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Full History - 2021 - 10 - 24 - ID#qewbb1
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“these are all decaf right?” (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by BoozaWooza
The other day a woman came to the drive thru for her mobile order at peak. I was told they were still working on it, because it was
8 Venti fraps (😭)
We only had two drinks done, and we had a line wrapped around the building, so I asked her to park and then come back through in a few minutes.
Soon enough, she came back through the drive thru, and they still weren’t done, so I asked the bar about it, and they said they were almost done. I connected with the customer while they finished making them. She told me that she only comes twice a month and gets the same order and she puts the drinks in her freezer, and this was her first time doing a Mobile order.
When the drinks were all ready and in carrying trays I handed them out and she said “oh! For the mochas I don’t want whip! I don’t mind if you scrape it off.” So I tell the bar and they get a little frustrated, but they scrape off the whip. As I hand out the fixed drinks she says “the mochas are Decaf right? I can’t have caffeine, I could die.”
Me: 😀🔫
You can imagine how frustrated bar was. Like I felt so bad.
We ask her to park and we told her we would bring her drinks out to her when they are ready.
They remake all the caffeinated drinks (I think there were like 4 or 5. I don’t remember exactly.) and then we carry the drinks out to her and she was so nice, I must say. She left a 30 dollar tip.
chipqueen2532 196 points 1y ago
like at least she was nice but god is that annoying. nice or not, just tell us what you want the first time, or in this case just order it right🙃
Monarchie24 98 points 1y ago
She keeps them in her freezer 🤢 girl ….
BoozaWooza [OP] 71 points 1y ago
IKR 😭
And she came back the next day and ordered another Venti frap like… okay so what happened to the 8 that you ordered yesterday…?
ScreechingEagle 36 points 1y ago
poor girl she might really be going through some stuff rn 🥺

tbh I did almost exactly this with Steak & Shake chocolate reeses pb milkshakes for like 2 weeks straight bc i was extremely depressed & exhausted and my stomach had been upset so I basically lived off of just those for a while. It's a time I don't look back on longingly 🥲🥲
FearlessSentence9667 11 points 1y ago
i hate to be That Person but is it possible your stomach was upset because you were living off milkshakes (this isn’t in a mean way i also deal with depression and have certain foods that are the only thing i can eat sometimes but i’m genuinely wondering if that might be a cause)
drinkliquidclocks 97 points 1y ago
In the freezer... Oh no... Lmaoo I love customers who assume the default way to make the drink is the way they want it in their head. Why the actual fuck would it be decaf if you didn't order decaf 😭at least she tipped
BoozaWooza [OP] 42 points 1y ago
YES it’s funny.
I’ve only worked at Starbucks for 3 weeks now and I’ve already seen this so many times. Her excuse was that she always comes here and she assumed we would know who it was and make the drinks decaf.. everyone knew who it was but if the order doesn’t say decaf then they aren’t gonna make it decaf
existenaliens 16 points 1y ago
That's a valuable lesson for >her< to not assume.
juiceyluicy 29 points 1y ago
I have a customer who also says that she will die if she has caffeine, but orders hot mochas, decaf or half decaf. And I told her “well, half decaf and decaf still have caffeine and so does mocha.” And she was silent for a minute and then said “well it just makes my stomach upset”
Okay… that’s like two completely different things.
BoozaWooza [OP] 12 points 1y ago
WTF SHE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT?
People are so crazy sometimes like what is the reason
sir_ramen 3 points 1y ago
>...and she was so nice, I must say. She left a 30 dollar tip.

/r/thatHappened

For real though, glad she wasn't typical.
SL13377 2 points 1y ago
That's a heck of a nice ending for you guys! 30$!? So nice
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