how is holiday launch so far?(self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by ellsb3lls
hi partners 😌 how has your day been so far? what is your favorite holiday drink?
El_Trundo17304 points1y ago
It’s been fuckin ratchet. Next question
ellsb3lls [OP]39 points1y ago
not a surprise 💀
Jolly-Sir-910265 points1y ago
I got called the F word for not having eggnog this year. About what I expected when I heard that we were not getting it this year.
ellsb3lls [OP]75 points1y ago
i’m sorry, what an ass 😐 makes me glad they’re not getting what they want lmao
Joeyyoey43229 points1y ago
What the fawk 😀
[deleted]28 points1y ago
I mean the eggnog was always a favorite of mine but jeez people need to calm down it’s not that big of a deal try something new or gtfo
No_Fruit_618816 points1y ago
Someone called you a fuck?
Anotherface9544 points1y ago
Maggot, but f instead of m
LeBran_James1535 points1y ago
Yikes I hope you put in an incident report because that is horrible
raypkm9 points1y ago
That’s absolutely awful. I used to be a barista up until this past March and I always said that I would most likely lose my job if anyone called me the F word.
LavanderSkies09301 points1y ago
It’s not even 100% eggnog so they need to chill out
astivana125 points1y ago
Our manager told us we’d be VERY well-staffed today but apparently she only meant this morning cause I keep getting absolutely killed on in-house bar and we’re down a person :)
ellsb3lls [OP]28 points1y ago
our managers sound similar 🥲 i’m sorry to hear that, i’m sure you did the best you could though!
King_Spamula4 points1y ago
My store had its best sales it'd had in a long time, and yet we were working with four people for the entire night. We called someone in, but they had to leave the floor early because they had reached overtime and the DM doesn't like us calling help in. Our DM will be there today, so we had to make everything look super nice as we closed. Even on a rough day, corporate wants to pinch pennies and then ask why our store is doing rough.
soclda1 points1y ago
:((( damn I’m sorry, I totally get it, my manager told a partner she could stay as LONG as she needed for holiday set-up, and she decided to leave with two hours left before close because she was “tired” and had a audacity to ask me to help setting up/putting away boxes when I was already short on labor and we were slammed … I just looked at her and said “no we’re already short on labor and we probably won’t even be able to get to bars” and in my mind all I could think was that SHE could put it away, and it’s in her power, yet she leaves and tries to put her obligations on me 🥲
ShannyES1 points1y ago
Yeah. As night shift I’ve learned we only tend to focus on peak. The rest of us can get wrecked.
lat3spr1ng99 points1y ago
just got off my 8 hour shift. I already feel like I never want to go back but I’ve got two more 8 hour shifts this weekend.
super happy with the toasted white mocha and chestnut praline though 😌
Forcer4624 points1y ago
I adore chestnut praline 😍
KittenCatAttack3 points1y ago
It is really good with soy!
ComradeSnowball_2 points1y ago
Same boat omg. 🙃🙃🙃
designated-grapes87 points1y ago
I work at a newer lesser known location so it was super chill.
My favorite is caramel brulee latte!
ellsb3lls [OP]17 points1y ago
that’s good to hear! i haven’t tried that one yet 🤔
fionalemon73 points1y ago
lol it was mostly okay but we had an hour or two (midday, not even during peak) where we were absolutely slammed. starbucks needs to stop promoting new drinks that come standard with blonde espresso until they get mastrena 2s in every store. we would have been fine but a huge amount of the mobiles coming through were for the sugar cookie latte and our blonde bar is the DT bar so it was a mess having to switch drinks around
ellsb3lls [OP]16 points1y ago
i don’t have mastrena 2s in my store either. i agree, i hope it’s not too much of a mess when i clock in today.
brattneybiscuit5 points1y ago
My store has mastrena 2’s so I’ve never known any different. How does it work with the old ones?
Cjuytsootgg4 points1y ago
Basically, one bar pulls decaf, one bar pulls blonde, and both pull regular
brattneybiscuit10 points1y ago
So there’s just two hoppers instead of three?
Majestic-Cucumber57212 points1y ago
Yep. And theres no internal rinse so after a bit you’ll get a “press rinse” notification and wait for it to rinse lol. We just got the Mastrena 2s at my store about a week and a half ago. So much easier to work with!
Emarie22003 points1y ago
Yes. It is trash.
gabby246811 points1y ago
Literally same exact day
dogsofwintergaming45 points1y ago
Ours went great! We got a FedEx shipment of six more boxes of retail cups right as my DM showed up to do my siren's eye check and he helped me get it all on the shelves! <3 love my DM!
No call outs, extra labor, and great energy all day!
Also, favorite holiday drink is always and will always be chestnut praline soy, no whip. UNLESS they bring back the holiday spice flat white or juniper one day. Juniper tasted like a Christmas tree and Holiday spice was just kinda magical.
ellsb3lls [OP]13 points1y ago
that’s great! i’ll have to try the chestnut praline with soy. i’m glad your day went well
iWantToBeARealBoy3 points1y ago
Chestnut praline with almond milk was always a favorite of mine, especially if you’re shooting for something with a little less calories lol
Forcer467 points1y ago
Yo holiday spice was actually magical. I loved it just in coffee, so good.
surfrgurl2 points1y ago
I miss the holiday flat white!
chrichri3333338 points1y ago
Got yelled at and harassed by a regular for putting my foot down and not letting him get a free latte
kcushwaa14 points1y ago
How was he trying to get a free latte? Need backstory
greys0077 points1y ago
if they ever respond please tag me!!
chrichri3333335 points1y ago
Sorry to keep you guys waiting
So, this regular always orders a quad espresso, but charged for a free coffee refill, with steamed 2%, and every time we hand it off to him, he demands an extra cup filled to the top with 2%, basically getting a quad latte for the "price" of a a free coffee refill, and he throws a fit if we charge him because "you guys did it last time"
Well, today, I'm on bar slammed with mobile and café drinks when I see his drink. I'm experiencing sensory overload and I'm already feeling cranky when he asks for his cup of extra 2% and normally I don't care, but this guy harasses us every time he comes in, so I put my foot down and give him the 4 free ounces. When he tells me to fill it up all the way, I broke and told him "no." He loses his shit, demands the manager, then calls corporate to complain about my attitude towards him, then he tells me I need to work somewhere else. Again, I looked at him and said "no", when he tells me to "shush" I tell him "excuse me?" And he says "shush! Don't talk to me" and I snapped and tell him "no, YOU don't talk to me like that!"
Then I ran into the back room and had a break down because I probably should've just given him his stupid 2%... 🙃
Ashesremindme30 points1y ago
No you shouldn't have! You did the right thing. How the hell is he getting a quad shot as a free coffee refill in the first place? Refills are for a second, in store, brewed coffee. How did he even get away with that in the first place? Wtf? If anyone should get "coached," it's the person who let him do it in the first place. It doesn't sound like he spends any money there at all, so big loss if he doesn't come back 🙄
drinkyoursoup8 points1y ago
This bothered me more than it should have, but in case you're curious... Near me, the drinks you've described cost a minimum of 6.08 and the refill is 0.56. He steals no less than 5.52 worth of product per order. Assuming he comes in once every day, that's $2014.80 a year. Put another way, he steals roughly 10% of the average baristas annual salary. Your manager is a buffoon, and your DM is a joke.
TYVM1435 points1y ago
No u r a hero!!!! I don’t work at Starbucks anymore but I fucking hated these types of people. One dude would come in w his own coffee in old Starbucks cups and ask for us to fill them with ice and then use all of our cream and sugar. He rarely paid but I made it a point to get him at my register to tell him we have to charge him. It was a cup refill which was infuriating but that 50 cents made it worth it to me. He was an awful person to us all. U r a hero!
plushiequeenaspen24 points1y ago
I camped in my local store like I promised, and all the customers I saw were well behaved; no need to intervene. Happy that they had what looked like a straightforward day.
thefoolwitch24 points1y ago
I love chestnut praline! And honestly it’s been……. Busy and crazy. Customers have been very mean today at my location. :(
ellsb3lls [OP]11 points1y ago
i’m sorry! i hope it gets better! i like the chestnut praline too 😋
the_monkey_socks18 points1y ago
We have a milk shortage at my tarbucks. We haven't had 2% or heavy whipping cream in a week. They want VSCF on every drink. All of them when we say we don't have it they tell us to make one up.
I wish we could, but both of our blenders gave us the middle finger this morning.
We are dying and people are angry that we are still inforcing our two cuo limit that we have for years now.
Pray for us.
Also my favorite is the chestnut praline but I'm allergic to cinnamon so it'll kill me so I'll deal with a peppermint mocha with half pumps of peppermint.
OreoBaconFries3 points1y ago
i feel you on the milk shortage end. Quick question, what 2 cup limit do you mean?
the_monkey_socks5 points1y ago
So due to our location our target management let's us do a two cup limit because then we have people fighting in target. Two cups per person per day.
I don't know the specifics of it, just that it's been like that since I started here last April.
OreoBaconFries2 points1y ago
ohhh that’s interesting, i can imagine tiktok teens aren’t too happy about that lmao
adventurelyfe16 points1y ago
Ours was smooth.
ellsb3lls [OP]4 points1y ago
that’s good!
melancholiahh16 points1y ago
We were super packed today, but I had a lot of fun! We also got red aprons so that was a nice surprise 🥺
ellsb3lls [OP]9 points1y ago
i managed to get one of the few red aprons we had available 😩 but yes it’s exciting to be able to wear something new
Pickle-Chunk14 points1y ago
Shit.
ellsb3lls [OP]6 points1y ago
😭
medusas-garden11 points1y ago
I was off today but from what I’ve heard it was awful. We just got the new espresso machines and one of them is broken already. When it was down yesterday our SM turned off mobiles but didn’t turn them off today even though we still were down a bar and it’s launch day.
OtherAcctTrackedNSA10 points1y ago
People were…actually nice today? And we had a very smooth launch. Guests respected our anti scalper cup limit (Target Starbucks) and we sold through about 65 cups in the first hour and a half. It was almost all espresso bar drinks too, which we love.
I was dead tired tho. I stayed till 12:45 am last night setting up, and had to be up at 5 so I was running on 2.5 hours of sleep
SSDGM-cool-cat3 points1y ago
We don’t have the cups yet, aren’t they doing it later this month or next month this time? It’s my first year working here, but I am hearing conflicting information.
It_is_Katy1 points1y ago
Red Cup Day, where we give out free cups, is in roughly two weeks. It would normally be on holiday launch, but there's a shortage of the cups due to covid, so it's been pushed back. If you get the reusable holiday cups, you can totally sell them. I'm new as well, but that's information I was told and the practice we've been following, since we do have the cups.
Snuggly_Chopin3 points1y ago
I didn’t get a cup. Was I supposed to ask for it specifically? It’s always been offered before and I’m super shy.
hailvy4 points1y ago
Red Cup Day was pushed back a bit, you didn’t miss it!
Snuggly_Chopin1 points1y ago
Thank you for the info!
Suaydia9 points1y ago
I was yelled at all day about the prices being raised 😃😃🤌🏼
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BothWeb10048 points1y ago
I took a 2 litre of eggnog to work, iced cinnamon buns, and lemon meringue greek yogurt. We put on a Christmas playlist and ate, drank, and merrily launched it after close. So.. very good, thanks.
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cimmnaminroll6 points1y ago
It's been really slow at ours I'm kind of relieved but management seems sad about it. We also couldn't all wear our matching flannels today cause it's too hot :(
ryannmm55 points1y ago
well my brand new, pretty, red, apron. now completely stained. any more questions?😂
hellopie75 points1y ago
Had two panic attacks c,:
electrickchicken4 points1y ago
we don’t have 2%, almond, oat, or soy. low on whole milk. but customers have been surprisingly cheery so it hasn’t been bad
Dismal_Beginning_1994 points1y ago
Had a partner camp out be a bitch about us setting aside some cups for ourselves and talk shit about in front of customers and then bitch out my store manager jokes on her because one of my friends was sitting outside and heard the hole thing
board-certified4 points1y ago
i still haven’t done the pastry pull for tomorrow i have 5 other partners her and 4 of them are new and don’t know how to do anything but ring, make drinks, or warm food. otherwise they just stand there. they don’t wipe shit down or clean they just look at eachother like they’re stupid
ashkatchem4204 points1y ago
I got signs, 1lb bags of coffee, 5lb bags, and 3/4 pastries. Also forgot to order extra almond milk and ran out during rush.🤙🤙
CumCough4 points1y ago
Two long blonde shots chugged back. That's how.
quirkyquarkyquin3 points1y ago
We closed 4 hours early bc last shift super had to go to the ER. Auspicious start to the holiday season. People were pissed af, but 😑. Peppermint mocha is always my favorite, but I also really like the new sugar cookie drink.
TheOnlyNewKyler3 points1y ago
Our store had such a good day! Our daypart average for peak was 31 seconds had back to back transactions in the 80s, then 70s, did all of that with two call outs lol
Canned-strawberries3 points1y ago
No longer work for the ‘bucks, but I went by the location near my school today and they looked to be managing pretty well. I tried the toasted white mocha with blonde ristretto shots and whole milk. AMAZING
streakystronky3 points1y ago
Chestnut praline!!!❤️
OneRoseDark3 points1y ago
I have a partner off sick so I'm closing with 1 person. My precloser just left. I'm exhausted.
2 hours until my 3-day weekend!
naughty_karma3 points1y ago
Fucking ghetto.
hollowsockets3 points1y ago
It actually wasn't as bad as I expected pretty busy, though. My favorite drink is definitely chestnut praline latte! With a little vanilla it's so good.
canyonmoonvol63 points1y ago
It was weirdly slow, I think it’s bc it wasn’t red cup day
[deleted]3 points1y ago
People were pretty cheerful during my shift. Let’s hope it holds for a bit and we don’t run out of items
the1noir3 points1y ago
It’s been chill. I close today and I’m overstaffed and it’s pretty slow lol
kikiorangutan3 points1y ago
Toasted white mocha > white mocha. Caramel brûlée and sugar cookie are not my thing.
Our DT register kept failing to update and kept crashing all day so we spent the whole day without it and had to run to the lobby register to take payments 🙃
promisestorm3 points1y ago
tried the caramel brulee latte for the first time! wasn’t bad. excited to try more holiday drinks :) also i work this weekend so im bracing myself lol
jermotank3 points1y ago
Yes
setivalea2 points1y ago
we got 30 minutes behind on orders and had people just leave and leave a their drinks behind because they were all late to work. "wheres my drink at?" sir ur ticket hasnt even been pulled yet, read the room lmao
Johanito692 points1y ago
I’ve never felt more suicidal before
someginger62 points1y ago
I’ve worked 27 hours in the past 3 days alone and covered for 5 callouts so far lmao. Didn’t even get a thank you from my GM. Pretty much all our retail is sold out already which doesn’t make the people who come in and try to buy 17 tumblers and resell them on Etsy happy but the can suck my dick tbh. Other than that it’s fine and all the new drinks are hot sellers and pretty easy to make which is fun.
onapapersun2 points1y ago
I was off (yay therapy appointment) but from I heard it was awful. We had a visit from both our DM and regional director to check everything out. Apparently we were the only store in the district who had their mobile orders on so it was beyond slammed. At one point our drive thru crashed and completely stopped working. Oh and my DM is going on a 6 week vacation. How convenient 🙄. Since our store has been the only one that has stayed strong and busy throughout the pandemic, we get the most pressure to do well and everyone is burned out. So yes in conclusion launch sucked and it will continue to suck...
Medusas_daughter2 points1y ago
I had to be taken off bar because I wasn’t exactly the happiest little barista 🥴🤠
Remarkable_Rain_80072 points1y ago
ours was slammed all day.. I work 12-5:45 worked until 6:30. our “pretty” cups were sold as soon as the doors open.. really sad because I wanted one :( but anyways the customers were really nice and patient though so that made it better :)
bitter-barista2 points1y ago
Hahah...ooohhh Holiday launch...this is my 6th and final holiday and by far was the most insane.
However, while Chestnut Praline is my usual go-to...I've switched it up to a white hot chocolate, with a pump less of white mocha, 1 pump chestnut praline, and topped with the red and green sprinkles. Truly delectable! I'm pregnant and trying to cut down on afternoon caffeine consumption since my sleep is total trash atm.
Phoenix-19732 points1y ago
Pretty good for our kiosk. Our signage only arrived THIS MORNING tho so I was turning the store red while helping to run the place. No cups for us yet at all I'm afraid, which is DANDY, but we didn't have any terrible customers!
NotyourangeLbabe2 points1y ago
I didn’t work but when I heard they had a 13 play peak
CrypticPearls2 points1y ago
Today happened to be the day prices went up so I had a few angry regulars. Also had someone call me “disappointing” because of no eggnog
daisydaze042 points1y ago
S T R E S S F U L ✨
Blue-Jay272 points1y ago
Shockingly well actually. The afternoon was even calm enough for me to decorate the blackboard. Dunno how that happened, but I'm not complaining!
uwumoment2 points1y ago
crazy because my opening shift woke up pretty late. it got better with time but oh god why do we not have enough pumps for the new featured syrups (like chestnut praline and sugar cookie)… i literally had to pour it from the bottle for the first few hours
No_Introduction86892 points1y ago
we had 5 milks left by close hbu
Tsunami_Eels2 points1y ago
My location is newer, so it was pretty nice! I had a very lovely customer tell me that I’m beautiful in the drive thru when I gave her the drink :)
Beefman4532 points1y ago
Super chill not doing red cup day was awesome we were 156 over vs last year on customers but even than our store works like a well oiled machine
TheActualFridge2 points1y ago
had 3 people order something off the holiday menu... that's it 🙂
jlmonet972 points1y ago
Ass af literally these Fucking Christmas demons
Gameb0i62 points1y ago
It was crazy. We had a new partner today that doesn’t know any thing and is so nervous with everything. I had to basically hold their hand through the whole shift. It was also busy af. Luckily I leave to Vegas tomorrow so I do t have to worry about how the weekend will go.
samsauce962 points1y ago
Nightmare
josxsito2 points1y ago
bedazzled cups and the lavender/black cups sold out at opening, there was a rush my entire shift, understaffed, ppl were obsessed with the cups, barely anyone ordered holiday drinks tho
i actually find the iced almondmilk sugar cookie latte quite enjoyable
celestineleh2 points1y ago
ours went better than expected! this was actually my first holiday launch at a free standing store lmao. the red cup delay and merchandise limits were the worst part. one lady grabbed everything that was left on the shelf (like 30 mugs, tumblers, color changing cold cup packs, ornaments, the whole shebang) but was really polite when we explained the limits. some guy at the DT kept mocking my stutter while i was trying to explain the red cup situation so our SSV made him leave. apparently hes a semi regular customer whos mocked other employees with speech impediments or disabilities :/
have you tried the holiday drinks yet? the almond sugar cookie latte is amazing! its a perfect balance of sweet, comforting, and caffeinated. i hope the rest of your holiday season goes smoothly!!
National-Young-33562 points1y ago
I wanna go home
SailorMars23192 points1y ago
I didn't work today, but I will tomorrow and I bet it's gonna be as busy as today, just without the red cups. They're all just so excited for the christmas drinks.
whatismineisyours2 points1y ago
I tested positive for Covid
drinkliquidclocks2 points1y ago
Man, y'all make me thankful I'm in a low volume licensed store! For us it's just another day. Got myself a Toasted White Mocha tho, extra sprinkles 🙂
Kimmikkokat2 points1y ago
We were hit hard, but we are the busiest in our area by far anyways so it was basically business as usual. We opened a new store literally across the street last month so it was basically just how it used to be before the 2nd store.
And somehow the public found out you can add sugar cookie syrup to foam, so we made so many iced white mochas with sugar cookie foam already....
Keyndoriel2 points1y ago
Our cafe and mobiles are closed due to a COVID case so it was chill, we were shut down by 430 lmfao
lewabwee2 points1y ago
Relatively slow. Barely busier than yesterday.
PauseAccording202 points1y ago
I was off today but my store is currently short staffed and on super reduced hours so I can only imagine how it went, tensions have already been super high this week
I also have a new found love for chestnut praline
EvieNil2232 points1y ago
I work in a kiosk in a grocery store, had to do two milk runs before 10 am.
laneyyrosee2 points1y ago
decorating the store last night was so fun and today the partners at our store all wore flannels & it felt super festive!! i didn’t work today so idk how it was but everyone was in a good mood when i stopped by this morning hahaha
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9 hour shift, second to last shift at my location that I’ve been at for 3+ years. I opened yesterday and then came back in to launch.
It was… surprisingly chill. A genuinely good day. I’m a big fan of the chestnut praline, with almondmilk.
Yoncesdior2 points1y ago
😭I’m not a partner but I’m a little upset cause I woke up early for launch to check out cups and ornaments but the new store I went to didn’t have anything except these new red tumblers I think. I would like to go try my old Starbucks I used to work at to see if there’s anything left but I remember how my coworkers (me included) would hide cups plus by the end of holiday launch day it was leftovers. But other than that I’m still in love with the red aprons 😅 I still have my old one
ladyelenawf2 points1y ago
Yeah, my store didn't have any of the new cups. Only new one I saw was a swirl of red, green, and white. Apparently the hot color changing cups aren't getting released today? They had them. The cashier went to look, but told be they will be released later this month. Then added that she wasn't allowed to tell me what day. 🤷♀️ I thanked her and wished her a good shift.
Paul-Michel1 points1y ago
Butt ton of mobiles. 2 of my shifts are not on good terms at the moment, so I literally had one on one shoulder and one on the other, each telling me different things they were pushing through the dpm and different things they were taking to "lighten my load".. people have been ordering more mobiles and cafe because our dt is too long, so cafe bar is a nightmare. They all stare at me while I'm making the drinks, some getting snippy, but most just staring which is unexpectedly worse. Customers are irate that we don't have mocha sauce, toasted white mocha, salted caramel mocha, and eggnog. I'm already tired of the massive amounts of toppings.. and it's only day 2 🥲
GingerMic1 points1y ago
Our manager legit refused to get people to cover for 2 missing partners on launch during peak. We got out super late.
akostner1 points1y ago
both of our machines were down for at least 20 mins of peak and we had to close drive thru lol
gigiblaine1 points1y ago
One store is closed for remodeling down the street so we were absolutely slammed all day it was awful we had to throw away so many drink because everyone wanted a refund I don’t blame them but we can only work so fast
TylerJ7161 points1y ago
Being at a Cafe store, I survived the day. Only got attitude from one customer whose Reusable bottle I didn't want to touch. And then he got mad at me for not wanting to touch his cup I watched him empty in the garbage in our Cafe 🙃
Pinephish1 points1y ago
It was actually pretty good besides the people being mad we dont have the red cups yet. Also my fave is the Carmel brulee
catnamedezra1 points1y ago
I’m working saturday morning and i’m fucking scared cause this is my first holiday Saturday morning
Apprehensive-Meep1 points1y ago
My store made 40% more than last year with half the partners. Hell.
Otherwise_Respect9291 points1y ago
running a 3 for the entire day and getting cussed at over not having red cups yet
cammypearls1 points1y ago
it was decent for my opening shift yesterday but when i came in today to open i saw that we went through over half of our 2% inventory in just a day (over 70 milks) and had to figure out what stores were open at 6am to get 40 milks :)
felizphelxx1 points1y ago
we have an espresso machine down……
ariananotgrandee1 points1y ago
from what I heard from the openers we weren’t as busy as we normally are! cups were gone in less than an hour though 🙃 anyways I had 3 carmel brulee lattes today my favorite 😌
randomweirdmexican1 points1y ago
I got off at 11 from an 8 hour shift and WOW I've never been slammed on CBS with so many mobile orders. I've barely been here for about 2 months and I now understand why all my shift leads and other coworkers warned me about today lol. Not bad just overwhelmed really, but that chestnut praline is FIRE!!! I added some vanilla syrup to it and it was perfect for me.
jewels31001 points1y ago
I had a full on panic attack before my shift today because of how short staffed we are at the moment and I thought that our line would be out the door all day. Most of us got to go home early because there were no customers
Mysterious-Dig-34141 points1y ago
Good lord it was insane lol I was super excited to start on cafè bar first thing and then we got hit. Team was a little overwhelmed but supported each other so it all went very smoothly.
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crescent-roll1 points1y ago
One lady got pissed because we didn't have a cup she wanted out on display... Legit called her "inside source" on the phone and made us speak to them. It was insane.
IdkIJustNeedHelpWith1 points1y ago
The Irish crème cold brew is straight gas
rainbowstoner271 points1y ago
Highest sales day our store has ever seen. Down two partners. It never stopped.
Apprehensive-Cake-911 points1y ago
Honestly it was more chill today than it has been all week. But luckily my store doesn’t have a drive thru so we only have to deal with in house and mobile orders. It was fun tho everyone was super festive and our shop looks really cute! :) no rude customers from what I saw either!
Electronic_Rough_9731 points1y ago
my store is normally a SUPER busy location and i'm still a green bean with maybe 4 hours of bar time but we ended up sending a BUNCH of people home early and i was able to hop on drive thru bar for more practice. i was scheduled at 7:30 but my SM told me I could come in 3 hours later. I heard we weren't even that busy this morning when the store opened either
LycaenopsPictus1 points1y ago
We postponed ours because we didn't get the red cups!
People really liked the drinks, though. The iced sugar cookie almond milk latte is decent, but my holiday cheer belongs to the peppermint hot chocolate. And it's finally cold enough to drink it!
MaterialLimit1 points1y ago
2 people quit today without notice. We’re a relatively mid volume store on a college campus and launch days are hell. Three of us and one on register beat it out, but fuck that’s the closest I’ve come to quitting in a while. $10/hr isn’t nearly enough considering I’m likely going to have to repeat the same stress tomorrow. Opening is gonna be fun :)
[deleted]1 points1y ago
No red aprons, but the launch was alright today. Caramel Brûlée Latte is a godsend 😋
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