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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 12 - 24 - ID#rnxwqv
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The nightmare before Christmas (literally) (long rant) (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by lolfuckigottawork
Today we were very unexpectedly busy and understaffed. A woman comes through the drive through. When she got to the window, she wanted to load money on to her app with a gift card. The barista (who was on dtr and dto) didn't know how to, so she came and got me (I was on drive bar making a frap) and well I also have never encountered that before and with being busy and all and hectic I just didn't know at the time. Anyway I get to the dtr and this lady, rude as can be says "put money on this using this" and throws her gift card at me. I then tell her "I'm sorry I'm unfamiliar with this, just give me a moment to figure it out" and she again, rudely, says "They must not be training you because even i know how to do it, and ill definitely be calling to report this". So then I asked her how to do it, because it would be quicker than me trying to figure it out. She told me to stop being snobby and i apologized and said "sorry ma'am, im not being snobby, im just trying to help you" At this point this lady is just getting downright mean and I handed her her drinks without checking her out, because I was confused and stressed and trying to keep my cool and i forgot but then she screams "you didn't even ring me out!!!!" And i apologize and go to grab the scanner and she says "no nevermind I'm sorry I just wanted to play your fucking games!" Then as she was pulling out I said "have a merry christmas!" Happy as can be because 1.) This lady needs some cheer and 2.) I was just really, really trying to be nice and she stops and screams "what did you just say to me!?!" And I said "I said have a merry Christmas" and she screams "fuck you and fuck christmas!"

In hindsight I should've said happy holidays or something, I understand christmas may not of been the right thing to say but I didn't think about that in the moment.
accountedthrowaway5 38 points 1y ago
i Hope you didn’t take it personally… some customers just have a stick up their asses and want to spread the anger to everyone else, or some might even take things personally and think you’re targeting them when you don’t mean to. you did well, and hope you have a good holiday season (or at least try to <3)
lolfuckigottawork [OP] 6 points 1y ago
Thank you, you too ❤
BeardiesRule112 21 points 1y ago
That right there kids… is mental illness
mrcupcake18 9 points 1y ago
Excuse you, I have a mental illness and even I know not to be an asshole lmao 😂
IcyColdBrew 6 points 1y ago
Severe mental illness
[deleted] 1 points 1y ago
Very
piratedashel 12 points 1y ago
We were told years ago that merry Christmas is perfectly fine to say.
The_Infinite_Doctor 2 points 1y ago
What a see you next Tuesday. Jfc.
FfierceLaw 1 points 1y ago
Sorry that happened to you. I just admit immediately that using the app is not in our training. I had a good experience with a man in our cafe. Someone had given him a gift card and he wanted it on his app. I let him know I like to figure things like that out but Starbucks doesn’t train us to use it. We figured it out together, he just needed to use the app to scan a code on the card. A good customer experience for us both
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