Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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doppelgänger mobile orders (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by mothsoft
it’s late afternoon and the store is dead. one mobile drink waits patiently to be consumed
a man enters and i greet him at the mobile counter, “hi! lemme guess, your name is Mike?” he affirms this, but his smile fades as i slide the drink to him, “this is a grande?” i check the sticker, show he ordered a tall, and offered a grande remake. he shakes his head, pulling out his phone
another man enters and walks up to the counter. i jokingly ask, “hey, are you Mike?” and he nods. his t-shirt is the same exact faded red as mike #1. i slide over the drink and point out they have the same name, are basically wearing the same thing, and should be friends. they have a laugh and mike #2 leaves. turns out mike #1 had neglected to push through his order
y’all what the frick? yes, i understand the name is common but the same colour shirt and similar drink at the same time? my coworkers didn’t freak out as much as i did, freak out with me <3
a man enters and i greet him at the mobile counter, “hi! lemme guess, your name is Mike?” he affirms this, but his smile fades as i slide the drink to him, “this is a grande?” i check the sticker, show he ordered a tall, and offered a grande remake. he shakes his head, pulling out his phone
another man enters and walks up to the counter. i jokingly ask, “hey, are you Mike?” and he nods. his t-shirt is the same exact faded red as mike #1. i slide over the drink and point out they have the same name, are basically wearing the same thing, and should be friends. they have a laugh and mike #2 leaves. turns out mike #1 had neglected to push through his order
y’all what the frick? yes, i understand the name is common but the same colour shirt and similar drink at the same time? my coworkers didn’t freak out as much as i did, freak out with me <3
victorious_gem 15 points 1y ago
this kind of happened to me on drive thru. a women pulls up && says her name is Christine, I say okay we have your order, see you at the window. the first order was 3 drinks (all the same drink), then another Christine order prints (&& it's the same drink), which isn't uncommon I figured she forgot one. I put all 4 drinks on the tray to hand out && she's like I only ordered 3 drinks. I'm like are you sure bc this printed right after you placed the order. as I'm trying to figure this out, Christine #2 walks thru cafe looking for her drink. it was funny to me bc they were both blondes
mothsoft [OP] 3 points 1y ago
thats so many similarities, freaky!! did you end up telling Christine #2 about it? i always wonder if its a prank or something
victorious_gem 5 points 1y ago
I mentioned it to her && was like i almost gave that lady on dt your drink bc she ordered the same one you did && her name was Christine. she was like ohhmygosh from over here she looks like she could be my sister 🤣 it was so trippy
FfierceLaw 7 points 1y ago
Yes, I'm freaking out with you! Weird things like this happen and I don't know why partners don't see how odd it is. Their head is in another space, probably. Happens to me in drive too. I'll bump an order because we just handed it out, turns out its the next car with the exact same order, down to the modifications
mothsoft [OP] 4 points 1y ago
thank you for joining me!! and for sharing, glad to know it isnt just our store. whenever that happens in drive i try to joke around, asking if they overheard the car in front of them. they’ve always denied it, so there’s literally no explaining this - bizarre
kitsustar17 5 points 1y ago
This happened to me the other day and chaos ensued when we realized it wasn’t one “Kim” who had placed multiple orders but in fact 3 separate “Kim”’s that ordered in the same 15 min window. We handed out the wrong items for the first, had to remake the second and double check what they were picking up, then wondered why we still had a drink unclaimed until the third walked in and grabbed them.
mothsoft [OP] 2 points 1y ago
attack of the Kim’s. but seriously, thats so many in a short window like that!!
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