What’s up with Customers lately…(self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Jacky22714
This lady was cussing my partners out! She comes everyday with the same order and always complains about something wrong! She ordered a iced quad espresso with 2 pumps toasted WM and extra VSCF in a venti cup, I was on DT bar so I made it how I make it every time she comes when I’m there. I passed it off to DT, and I looked at her and I could tell she was mad and had an attitude and slammed the cup on the ledge. I asked what’s wrong with the drink my coworker says it has too much foam and very little ice I said well I am not remaking it (because of the attitude and disrespect, I do not like respect, I feel like she disrespected us). So my coworker remade it for she gives it to the customer and the customer starts going off saying that’s too much ice and very little bit of foam so she started walking back to remake it again then the lady starts cussing at her and the order taker saying “that’s right walk away” but she was walking way to remake the drink????? She then finished making the drink again and she’s still cussing them out and the order taker asks me to get the shift so I did and as I came back to bar, the shift went to the window to handle the situation and my coworkers both started crying.. and they went to the back to recollect themselves. The shift remade her drink and it was still not right. She got a refunded in the end. I feel like I didn’t defend them but I also know it was best for the shifts to diffuse the situation. I still feel bad 😞.
NotAPieceOfPie11 points1y ago
Talk with your SM/DM about getting her banned. Customers like that, ESPECIALLY those who cuss out fellow partners, have no business being served and need to be kicked out.
Jacky22714 [OP]1 points1y ago
I’m going to work today so I’ll bring it up, hopefully they will listen 🙏🏻
Rosenmaecen4 points1y ago
My old Dm told one of our regular “Kens” that he didn’t understand why someone would continue going to the same place and order it the same way and expect it to be made the way he was expecting? Since she’s a regular you can say to her “oh apparently we don’t make your drink correctly so you can find someone or somewhere else to make your drink
Jacky22714 [OP]2 points1y ago
I’m kinda scared of confrontation 😳 but hopefully I can build the courage to say something if I see her again
Rosenmaecen1 points1y ago
If you don’t maybe ask a partner or ssv to help. I would simply talk to my sm and say hey this customer is unfortunately abusing our free remake policy and is not respecting our third place. Then after you give the sm a heads up give that terrible Karen your SM’s card or phone number the next time she bitches.
Jacky22714 [OP]1 points1y ago
So I brought it up to my SM and she said she would talk to her, so she talked to her and she lied! She said that she heard us talking about her when we were not! It was so busy that day that she cussed at us we didn’t have time to talk about anyone! So now my SM thinks that we are lying. I just think that if we were supposedly “lying” why would I have brought it up to her then 😒
Rosenmaecen2 points1y ago
Oh dear what a shit show! I’m so sorry to hear she’s that thick skulled.
Gonna_Run_Amuck2 points1y ago
Refuse her business
QuotidianTrials2 points1y ago
It’s holiday season and people are more stressed than usual. Obviously not a good excuse for this barbaric behavior and people need to grow tf up, but it happens every year.
CrossroadsWoman1 points1y ago
Starbucks is the worst company I’ve worked for precisely because they not only don’t ban customers like this but they fucking encourage it by giving them free shit/kowtowing to them at every opportunity. Outrageous that you felt compelled to do anything but tell this psychopathic moron to get the fuck away from you.
Jacky22714 [OP]1 points1y ago
Yes I honestly didn’t go to the window to defend us because I’ve hear lots of stories about people getting fired for standing up for themselves, so I was kinda shook when she started cussing us out and I froze. If I would walked over I definitely would’ve been fired tho because I hate when people think they can talk to people any type of way
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