I had a lady come through the drive thru one morning and order about 5 drinks. she also ordered food- a chocolate croissant, two butter croissants, and a cheese danish. i check every bag that my oven person gives me just in case they accidentally give me something from another order. i check the food and it’s 100% correct, hand it out to the lady. she checks the bag and tells me she’s missing a butter croissant. initially i didn’t doubt that maybe i messed up her order and she actually wanted three, so i asked her and she said she ordered two. i tell her i checked her bag beforehand and there were two (2) butter croissants in there. she rudely denies it and begins to sh me every single bag- then she takes back the one her kid bit into and says, “see, chocolate.” it was a butter croissant with chocolate on the pastry bag. i tell her, and she realizes she was wrong. she doesn’t apologize or anything, just takes her drink and rudely drives off. sometimes people make me question why they become rude immediately without considering they might be in the wrong. we are humans too, and if i made a mistake i would have gotten her another croissant. it just reminded me how i’m constantly treated like an animal or servant here.
zenrchy29 points1y ago
Don’t worry, it’s not just at Starbucks, it’s every customer service job. People are great.
AMarie-MCMXCI7 points1y ago
While I was working at Wendy's, I had a lady wait for someone (me) to walk by her table to say that her sandwich was wrong. I asked what the problem was and she said "I ordered a cheeseburger, this is chicken." So I replied, "oh I'm sorry, can I just see the sandwich." She opened the wrapper and what was sitting there? Her cheeseburger. She hadn't even opened the thing. So I politely replied "they must have just wrapped it wrong, we use the same wrapper for both chicken and beef," and then walked away leaving her to feel stupid.
existenaliens11 points1y ago
Exactly! A simple, "Oops, my mistake. Sorry." But for some folks as the one you encountered, that's apparently asking for too much from them. Perhaps worst part is the example this person is setting for the child. Keeping that rudeness going. Ick.
IfuDidntCome2Party4 points1y ago
In that situation, as long as I react in a professional respectful classy manner, I will know am in the right and will let the next customer help me forget about that one.
I never let customers like that get me upset or take it personal. The driver may have had to wake up early, get all the kids washed up, clothed, and ready. Then take them to grab a quick bite. A kid in the vehicle starts whining because they thought it was going to be **filled** with chocolate and has to have it their way, and the driver is ready to pull her own hair out and can't wait to drop off the kids, so she can go back home to take a nap.
Does it excuse her attitude? Nope. But I, let it go, let it go🎶🎵.
Bajaandblonde4 points1y ago
People come to Starbucks and they are dumping their emotions onto you. You can't control their temper, but you can control yours. Always kill them with kindness. Every customer service job goes through it. If people could only look in a mirror when they order and talk to people, they could see how they really are. But they probably don't care. You did the right thing.
46patisse2 points1y ago
You are thorough and diligent, she is cranky and awful
_lips_like_sugar_-4 points1y ago
So you put the wrong sticker on the bag and it confused her? Not her fault...
uwumoment [OP]3 points1y ago
no, that’s not what happened at all lol some of the chocolate from the chocolate croissant was on the pastry bag and the butter croissant is VERY different looking from the chocolate. yknow one is a rectangle the other is like a rhombus? kinda? even the sticker said butter croissant she just didn’t look in the bag and was extremely rude to me about how it wasn’t a butter croissant when it was.
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