse their shit or when people leave milks out

Not prioritizing cafe/ drive thru drinks/food items. Those customers are already there why are you making mobiles for people who aren’t here yet. It causes times to increase for the drive thru, and causes cafe customers to get pissed for how long they are waiting.

When I'm on bar and a customer at handout has asked for something, and another barista on bar asks me to get it for them. Like, bro, I'm on bar too.....

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-When the steam wand isn't wiped or purged and is left for someone else to do causing things to go slowly

-FIFO YA GD MILKS

-Just unnecessary messiness. You didn't have to go wild with that topping, cause now the counter is all dirty.

-CLEAN AS YOU GO FOR FKS SAKE

-Look around and don't avoid drinks. I'll have one sitting to be iced right by the ice and ppl will walk by it to pull new stickers. No. Get back there and finish off the drinks! We need efficiency!

My store specifically separates the bars into mobile, cafe, drive thru, and cold bar. So it annoys tf outta me when I'm on MY designated bar, and everyone is pulling my stickers/starting my drinks without asking me. Each person is supposed to focus on their own bar. It bothers me so much and messes with my rhythm. Just say on your own bar, and don't bother me unless I ask for help!!!

Some of my fellow baristas (love them, hate this) when on cold bar leave every juice, milk, blender, whip, etc. Just out on top of the bar leaving little to no room to actually make the drinks. When I’ve had to take over I have to take a minute to clean and organize just so I can bar more efficiently

All of the above ☝🏻😂😂😂

i didn’t have any but i was trained to help bar and put stickers on the cup and line them up for them… is that annoying and should i stop?? :/

When they squeeze the caramel drizzle into the hot caramel macchiato and let one big squirt fall to the bottom of the cup instead of crosshatching it...also handing out a hot drink that has over an inch of space in the cup

Also putting only a dollop of whipped cream in the frappes making it look ugly and lazy ..

When partners don’t follow drink standards and recipes. It isn’t hard. Also when partners make prep and don’t whisk shit that’s supposed to be whisked (lemonades, strawberry açaí..) especially sweet creams.

Not rinsing shot glasses irritates me so much.

i have a whole lot of partner pet peeves but there’s one that really annoys me: shaming partners for getting a frappuccino/cold foam and giving MAJOR attitude for it. i’ve seen it a lot in this sub and it pisses me off. i’ve gone in on my day off work to get myself a coffee (usually get salted foam), and when i go i usually get my brother a drink (caramel frap). i’ve seen my own coworkers look me in the eye and throw out my stickers because they didn’t want to take the 10 seconds and make the foam or make a frappuccino and demand i make it myself. there’s so many partners i’ve seen who want to drink a frap but are afraid to get yelled at by their own coworkers. like?? it’s just childish

Making a complete mess on bar, never cleaning after themselves.
When supporting me on bar, making random drinks waay back at the queue. FOLLOW THE QEUE!
Giving me teas and pikes to make. It's tills job not mine.
Baristas hiding in the cupboard checking their phones (I didn't want to be an ass but there's partner files coming) and yes we have a problem in my store and we're addressing it.
Not letting me know when they leave the bar/till etc. You don't need my permission to go to the toilet but please let me know you're going so I can freaking cover your spot.
Aspiring supervisors trying to boss me around (I'm a shift) when they don't even know what allergens are, or call for me every 2 minutes cause they can't find something at the till. (this specific partner is working at the store for 4 years now).
I got many more, it'll take all day.

When people don't put the frap roast and the milk into the cup to measure before putting it into the blender. And when they put the syrup and stuff into the cup before the blender

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when my midday ssv changes my order that I already submitted and recorded because she "knows better and been here longer", and ending up running out/having too much of said items

-when the barista I trained still doesn’t try to steam milk properly even though I have gone through the milk steaming process with them for the past 2 months, so when a customer asks for a latte the only milk they get is foam.

It’s just so irritating because I have gone through so many different coaching methods just to get the process down but all they are focused on is their damn phone at work. All it takes is a little effort but since they don’t put any, the best place they can be at would just be window.

From this thread, I’ve found out that you’re supposed to shake alternative milks? I had no idea.😳 I was never told to do that nor have I seen anyone do it. Are you supposed to always do it for soy/almond/coconut/oat milk?

Pulling allllllll of my hot bar stickers during rush just to get to that one refresher 4 cars back, and then leaving the stickers haphazardly stuck all over the counter

When i step away from my spot for ~30 seconds to hand off a drink and they decide that they’re suddenly drive thru bar and start randomly working on my drinks

Queuing shots on my machine without saying anything to me

Stop pulling more than three stickers on my bar because mobile people will start showing up thinking their drink is done.

Stop handing drinks over to me on cold bar with out putting shots, milks, syrups on your bar in there. It just ruins the purpose.

DTO not multi tasking and passing drinks over to me when I need them for window and then I get talked to about drive times.

People who just started working at the siren telling me what to do on bar. I know what I'm doing, please leave me be.

all of these are my peeves too! but my least favorite at the moment is when i’m on cold bar sometimes my hot bar people will try and help me out and don’t clean up after themselves. it’s annoying!!

people moving things around when I’m on bar, seriously messes up my sequencing like I’m very clean and very organized and I have 2 pitchers out to sequence easily and 2% on the counter next to me - anything else is in the fridge but people come over for some reason and try to work the same bar I’m literally standing at and pull milk out like y??? I’m here I’m doing it it’s all good please make other drinks or something!! There’s a second bar and a second fridge for this reason 😫

when people throw away full drinks instead of dumping them out in the sink first, or better when they don’t even throw their drink away and just leave it for someone else to take care of

- when a partner refills the ice bins and spills ice all over the counters
- unnecessary bar support
- when a partner doesn’t stay planted and lets tickets pile up
- when the CS doesn’t pull the old milks up front and put new ones in the back ESPECIALLY when they push an OPEN milk to the back

I hate when people interrupt my que sequence while I’m in the middle of barring, drives me BONKERS

-coming in for a weekend mid-close and inevitably being put on drive bar and the morning partner just dips the second I show up and doesn’t clean or stock ANYTHING and I’m left with a nightmare to clean and without any milks and expected to make tons of drinks because (hot take but I have done all of it) weekend mids are a million times worse than opens/mornings

-and as others have mentioned, another partner messing with my stickers/drinks because GIRL! IM SEQUENCING! YOURE THROWING ME OFF! STOP! DO! NOT! TOUCH! MY! BAR!

When sani is given to a partner that hates sani ( i love doing sani, anything to be away from the costumers)

everyone is just immature. not that im a wise sage either but im sick of people faking sickness to call out of work or people using every air molecule in their lungs to complain about trivial matters lmfao

when people clean counters with steam wand rags or when people don’t crush the ice so they just come out in ginormous chunks ;-;

When another partner complains the ENTIRE shift over the headset so everyone can hear and messes up everyone else’s day. I get when something happens and venting to your coworkers that’s fine, but when it’s the entire shift no matter where you are or what is going on just please stop and keep it to yourself, I can’t deal with the negative energy from partners AND customers all at once 😭😭😭😭

when the person on DTO stands on their phone while I’m drowning on bar instead of either helping make drinks or making the mountain of backups behind them

When the person at front has no one in cafe and just stands there instead of brewing coffees or moving the pastries over

When the partners who stand around and do nothing but the bare bare minimum their whole shifts complain to the partners who have been scrambling to get everything done the entire shift 🙃

When me, a barista, is running the shift because the shift working is horrible at it and we will end up staying over an hour later after close without me doing a job I’m not paid for

Not shaking refreshers, shifts putting stickers on cups and just placing them on counter completely ruining the flow of everyone working, people not marking what we are out of in the system or not letting anyone know so customers are angry when they get to the window and we say we don’t actually have something, when cold bar baristas leave the sweet cream out and it warms so it doesn’t make the foam properly in the blender

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When my shift complains about pulling MOP stickers (and not immediately making them) to get to cafe and drive thru orders. Even though there’s no way for me to get to those orders without pulling stickers.