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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 11 - 29 - ID#r5baz5
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Swore I heard him wrong the first time but he said it two times after I asked and didn’t even stutter (i.redd.it)
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k8mitchy 132 points 1y ago
My favorite is when people get 6PUMPSCLASSIC,6PUMPSVANILLA,6PUMPSWHITEMOCHA,EXTRACARAMELDRIZZLE, and then 2 *Splenda* like.. what calories are you saving by getting Splenda
Markedsoultheif 39 points 1y ago
Splenda negates all the calories of the syrups. You didn’t know that?
taylorann_2000 26 points 1y ago
Its like PEMDAS. It cancels out
Markedsoultheif 8 points 1y ago
I’m cackling in my back room at this
k8mitchy 13 points 1y ago
No way???!! New life hack!! Definitely gonna try this next shift
saxofreak99 1 points 1y ago
I’m sure they “like the taste of it”
simplemina 1 points 1y ago
I have some one wirh an ice coffee 10 v 10 apple br and ex cream like xxxtra
boopsbittie 40 points 1y ago
I had a grande with 25 sugars a few months ago, handed it to the customer who said “thank you so much I bet your hands are hurting I appreciate it” 😳
hottea_bae 24 points 1y ago
It’s like they wanted you to suffer. WTH.
deprimada 5 points 1y ago
Maybe it was a friend’s order lol
[deleted] [OP] 32 points 1y ago
had to make a shaken espresso the other day with 15 raw sugars. I kid you not the grande cup was a third full of sugar
hottea_bae 34 points 1y ago
I really wish they had a device that dispense the sugar by the scoop. I have an idea of how it would work but I’m not engineer. It would be much like a pumping device but would dispense the sugar without having to worry about getting your hands and paper everywhere.
mrcupcake18 19 points 1y ago
Ah! It does exist and we had something like that when I use to work for McDonald’s! It was so convenient!
hottea_bae 9 points 1y ago
Omg we need to steal this device!
[deleted] [OP] 13 points 1y ago
or we could have a container full of sugar and one of the little metal scoops
hottea_bae 6 points 1y ago
Yeah that would be the simplest way but then you have to think of it getting everywhere like the matcha.

Im thinking more place the cup under the device. Less mess and it’s not liquid/syrup so no splash.
[deleted] [OP] 3 points 1y ago
true. maybe something like a gum ball machine. or we used to have a malt powder dispenser at my old job where you just twisted the top and a portion got dispensed
boopsbittie 2 points 1y ago
When we had a shortage of domino sugar this is what I did for my store because buying a replacement of packets was mad expensive and the box was cheap af
Squirrelylove 3 points 1y ago
We used to have these at sbux. Also a refrigerated one that dispensed cream. They were similar to the sureshot dispensers back when frappuccinos weren't complicated.

Man, I miss those days.
hottea_bae 1 points 1y ago
We I could only image the gritty texture. At least the fine sugar will melt in this with some stirring but honestly why not just do classic or liquid cane????
[deleted] [OP] 6 points 1y ago
& to top it all off they were like “whenever we get this it’s always grainy so could you pour the espresso into the sugar and mix it really well first”
RoughEvidence 20 points 1y ago
My coworker was helping me with drinks and didn’t realize the lady who ordered the pikes with 15 sugars was right there and said: “15 raw sugars? Like the first 10 weren’t enough?”
cilantroprince 20 points 1y ago
had one that was 23 raw sugars the other day 😃
it’s such a specific number i deeply wonder how it came to be
sizzlesfantalike 13 points 1y ago
Had a regular who started coming 3 years ago who started at 5 sugars...now it’s 18. I know how it got so specific, their sugar cravings just got higher and they have to adjust.
cilantroprince 7 points 1y ago
the equivalent of me drinking a trenta nitro at the start of each shift because my body is numbing itself to caffeine 😂
Dazzling-Economist11 13 points 1y ago
someone ordered an americano with 15 splendas then came back 3 times to get cold brew refills with 15 splendas each. in total he had 60 splendas under 30 minutes and a hell of a lot of caffeine
hottea_bae 8 points 1y ago
I wonder what the story was to get to 15 Splendas.
Strong_Challenge1363 6 points 1y ago
Now that's a laxative if I've ever read about one
kkgentree 11 points 1y ago
had a woman come through and order a pike with extra breve and 25 sugar. not kidding. then she proceeds to stick her finger in her like once i hand it to her and say “this is FREEZING”. mind you she wanted EXTRA CREAM. so i offered to remake the pike. she agreed. i got her her new drink, fresh brewed pike. THEN she came back and asked for 25 MORE SUGAR AND MORE CREAM. i hate it here
Minkybun 9 points 1y ago
I had one asking for a tall coffee with 4 Splenda and extra steamed cream...but with 30 pumps of sugar-free vanilla. Like Jesus just chug the bottle since you clearly hate coffee.
IcedxMoo 6 points 1y ago
We have a regular that comes in who gets 20 pumps of vanilla in his iced coffee. Plus like an crap ton of heavy cream. He says it’s because he doesn’t like the taste of coffee and I’m like ???? 🤔🤨
Apprehensive_Lime_ 9 points 1y ago
I HATE coffee. You know what I do? I just…don’t get coffee…. like wtf???
hottea_bae 9 points 1y ago
I seriously think people like this should just make their own drinks at home
Sarahthelizard 6 points 1y ago
My manager gave me permission to just use classic in cases like this with normal white sugar specifically. ;P
Beautiful-Director 2 points 1y ago
Guilty of this 💀
sh3nan1gans_ 3 points 1y ago
Would you like some coffee with that
witchwitha-b 3 points 1y ago
my store had a guy who would come through every day and get 22 sugars in a grande pike. one of my shifts got so tired of it they put classic in just to see if the guy would notice and to save us time … guy came back the next day and upped his usual to 24 sugars 🙃
No_Introduction8689 3 points 1y ago
tell me you don’t like coffee, without telling me, you don’t like coffee
mallardfriend 3 points 1y ago
i made a grande with 25 packets of sugar the other day 😐 on a sunday 😐 during peak 😐😐😐😐
hottea_bae 3 points 1y ago
Ew.
lilkiosk 2 points 1y ago
Like when a customer told me they wanted 10 pumps of chai and I said “oh yeah 7 pumps of chai?” In hopes that I heard them wrong.
DragonS0l 2 points 1y ago
Got a regular who comes in a couple times a week. He always orders a venti pike with 10 sugars, 10 Splenda, 10 pumps of sf vanilla, 3 scoops of vanilla bean powder, sweet cream, extra cream, and extra whipped cream. End up getting like a splash of coffee in that drink.
normaldud 2 points 1y ago
Just say you don’t like coffee at that point bud, just like this dude at my old store who would get 23 Splendas and extra cream in a venti
asiarosee314 2 points 1y ago
had a guy order a venti pike with 20 white sugars. then he proceeded to ask for more sugars because it wasn’t “sweet enough”
lea-oppalove 2 points 1y ago
So half sugar, half coffee

Got it 🤢
Lakingsfan1997 2 points 1y ago
I made a Grande Pike with 20 sugars in it awhile back.

Also have a lady come in who gets a venti hot Mocha with 10 pumps of mocha and 8 raw sugars
Amber_Weird 2 points 1y ago
My store has a regular that gets two grande pikes w/ 10 raw sugars each every day
Necessary_Low939 1 points 1y ago
… that does not taste good.
ChocolateWaffles- 1 points 1y ago
Had someone order *8* pumps vanilla and 4 pumps pumpkin into a venti Toasted white mocha, with pumpkin creme foam and caramel drizzle in my store. Save some sugar for the rest of us jeez.
georgieannn 1 points 1y ago
I had someone in DT ask me how many grams sugar EACH milk had just to add 4 stevias 🧎‍♀️
hottea_bae 1 points 1y ago
Add that to the lists of things we don’t get paid enough to do
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Suaydia 1 points 1y ago
We have a regular who gets a grande pike with 20 raw sugar
ashkatchem420 1 points 1y ago
I used to have a regular who would order a trenta MDR with 26 pumps of classic.
[deleted] [OP] 1 points 1y ago
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sleepyblu3s 1 points 1y ago
Used to have a regular who asked for 30 seconds of caramel drizzle in his caramel macchiato.
AMLJ144 1 points 1y ago
I got an order for a passion tea with 20 pumps of classic syrup
Loh-Doh 1 points 1y ago
This is pretty standard in my area. Still pretty gross.
BookDragon1996 1 points 1y ago
I have to make a tall or grande pike with twelve sugars and cream every morning this one customer works she works at the publix in my plaza
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