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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 10 - 16 - ID#q9llcx
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oh yea this happened (i.redd.it)
submitted by E-Aphrodite
Codyskank 104 points 1y ago
The worst I’ve seen was 18 minutes at my store lol. I don’t even know how. Came back from a break to it.
designated-grapes 55 points 1y ago
I would have stayed on break until I found another job if I came back to that 😂😂😂
Codyskank 31 points 1y ago
The same person sitting at the window for almost 20 minutes. Normally it would be about 30 people in that time lol
existenaliens 1 points 1y ago
Why were they there for so long? They were not asked to pull up to front of store?
Codyskank 2 points 1y ago
Don’t know and don’t care lol
Popperz4Brekkie 1 points 1y ago
22 mins is my record
C0ffeeCoffeeC0ffee 50 points 1y ago
"On a venti iced coffee and a crispy grilled cheese? ...ohhhhhhh 😬"
E-Aphrodite [OP] 89 points 1y ago
So there was two events happening within 200ft of my Starbucks, we had three call outs and my manger, who wasn’t there, forced us to keep open the mobile, drive through, and lobby open because “we could handle it” the person sitting at the window waiting for the drink was a mobile order that was behind about 15 other mobile orders. It was a terrible day, probably one of my worst days and I’ve been at Starbucks for about a year.
C0ffeeCoffeeC0ffee 22 points 1y ago
Gotcha. I was figuring it was the frapps. That sucks, I'm sorry for your management woes.
E-Aphrodite [OP] 22 points 1y ago
Me too, honestly I want to transfer to a new district because even my district manager sucks.
C0ffeeCoffeeC0ffee 9 points 1y ago
Good luck! Sounds like the right call
LatterRooster 5 points 1y ago
Have you seen the new dpm option to force print a received but not printed sticker? I tried to push a mobile through it never happened! Anyone else here been able to successfully push it through?
mylegalusername 4 points 1y ago
I had to keep mobile and cafe open with three people opening the store late right into peak **because** we had three people. At least DT peeps were understandable since I told every car it’s be a wait today because of it.
_pkthunder 1 points 1y ago
Something similar happened at my store. If you haven't heard this from your manager, let me say: you don't deserve to have been put into such a stressful situation like that. I am proud of you doing your best in such a crappy environment. You are awesome. I hope you never get out into a situation like that again. If you do, please remember that you are worth all the good things in life. I hope you have a wonderful day, week, life. I am proud of you.
E-Aphrodite [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I am just seeing this but I love you
lunarlandscapes 24 points 1y ago
How tho?
kIose 18 points 1y ago
Those grilled cheese cook times amiright.
mrpoliceemsfire1 16 points 1y ago
I’m cafe, someone please explain.
E-Aphrodite [OP] 24 points 1y ago
Time per car, it should stayed under two minutes and the percentage should be over 60%
mrpoliceemsfire1 10 points 1y ago
But the numbers, Watson. What do they mean?
Did someone spend 10 minutes in the drive thru?
theFlyinSquirrel 16 points 1y ago
Yes. Almost 11 minutes at the window. Not including time spent between the speaker and the window and time spent before the speaker.
Coffee-Bae 11 points 1y ago
Hey remember to markout your store number on the screen

Edit:spelling
E-Aphrodite [OP] 5 points 1y ago
I can’t see it, where do you see it? I’m blind lollll
Coffee-Bae 6 points 1y ago
Lmaoo upper left corner, it's in green(?) Text.

Edit: on the time screen not the bump screen if that helps
mylegalusername 9 points 1y ago
Lmao. I had a floor of all under 1-month partners. We hit 30-45min ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Idk why people stayed, but I just gave out recovery cards lol.
E-Aphrodite [OP] 5 points 1y ago
Oh my, bless you
boxinghamster16 1 points 1y ago
You just described my last 2 days 🙃🙃 luckily I had 1 more seasoned partner with me so we barred all day together and held that shit down. Its been fun.
chuckywucky 8 points 1y ago
We had something similar once. We had a customer that refused to leave the drive through after we asked them to leave after throwing a drink back through the window. The cops managed to persuade him to pull through though. :)
PiscesQueen24 7 points 1y ago
My store was at 25 minutes today 😂😂😂
E-Aphrodite [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Holy mother of god
sero5074 6 points 1y ago
Yeah i feel like today was just shitty at all sbux it was madness at our store today too
E-Aphrodite [OP] 3 points 1y ago
I blame the internet
Cauliflower29 6 points 1y ago
When this would happen, an old coworker ~has been fired since~ would just batch coffee fraps and then add the syrups after lolll
salaciainthedepths 5 points 1y ago
Is it bad that I read that and my first thought was sheer admiration 😅 What an innovator. What got them fired in the end?
BatWeary 5 points 1y ago
this was my store today after i had to have someone remake a big frap order 6 times because they just wouldn’t put the fucking mocha in them
EorzeanPrincess 4 points 1y ago
I had no idea your drive thru used the same car tracker as Wendy's, those screen numbers gave me anxiety I am *so* sorry
analogfrog0 4 points 1y ago
oh god...
Ashesremindme 3 points 1y ago
Once I had a lady at my speaker for over 8 minutes. She was very quiet and mumbled and asked questions about half the food, including prices, wanting to know the difference between items, etc. then she moved on to drinks. She had no idea what she wanted. She seemed concerned about prices so finally by the end I was like...water. We have water and it's free, it's the best water, triple filtered! She was like, what kind of water is it? Is it carbonated? I was like...no, it's just good, free, filtered water. I'll put you down for a grande. See you at the window! I could not.
Aurora_Boreallis 3 points 1y ago
Store a few weeks ago we had three callouts there was only five of us and play and we are a $12,000 a day store so when I was put on R1 for a moment I turned off white mocha and cold brew for mobile orders just a slow things down for a few hours
E-Aphrodite [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Holy, my store is an 8k a day store
Terry_Jean 3 points 1y ago
Get fXcked with your 5 fraps in my dt🤦🏻‍♀️
ImportantWeekend 3 points 1y ago
Had an 18min time once because my shift wouldn’t let me tell our cold bar what I needed at the window because we just didn’t get along at that point. Cold bar was doing all the drinks in reverse chronological order, so the person at the window had their drinks made last. Most of the drinks made before that order got thrown out because people just left the line.
SamaelLucifer666 3 points 1y ago
Worst we had were 45min at my store about 5 years ago
E-Aphrodite [OP] 2 points 1y ago
I would like to hear how!
SamaelLucifer666 3 points 1y ago
Let's just say that our bux wasn't the most bright shining company star. Everyone on the floor was drinking a lot (not coffee) and barely anything got done. The place looked unlike anything I've ever seen. Glad to not be there anymore.
dallizzlee 3 points 1y ago
Y’all don’t have people pull around?
E-Aphrodite [OP] 4 points 1y ago
I mentioned it and my shift told me to stay in my place, I stayed in my place lol.
FfierceLaw 3 points 1y ago
What was your role? DTR (window) or DTO or both? I’m so sorry! The longest I’ve seen is 7 minutes. It’s torture. And the next cars after that one are so surly. The drive offs. All the beverages sitting there sweating
XSnapCracklePopX 3 points 1y ago
Oh it looks like my store!
E-Aphrodite [OP] 2 points 1y ago
May we get better management ✨
XSnapCracklePopX 2 points 1y ago
Mine is just partners that don’t know what they’re doing (like pulling shots, not steaming milk correctly, and talking instead of restocking) you know, the basics ^.^
Kmsss 2 points 1y ago
I was helping a store and once it was 40 minutes.
actualgabeitch 1 points 1y ago
Those look like our times lately 🥰🥰
causeiwontsing 1 points 1y ago
This was me the other night waiting on two hot chocolates. 😓
willywankaz432 1 points 1y ago
That’s our average due to the fact we are the busiest store on our area
wendywendy5 1 points 1y ago
It’s okay my store had 30 minutes😊
matchababyy 1 points 1y ago
apparently on one of our shifts last day

-there was multiple call out
-manager would not come in to help
-the only two baristas working were new and didn't know how to bar and didn't know all prep recipes
-manager wouldn't turn off mobiles/uber allow them them to shut down cafe

and the dt time was a whopping 37 minutes :)
glad she got out of here.
Tubstero 1 points 1y ago
Looks like another day
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