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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 09 - 07 - ID#pjxvkr
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If you witnessed someone order a camel toe instead of an under tow at your drive thru today, no you didn't. (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by designated-grapes
I was so embarrassed with myself that I didn't even use my markout. Just paid full price and drove home in shame.

It was delicious tho. So thank you.

EDIT: Yall are cracking me up with your stories!!! Please keep them coming! 😂😂😂
_stupefy 186 points 1y ago
my favorite was when a lady ordered a "mango dragonfly drink"
olivinemultichrome 136 points 1y ago
“Megan dracofruit and a spinny fetty wap” is my personal favorite
designated-grapes [OP] 99 points 1y ago
Whenever someone orders a Fetty Wap when I'm taking their order, I say "Okay, how many Fetty Waps for you today? Two? Okay, let me make sure I have two Fetty Waps for you. Alrighty, I got those Fetty Waps in the oven for you. What else can I get you today besides the Fetty Wap?"

With a straight face. I don't break character at all while the whole store is on the floor laughing 😂
medusas-garden 30 points 1y ago
I’ve had spinach feeta wrap and spinach fettuccine wrap before.
amazing_redhead 26 points 1y ago
We've got spinach fetus wrap
MonstrousGiggling 98 points 1y ago
We had a Kiwi Star Fart like 2 or 3 weeks ago and im still laughing about it.
lewabwee 28 points 1y ago
I had a kiwi starfuck
my_anus_exploded 16 points 1y ago
fuck i'm crying 🤣🤣🤣
PhenomenalPhoenix 37 points 1y ago
I regularly said “mangon drago fruit”
ThatOtherGuyTPM 28 points 1y ago
You mean the Magon Drangofruit?
jellysqueaks 32 points 1y ago
I’ve had someone ask for a “mango Durango”
croissantboyy 13 points 1y ago
mangen drangen is one we've got a bunch of times
sammiipiie 7 points 1y ago
Megan dragonfly is one of my absolute faves we get a lot at my store 😂
ObitoUchiha41 1 points 1y ago
just had one of those today
Puzzleheaded-Job548 132 points 1y ago
I’ve had someone ask for a spinach fetus wrap 😂
mizzazninja 65 points 1y ago
I remember when I was a new barista I handed a lady her spinach feta wrap and I said "\*name\*, here's your spinach fetish wrap", since then I just say spinach egg wrap. WORDS man I can't
kmoonster 6 points 1y ago
"Spinach wrap" is about all I could ever manage, you have one up on me.
YorkTownBratty 3 points 1y ago
That’s harder to say than spinach feta wrap lmao
designated-grapes [OP] 18 points 1y ago
Y I K E S. 😭
[deleted] 6 points 1y ago
Can I have a spinach Fetty wap??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
emmaniamh 2 points 1y ago
Me too!!!!
gabrielle_gremory 1 points 1y ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA
lanceofruin 79 points 1y ago
a lady came in and ordered a strawberry ikea with a straight face and the partner on reg and i had to go to the back for a quick chuckle lmao
BluejayHefty202 13 points 1y ago
Sunday had a lady say strawberry a-chai
heyitsme963 2 points 1y ago
I’ve heard that one too! I think about that woman every single day.
BaristaWoosa 72 points 1y ago
I accidentally said “with an add shart” when repeating an order back in cafe instead of “add shot”... bless the customer for either not hearing or just going right along like it didn’t happen. I was so embarrassed.
oftheHowl 18 points 1y ago
Ah yes the shart, a new type of espresso. I'm gonna sell a customer on this tomorrow
reclusivegiraffe 18 points 1y ago
when the machine’s not pullin the shots with enough water
riilss 6 points 1y ago
I audibly laughed out loud at this.
shmeep10 69 points 1y ago
This made my shift a lil better omg tysm for letting me read this
designated-grapes [OP] 19 points 1y ago
Aw, I'm glad I was able to make your shift a little better! 🙂
ufo_7 58 points 1y ago
I was handing out a cake pop to a mom and her (like twelve year old) daughter while on DTR and accidentally said, “and here’s your chocolate cock pop!” 🤦🏻‍♀️
rednick953 8 points 1y ago
Now this one might be my favorite. Did they acknowledge what you said at all
ufo_7 9 points 1y ago
Lmao I’m not sure they heard me, the fan was blowing above and I kinda realized what I was saying halfway through and trailed off and died inside 😂
gabby24681 13 points 1y ago
*shuts drive through window while pretending to start a new task
rudebii 58 points 1y ago
I posted about it before, but coworker on reg misheard “tall black eye” as “tall black guy” and some three’s company level laughs were had.
joviante 2 points 1y ago
what’s…. what’s a black eye
Ok-Championship-8082 9 points 1y ago
If a red eye is a shot in a pike then I assume black eye is either a decaf shot in pike or asking the barista to punch you in the face
KeyCranberry 8 points 1y ago
Red eye = add one shot, black eye = add 2 shots
joviante 2 points 1y ago
makes sense ig. i know red eye and thanks for telling me ab black eye
ohfiddlesticks89 51 points 1y ago
I swear a guy comes through every week at my store and says mango dragonfart
trbpanda 47 points 1y ago
someone came in today and ordered 2 "tai cheas" 🤔
narviat 14 points 1y ago
i often say choy sai in my head when someone orders a soy chai latte
hefferwxldrxn 1 points 1y ago
I've had this so many times, catches me off guard every time 😂
uselesslesbianism 46 points 1y ago
died laughing at “tomato maserati panini” last week. the customer didn’t even know why we were cracking up
WingsofFlight 1 points 1y ago
Omg. 😂
xXTimbloXx 34 points 1y ago
Do you know how many times a day I hear “can I get the brown sugar oatmeal thing?” This is nothing 😂
designated-grapes [OP] 19 points 1y ago
I'd rather say "brown sugar oatmeal thing" than order a whole ass lady-bit-wedgie tbh 😂😂😂
xXTimbloXx 11 points 1y ago
That’s entirely fair. My personal favorite is a strawberry AKAI I cringe every time.
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Crowchick1731 34 points 1y ago
I had a wan once ask me for and I quote a "vintage Carmen marshino" I took a second and was able to decipher, a venti caramel macchiatto but its my most memorable botched order.
YorkTownBratty 11 points 1y ago
Omg I have a lady that orders a vintage green tea frap and it pisses my coworker off to no end😂😂😂
my_anus_exploded 33 points 1y ago
I took an order for a starbucks doubleshot on ice (back when they were called that) and accidentally said "doubleshit on ice" when I repeated it back to them 🤣
ttime46 32 points 1y ago
I have a guy who comes in every day and wants a grande pike and asks for two packets of Sativa instead of Stevia, i laugh everytime and i’m pretty sure he has no clue why
Suitable-Tale-4319 31 points 1y ago
My personal favorite was the time someone ordered the "kale and portable egg bites." I mean, I guess they are pretty portable...
extrafestive 29 points 1y ago
In my first few weeks of working at sbucks I had a customer order bacon and groin egg bites with full confidence 😂
[deleted] 23 points 1y ago
While on DTO I was taking a customer's 5 caramel ribbon crunch frappuccino order. They were all slightly modified and none the same. One had extra caramel and crunchies, another was almond milk and extra caramel crunchies layered in the cup with light whip, one had extra whip only on top and extra caramel, etc. I make sure to read them their order multiple times in order to avoid confusion and remakes. Ended up saying the words caramel ribbon crunch frappuccino so much it came out multiple times as caramel ribbon crunch crappuccino. Didn't even realize until I heard my partners cracking the fuck up. Freudian slip I guess. :P
gabby24681 6 points 1y ago
I mean they do sound like some crapuccinos 😂
jazzysoranio 18 points 1y ago
Pike’s Peak
Assiqtaq 18 points 1y ago
What is an under tow?
Young-Jeezy 31 points 1y ago
Layered shots of espresso with milk and syrup
First the syrup then the milk and you hold a spoon over that so that when the shots pour they just sit on top of the milk and as you drink it it should be a toasty moment of shots then cold milk and your sweetener to finish it off. They are delicious but don’t put too many shots on it or you’ll burn the satin out of your mouth
mielmami 12 points 1y ago
we call these breve bombs
taaylor96 1 points 1y ago
And poop
designated-grapes [OP] 8 points 1y ago
Syrup, bit of milk of your choice with the shots of espresso on top of it.
MonstrousGiggling 19 points 1y ago
My coworker made me one a few weeks ago and I had never even heard of it before that. Holy shit. So delicious and interesting. The warm bitter espresso followed by a soothing sweet creamy follow up, now im craving another one.
designated-grapes [OP] 11 points 1y ago
I remember yelling "WHAT THE F*CK IS SORCERY?????" at my shift when I drank my first one. It was magic in a cup and I was not expecting what I got at all. 😂😂😂
Seraphim_Faye 5 points 1y ago
I literally had my first one today on my shift. We were talking about trying drinks, and so the barista trainer who was teaching the green bean the POS and was like and undertow. So she decided to make everyone on the shift like 5 of us all take undertow shots together. it was actually a fun moment and felt like us celebrating the opening of our new store and working together. I felt it was a good like team building comradery sort of thing.
LilacFlores 7 points 1y ago
I was wondering too 😅
kmoonster 4 points 1y ago
To clarify, equal amounts espresso and steamed milk, not a fancier latte. Perfect to slam the way you might handle shots if you were a frat bro.
jazzysoranio 15 points 1y ago
Strawberry Ass-y
CompassesByNorthWest 14 points 1y ago
I accidentally said “birthday cock pop” today…
ohamilkshake 14 points 1y ago
my coworker used to call it a "naruto" and legit thought that was the name of it until another coworker (who had worked at a drive thru store previously) told him otherwise
Caaboose 12 points 1y ago
An odd amount of people order the tai chi latte.
dallizzlee 3 points 1y ago
It me. I do that. 😩
sammiipiie 1 points 1y ago
That one always makes me chuckle 👌🏼
RexFlex420 12 points 1y ago
This reminds me when a lady tried to order "a Vanilla bean FAP-acinno" 😂😂😂
Balisong_Witch 12 points 1y ago
f
jazzysoranio 10 points 1y ago
Ventay
jazzysoranio 10 points 1y ago
Caramel Blueray
KittenG8r 9 points 1y ago
I had a lady that would order “extra Cool Whip, extra Hershey.” Nota fumble on her speech, but I loved imagining opening the tub of Cool Whip and diligently spooning it on the top of her drink, and Starbucks carrying Hershey’s 😂
anextlomara 9 points 1y ago
I once heard someone ask for a “strawberry acacia drink” and my boyfriend once heard someone ask for a tridenta strawberry açaí, pronouncing everything else correctly
daniboy145 9 points 1y ago
White “mosca” lmao 🤣 (for all my non-Spanish speakers, mosca means “fly” (as in the insect) in Spanish)
BluejayHefty202 8 points 1y ago
I love seeing people's reactions at dto when they ask for dirty chais and I ask how dirty do you want it 😂 there is usually a pause on their side
designated-grapes [OP] 10 points 1y ago
SAME! My trainer taught me to ask how dirty they want their chai so I've been doing it since. I thought it was the norm but my coworkers say they've never were taught that. Anything over three shots, I call it filthy and the customers get a kick out of it. 😂😂😂
Puzzled-Pianist-4227 8 points 1y ago
I was repeating an order back to a customer and instead of "caramel Frappuccino" I said "faramel crappuccino"😭 I pretended like it didn't happen but saw that my coworker had to walk off the floor because she was laughing so hard.
jazzysoranio 8 points 1y ago
Grandy
jazzysoranio 8 points 1y ago
The bacon Gouda sandwich used to be called the “bacon artisan” sandwich and people would always order the “bacon artesian.”
MajorIsland3 6 points 1y ago
My all time favorite was “ grand American 2 raw bereavement . With a bacon arts and cheese.” It was for his wife lolol so cute
kmoonster 6 points 1y ago
Not nearly as embarrasing, but I've ordered a Venti Pizza a few times.

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And I haven't worked for the company for a few years now...
sophenya 5 points 1y ago
i LOVE when people ask for sativa in their drink instead of stevia 😭 i’m like GIRL I WISH LOL 😭😹
gjrcia 5 points 1y ago
my customers love caramel machatos!
jackie787 5 points 1y ago
Ex ordered a banana butt bread
BartolomeoTheCamibal 4 points 1y ago
In 2012 my very first customer ordered a black eye and at the hand off I said "here's your brown eye sir" >.<
justkeepswimmingswim 4 points 1y ago
Tentra

The one that got me the best was when a customer ordered a panzerotti. Panini, she wanted a panini.
chrichri33333 4 points 1y ago
I remember I had a customer order a s'mores fappuccino once
narviat 3 points 1y ago
rip
sorryllsoluna 3 points 1y ago
One of my fellow partners had someone try to order the strawberry açaí as “strawberry a-coochie”
stinkycroagunk 3 points 1y ago
Had a lady yesterday morning come thru and say, "Can I get a grande strawberry ah-seeyuh.." then very confidently corrected herself and went "no, a strawberry akee refreshment tea?"
I had to turn my mic off for a second to laugh
lea-oppalove 3 points 1y ago
Megan dragonfruit is the most misspoken drink name in my store. At least two or three every day
WyrdeWodingTheSeer 3 points 1y ago
I caught myself almost entering "no fapp roast" when someone was ordering a cream base drink lol
8Jacqueline 3 points 1y ago
One time I thought someone said their name was Fenis and I wrote it on the cup and I passed it off and my coworker was like he said his name was Felix
daddy_oatmeal 3 points 1y ago
While on DTO I’ve said pop tarts instead of cake pops 😋 always throws them for a loop
jazzysoranio 3 points 1y ago
Caramel Crapuccino
taaylor96 2 points 1y ago
This is my favorite thread. I am SCREAMING

A doubleshit. A vintage Carmen. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
MeWanKoffee 2 points 1y ago
We need more posts like this. I am dying laughing. This is one of the reasons I love this job. My favorite is “Mocha Coochie Crumble”.
designated-grapes [OP] 3 points 1y ago
NO. NOT THE MOCHA COOCHIE CRUMBLE. WHY IS THE COOCHIE CRUMBLING??? 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭
taaylor96 1 points 1y ago
ITS CRUMBLINg
Skydery 2 points 1y ago
“Megan Dragonfruit”?
cac0324 2 points 1y ago
i always fuck up mango dragonfruit & start it off by saying megan & then mumble my way through the rest. also one time i accidentally ordered a carmel ribbon crap… had a nice laugh through the speaker box at that one lol
TyrannicalKitty 2 points 1y ago
Drink idea, caramel toe.

An undertow with caramel.


You'll have to pronounce caramel like caramel for it to be funny.
capsule_of_anxiety1 2 points 1y ago
This green bean kept saying bacon gravy bites and I was trying not to laugh but she said it with such confidence I couldn’t correct her 😅
kittensandwaffIes 1 points 1y ago
My favorite is when someone came through the drive thru and ordered a "grande caramel macarena" ... my second favorite is when someone came through our starbucks and ordered a "medium pepperoni pizza" lmfao... we are stationed in a strip mall right next to a pizza hut but it threw me off guard for a moment and then I had to turn my A button off so I could laugh for a while while my coworker finished the order 😂💙
bluezuzu 1 points 1y ago
It’s the “brown sugar oatmeal espresso” for me
WingsofFlight 1 points 1y ago
Ran Au Chocolat rather than Pan Au Chocolat

Caramel Makiartio.

My fave so far?

Frappiicinno.

I always feel bad when i gently correct them.
cynderislame 1 points 1y ago
caramel machitato 🥴
Kellooannc 1 points 1y ago
The amount of times people order a brown sugar oatmeal shaken espresso is comical lmao
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hefferwxldrxn 1 points 1y ago
In the UK we do Focaccias and I swear to god if I hear Foccashia or Foccia once more before my maternity leave I'm gonna go into fucking labour from laughing so much
beccaboo2u 1 points 1y ago
I can't stop laughing at these! Thank you all!
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