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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 01 - 30 - ID#sg3fte
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vent with me? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by dawnblackheart
yesterday was stupid and i have to briefly vent; was hoping if y’all would like to vent you’d join me in the comments!

woman mobile ordered 2 venti chais: 7 pumps chai, no water, no foam, soy milk. did the usual “spoon against the spout to filter the foam” thing and scoop the rest off of the top. customer lets the mobiles sit around for 20 minutes, so that bubbly layer formed on the top and she complains about the “foam.” remade them, admittedly only filled the pitchers to the venti line, so there was a bit of space without the foam. she complains that there’s too much room. so i steam more soy and top it off within moments, now she complains that her chai is too diluted. i explain that with no foam and mo water, filling it up to the top will dilute the syrup. she has me make them AGAIN (not before demanding her money back, then saying that’ she’ll try ‘em). i remake them one final time and she’s satisfied but said “hope you don’t have any more customers like me” so that was something.

any one else care to vent? id be happy to listen!
drpepperbong 8 points 1y ago
i hate people like this. i know it sucks but honestly steam the milk to make no foam, it’ll be insanely loud but it’ll shut her up
Ellectre 6 points 1y ago
just a not so quick vent; i love my coworkers and all but theres one thing that bugs me a bit. i’ve worked with all the shifts for a good amount of time but there’s this one shift who only opens/works early morning shifts and i’ve prob worked the least with her. i worked a lot of early morning shifts, some with her, when i first started, but then i got put to more midday/closing shifts. (so i’m not really that close with her either, honestly speaking the shift that im most unfamiliar with) now i’ve been working here for 6 months and counting and im fully confident being put anywhere. however this shift only puts me on window/warming/pos like i’m a god damn green bean still 😭 i completely understand not putting me on bar during peak, but even after peak, when people are leaving/covering for 10s she will put newer baristas on bar but i’ve never been once put on bar when she’s shift. like once, i was coming back from my 10, shes dto, person on dt bar needed a 10, and instead of simply putting me on dt bar to cover their 10, she asks if i can solo dto/r and puts herself on dt bar. i know it’s simple to just ask to be put on bar but my ego is holding me back, it’s kind of like a if she trusts me then she’ll put me there. oh well. i’ll be waiting i guess. worked my last shift with her and i got put on window at 7:30 (i got asked to come in early lol idk why i agreed) and was stuck there until i left at 3 🥴
Necessary_Low939 3 points 1y ago
So when I have to make this no foam bitch of a hot drink whether is a latte or chai latte, I usually just steam more milk (max line) and pour with what u said about the spoon against the whatever. I scoop the foam laying there and repour with the spoon against the milk and scoop the foam out and repour. Repeat until it’s good. And I make sure there’s no room because that’s what the bitches want.

Edit: when dumb bitches say they ordered a hot frap and give me a smug look to which I say. There’s no hot fraps. What do u really want? Proceeds to order something completely different and I made sure I charged him the difference.
lanathebarista 3 points 1y ago
nothing to do with customers but am frustrated w my co workers 🙃 i called in sick yesterday because i didn’t feel good but then later that day i was starting to feel fine so i went out with my friends for a little later on in the day around 3 and if i went to work i would have been out by 1 so basically my best friends works with me too and they were shit talking me calling me lazy and mean and just like dogging me when i wasn’t there to defend myself and honestly idek how to react so i act normal next time i see these co workers or do i become what they think i am and just be rude to them back
Enough_Raise_7167 1 points 1y ago
Had the DTO talk a customer out of buying an Ethos bottle of water and talked them into getting a cup of water because it's free. Like, why are you talking customers out of buying stuff? We need to make money not lose it.
dawnblackheart [OP] 1 points 1y ago
you were just looking out for people so i totally understand that! starbucks is a corp pfffftttt
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