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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 12 - 04 - ID#r958mi
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Weirdest thing a customer asked you for? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by converselvr
Someone asked me if we had dark chocolate graham crackers. It was a dealbreaker because when I said “unfortunately we don’t, I’m sorry” dude walked out.

Update!! I asked my manager about them and we haven’t had them in over a year she said.
Aggravating_Ebb_8045 122 points 1y ago
A customer asked me to pour their hot mocha with whip in their squirt water bottle so they could drink it while biking?
anitasdoodles 2 points 1y ago
Groooooooss
greenduffel 96 points 1y ago
Unless they were discontinued, chocolate covered graham crackers are a (delicious!) RTD&E item :)
twistedstarfall 25 points 1y ago
Right you've got the dark chocolate ones and the milk chocolate ones 😋 the dark chocolate ones are great with hot lattes
clumsycalico 12 points 1y ago
Yeah like?? This is an item we sell….not a weird thing to ask for….
distraughtcato 1 points 1y ago
Weird, I’ve never seen them and I stock rtd all the time
converselvr [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I’ve never seen them at my store at least!
caligirlthrowaway104 61 points 1y ago
Am I missing why that’s weird? Lol Pretty sure Starbucks still sells those?..
ilholtstilin 20 points 1y ago
Not sure if this is the case here, but baristas hired in the last year or so might not be aware that a lot of those less-popular items even exist. Honestly the product shortages have been that bad—they may never have even seen them 😂
keskobalt 2 points 1y ago
Is this a non US thing bc my store has never had them and I’ve been there 3 years
caligirlthrowaway104 3 points 1y ago
The U.S. stores definitely have them. Maybe just not all locations?
caligirlthrowaway104 1 points 1y ago
That could be possible. Haha
peanutbutterbarbie 46 points 1y ago
pineapple chunks in their matcha latte
accountedthrowaway5 35 points 1y ago
whipped cream in the strawberry açaí lemonade, and chai in the regular lemonade drink…. And also someone asked me if we have any boba drinks that we sell
drinkliquidclocks 19 points 1y ago
Omg people ask me for boba everyday. I work in a mall that has a bubble tea shop too 😭 we have never had boba
emilyjoys 9 points 1y ago
There was an ad for April fools day this year that claimed starbucks was going to sell boba.
samofthedisc 4 points 1y ago
I work in a location in a remote area and we aren't even a full store, and people call us to ask if we have boba! AND THEN THEY ASK WHY WE DON'T HAVE IT. Like what am i supposed to say? It's not and had never been a menu item.
empidge 14 points 1y ago
brooo one lady called our store and i answered and she was wondering if he had boba tea and when i said we unfortunately don’t offer that, just regular tea she was like “uh huh, yeah, do you even know what it is?” and i was like “yeah and we don’t have it?” and she was like “right. okay.” and hung up, i don’t understand why she started acting weird lmaoo
NervosaNervous 9 points 1y ago
Okay but a chai lemonade is actually pretty damn tasty
CrayolaCannon 4 points 1y ago
Everyone at my store was obessed with it for like a 2 weeks, pretty much everyone at my store tried it because we all thought it was pretty insane.
Ashesremindme 3 points 1y ago
I think Dunkin had those popping pearls for a hot minute last summer, so that's why we had a few requests for that. I kinda wish we did have them because I like them, but it's a toss up if it's worth it when we'd have to add them to every drink.
spacespecterr 2 points 1y ago
apparently some stores were testing popping pearls which is why a lot of people were asking for them?? they were even on the test menu for a bit. idk if they still are
reclusivegiraffe 3 points 1y ago
ive been asked that a couple times. it’s really weird
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bananaberrry 34 points 1y ago
dark chocolate graham crackers are a menu item and they’re great :))

$1
BuffyBoltonVampFlayr 24 points 1y ago
First order to come thru mobile promptly at 4am (open) one day was a v frap with no ice. I made it. It sat there. No one claimed it. I was annoyed.
Frosty-Shelter7372 20 points 1y ago
Mountain Dew…. are you kidding me
peanutbutterbarbie 15 points 1y ago
someone asked me for coca cola once. they settled on orange juice after hearing we didn’t have it or anything close
OversoulEdict 11 points 1y ago
I worked at Dunkin' for a while and they have Coke, Sprite, Powerade, OJ, etc in bottles. Wanting a Coke with a donut is beyond me but they sold everyday.
gltgphone 9 points 1y ago
A kid asked for tea. When asked what kind he said "I dunno, Lipton" luckily caught his mistake pretty quickly, but it was funny.
Binx_da_gay_cat 3 points 1y ago
Someone asked if we had a can of sprite. I literally locked eyes with him and said, "We are a coffee shop."
voxinx 14 points 1y ago
didn’t have a drink we haven’t had since before i was hired. it was like the Valencia orange or something and i was just like 🧍🏻
gltgphone 6 points 1y ago
It was a syrup and it was SO GOOD. Cannot for the life of me remember what it went into tho, it predated the refreshers.
lillyyoulosers 8 points 1y ago
Valencia Mocha? Someone just tried to order one in our drive thru yesterday
arcanalalune 4 points 1y ago
The Valencia orange was a refresher
kqs13 2 points 1y ago
There was a syrup and a refresher!
RyusuiJL 1 points 1y ago
Ahh, I miss that so much. 😫
ocinlas 11 points 1y ago
Cigarettes
joeyisdoinurmum 9 points 1y ago
Pumpkin spice strawberry acai refresher. She said it tasted like a Capri sun but it tasted like stomach acid to me. Honorable mention was a venti drink with 1 scoop vanilla bean, strawberry acai, passion tea, peach, mango dragonfruit, and like 8 pumps of classic syrup. The lady claimed it tasted like watermelon and it was actually insanely good and she was right.
hailo202 8 points 1y ago
A filet o fish sandwich 😅🤣
xoMisaa 7 points 1y ago
“do you guys have the Target Dog cake pop?” we’re a corporate store……… and the nearest Target is over a mile away……..
Beneficial_Ad_7044 2 points 1y ago
I work at a tarbucks and this is funny 😂
kimememememe 7 points 1y ago
Blackberries blended into the milk for their caramel macchiato which is apparently part of one of those Tik tok drinks??
cringeqween13 6 points 1y ago
Had people cancel their drink order in the dt because we didn't have brownies. Multiple different people.
lillyyoulosers 6 points 1y ago
Do you have the holiday flat white? Or what seasonal espresso do you have?
sero5074 5 points 1y ago
We get asked for boba a lot.
dontgiveah00t 5 points 1y ago
All natural juice or tea, things without preservatives 😂
777BABYDOLL777 5 points 1y ago
Sprite and mustard lol
sero5074 4 points 1y ago
We do have some stores in different countries that I believe are testing boba.
PingPingPoohole 3 points 1y ago
A hot dog with mustard.
staycraycray 3 points 1y ago
We used to have them years back
spicytappinnugget 2 points 1y ago
My favorite has to be:

“Y’all got spaghetti?”

“Uh…no”

“Oh, ok”

*Drives off*
kaitlynmc19 2 points 1y ago
had someone ask for a caramel macchiato made entirely with sweet cream cold foam in place of milk once..
urn0tmydad 2 points 1y ago
Someone came in and asked for something (not sure what. The barista helping them misunderstood what they said and thought they were asking for "butter" and they replied "oh, that's okay, I can use this too for chapstick"


........you wut?
snitchesendupinditch 2 points 1y ago
A grande cup of sweet cream and literally nothing else
Federal_Ice_1420 1 points 1y ago
Some person asked for fresh ice. Ima break down the story. A man walked in asking for water. As I go and grab it for him he stops me and says “can you wash your hand please”. Caught me off guard but agreed (COVID you know). So as I proceed to grab the cup he stops me and says,” can you grab another cup, you touched it with dirty hands”. Once again I agreed. Grabbed a new cup, grabbed the scoop, and as I was about to put ice he says,” can you grab fresh ice, that’s ones dirty”. So I dump the ice in the ice bin. he then stops me and says “you just dumped the ice into the bin, you know what I don’t want anything.” Till this day I don’t know if he was trying to give me a hard time or he was deadass about his requests 😂
amaraoma 1 points 1y ago
once was asked if we sold pizza or any coke beverages
jycurtiss 1 points 1y ago
In covid rules : to put 12 white sugars in his tall pike
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CoffeeWMyCat 2 points 1y ago
the “water with lemon” request makes me laugh every time. best i can do is lemonade lmao
fuckthisshit____ 1 points 1y ago
Red Bull
Gh0stb0y6 1 points 1y ago
i had a customer ask for an iced coffee with steamed oatmilk in it 😦
whycantibeamermaid 1 points 1y ago
We always have those graham crackers and they are so fucking good. Especially if you chill them in a refrigerator.
Cauliflower29 1 points 1y ago
I have those at my Tarbucks!!
asinglearrow 1 points 1y ago
matcha powder in a caramel ribbon crunch 🤮
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taylortherod 1 points 1y ago
Pink drink with lemonade. Also once, a guy asked for a shaken espresso with heavy cream, and wanted the heavy cream shaken too. It looked pretty nasty
dexterwolf1 1 points 1y ago
Dr. Pepper
Local-Refuse2270 1 points 1y ago
We have those at our store. Probably op didn't know that it is a menu item.
Kind_Door_7611 1 points 1y ago
A couple days ago, someone came into the drive thru and ordered a mango dragon lemonade with a shot of espresso in it....
wok3less 3 points 1y ago
okay i saw something similar somewhere on this subreddit n tried it… its surprisingly good
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Haemmur 1 points 1y ago
You've obviously not worked in a bikini/lingerie/topless cofee shop.
CamoFrog43 1 points 1y ago
A HOT Vanilla bean frapp. Or another person mobiles a mocha frapp with no ice
brokenleftjoycon 1 points 1y ago
Fruit inclusions in a honey citrus mint tea
handmadepuppy 1 points 1y ago
we had a customer come in and ask for 1.4 scoops of matcha powder. she actually was a regular and would ask for them to remake it often lmao
scrumptiouscara 5 points 1y ago
omg i feel like i worked as a borrowed partner in a store with a regular like this. i got the drink ticket and was like “1.4…?” and the shift was like “yeah, she’s probably gonna ask you to remake it…”
handmadepuppy 2 points 1y ago
I THINK WE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE
scrumptiouscara 2 points 1y ago
i don’t remember if it happened when i lived in FL or KY, but if it’s one of those places for you, it’s DEFINITELY the same!!!
handmadepuppy 2 points 1y ago
FL buddies!!!!!! yeah that crew of regulars were crazy
Necessary_Low939 1 points 1y ago
Strawberry slices in their hot matcha latte.
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