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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 12 - 03 - ID#r883s5
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I Feel Like I Shouldn’t Have To Say This: Don’t Stop At Starbucks If You’re Gonna Be Late To Work, a memoir (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by sherdle
I greet a woman on the speaker box this morning, and she goes “YES so I’m going to be late for work and I need to get out of line but I can’t because of the curb” and I’m like …I’m sorry, we’re a bit short-staffed this morning (and have been for like two years but you know) but we’re working as quickly as possible to get the line moving! And she’s kind of yammering on about needing me to do something about it so she can leave and I just kind of repeated what I already told her. The line moves up and she peels away - like four feet. Aaaanyway maybe five minutes pass and she pulls up to the window and just starts frantically chewing me out about how I should have been able to help her out and she’s a nurse and she’s going to get in SO much trouble for being late and she like, can NOT be late for work and I’m like brooooo then go to work already. But I was actually like “I’m really sorry, but there isn’t much I could have done” and she goes “WELL you could have asked the cars ahead of me to pull up” and I’m just like ??? Okay yes sure I’ll inconvenience a line of people AND pull away one of two people making drinks/food to run orders out to pulled-up cars because you *needed* your skinny latte before work but your time management is garbage. Nah. I basically was like “well no, I’m not going to do that ever, sorryyyyyy” and she did that annoying scoff/laugh thing and drove off.

Imagine.

Anyway, how was y’all’s day?
rudebii 59 points 1y ago
Why is it on YOU to pull everyone out of the DT lane so she could get to work? Why couldn't she ask everyone to pull ahead for her?

JFC, people need to realize that baristas make coffee...and that's it. That's literally the entire job. You need traffic control? That's not within a barista's scope.
mexicanitch 45 points 1y ago
Ugh. Fuck that bitch.
The_Infinite_Doctor 43 points 1y ago
I know u/mexicanitch posted twice by accident but I'm here for the double fuck-you energy.
mexicanitch 33 points 1y ago
Ugh. Fuck that bitch.
badtz_maru_666 28 points 1y ago
Say it louder for the ones in the back please!!

“Is my drink ready? I’m gonna be late”

Sounds like that’s not my fucking problem. 🤷🏼‍♀️
purseEffphony 24 points 1y ago
May she forever be behind someone who decides to add a frap at the window and a couple of cake pops but cant decide which cake pops are right.. And may her order forever be not quite right.
purseEffphony 11 points 1y ago
I had a lady when we were DTO tell me she was running 5 minutes late to her appointment because the line was so long. Well... Why did you decide to wait in it if you knew you had to be somewhere on time?
wesborobaptistchurch 9 points 1y ago
Maybe I’d ask all the other cars to pull up if the customer at the speaker box started going into labor and needed to get to the hospital or if their passenger started having a stroke or something. I wouldn’t do it for anything less.
ItzBoogieMan 7 points 1y ago
Yeah lemme help you out by jumping out the window and driving the fuckin cars myself, and then I’ll drive YOU to work because you seem to be too incompetent to be able to make any judgement calls.
rosebudftw 6 points 1y ago
Everytime people say this shit to me I dead ass roll my eyes
Aurora_Boreallis 5 points 1y ago
I have one of those. Why are the always nurses?
LockAzzy 2 points 1y ago
So she made herself more late to be an asshole. That's the Starbucks experience I remember.
Necessary_Low939 1 points 1y ago
If ure late just go to work dumb nurse. All these damn entitled nurses. One time I’m selling on eBay she wanted me to sell each item for a dollar when the retail price is at least $5 each (all new) I said no and this bitch goes omg I’m a nurse. And I’m like so??? Days later when someone else bought the item and she’s like is it sold out? I replied yea and never heard from her. Like if u a nurse, u make enough. Stop fcken complaining.
GuySmileyIncognito 1 points 1y ago
"Your lack of preparation does not constitute my emergency"
mrcupcake18 1 points 1y ago
YES OMG!! I say this every damn time, if you are not willing to wait possibly 10 mins in a drive thru in case it gets busy then do not come!! Also if you are going to be late for work why the hell are you coming back AGAIN?! I swear man lol
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