I caught myself swirling the cup of juice I poured myself. No ice or anything. Just reflex.

I still do it when I’m making coffee for myself at home to the point where my girlfriend started doing it too

Lol. At the job I had before Starbucks, the only other “barista” (who had near zero training) would prep mochas by putting sauce, THEN MILK AND ICE, then the shots when they were done pulling.

Every time I could, I’d take those and throw them away and make another one myself, and he WOULDNT stop doing it.

my girlfriend’s favorite drink is the white mocha so I ALWAYS was adamant about taking that extra step to swirl it in and get it all mixed together anytime someone ordered one because there were a few times baristas at my store fucked up my girlfriend’s drink by not doing it.

one particular day during a rush, this very strict, by the book supervisor was on bar and I had stepped in to help. this was in the middle of december, there were at least fifteen if not more drinks lined up, there were still plenty of labels that hadn’t pulled yet, and so I’m getting into my groove and trying to help her—I had a system for rushes like that where I’d put all the syrups in first (like we were supposed to) and started shots for her. she straight up just stopped and said “oh, no, i never put my syrups in first” and i explained that it seemed a hell of a lot quicker (i said it nicer than that though) to get the drinks lined up started ahead of time instead of just one by one, considering there was a line nearly out the door at that point. She then says “it’s fine I got it, I have my own way of doing it so it’s fine.”

It annoyed the fuck out of me because 1) I had always been taught that syrups go first and this supervisor was VERY by the book so it didn’t make sense to me how doing each drink individually the way she was was supposedly “quicker” and 2) i saw she was clearly struggling and stepped in to help even though i wasn’t on bar. all of my other coworkers were always appreciative when i did that for them and very willing to let me help, they all knew my system and knew i could get the drinks started for them so all they had to do was add the shots and finish it off. needless to say I was very offended considering it was so busy and i didn’t see a need to be so nit picky about it but decided to just let it go and do something else.

for the record, she was definitely one of the few baristas that messed up my girlfriend’s drink multiple times lmao. but I was just baffled that someone that was so by the book was completely making the drinks wrong. like, it’s common sense, if you don’t mix the syrup in, which requires putting the syrup in first and swirling it in with the hot espresso so it’ll melt into the drink, the drink is gonna taste like shit.

Yep, should see me when I pick up my little cousins.

I was doing that the other day with red wine. It didn't end well. 🤦

Love this.

The first part I was generally bitching about how some people hate corporate so they in turn don't give a fuck about the job they are doing and don't care about the customers.

The straw thing...IDK. I have no idea where that came from. It's always on my mind these days. 😳😳😳😅🤣

For lattes, stir the shots and syrups before adding the milk or other liquids. For brewed coffee, the syrups or sugar go first then about an ounce of coffee, swirl then add the rest

Yep.

Do you have metal stirring spoons? Don’t use the wood stir sticks, it gives the drink a flavor. Most people won’t notice but all you need is that one person who does to strain the day

add the sweetener, pour a little bit of coffee on top of it, swirl *that* until all the sweetener melts, then finish pouring the coffee

For lattes, stir the shots and syrups before adding the milk or other liquids. For brewed coffee, the syrups or sugar go first then about an ounce of coffee, swirl then add the rest

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