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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 03 - 02 - ID#t5eqi6
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Pet Peeves (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by P_2_P
What are some of y’all’s customer pet peeves?

The one that gets me every time is when customers leave their trash at the handoff.
cannabitchhhh 45 points 1y ago
when the passenger orders over the driver. 🙄🙄🙄
accountedthrowaway5 18 points 1y ago
and you can BARELY hear them and they get annoyed when u ask to speak up
Kryrieonn 12 points 1y ago
And you still can't hear them so you ask them to speak up again but now the driver is also annoyed so they repeat the order to the speaker. You then question why couldn't the driver just have said the order in the first place.
cannabitchhhh 3 points 1y ago
and then if you don’t do any of that and just guess then it’ll be the wrong drink and they’re STILL annoyed. it’s a lose/lose.
grieveslife 43 points 1y ago
*di”HHHEEELLLOOOOOO!?!?”ng*
diphenhydranautical 28 points 1y ago
immediately followed by the “yeah give me a minute”
cannabitchhhh 3 points 1y ago
i STG there’s a man who gets a venti hot americano with half and half, a stopper and sometimes a venti iced water. he does this EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. i watched him pull up once and as soon as he braked his truck, yelled “HELLO?! Anyone there??” 🙄🙄🙄 he is so rude and short with all of the baristas. when he gets to the window and god-fucking-forbid the barista hands him his americano without a stopper, he will use a hand gesture instead of simply asking for one. my green bean was so flustered because i had to step away to help someone in front. i hate such snobby entitled people.
diphenhydranautical 40 points 1y ago
“would you like that hot or iced?”

“and then can i get a venti caramel ribbon crunch with extra caramel extra crunch”

“alrighty! and was that first one hot or iced?”

“yeah that’s it” *drives to the window*
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_jvnkolovesyou_ 37 points 1y ago
“this was supposed to be iced” 😐
Necessary_Low939 20 points 1y ago
No you liar. My coworker just asked you ten times if you wanted hot or cold.
NotBuilt2Behave 2 points 1y ago
Lol! This!
Fearless_While_9824 19 points 1y ago
get me a …. (insert drink) and then shoving money at me. OR - taking a call during your order. This behavior should get you kicked out of line, it’s the rudest of rude. ugh.
Weird-Abalone-2008 8 points 1y ago
once i got yelled at by a customer for giving her her total while she was on the phone
P_2_P [OP] 3 points 1y ago
If they’re on their phone, for the past couple years, I’ve started to ask them if they need a minute. Then turn to face the line as if I’m about to help another customer. Almost every time, they either put down their phone or tell the person on the other line they’ll go them right back.
adventur3unknown 16 points 1y ago
"Hi! Welcome to Sta-" "LARGE BLACK COFFEE/ *insert drink here*"
mcdonaldspriteremix 7 points 1y ago
i literally start my greeting over and then ask their order again 😭🥰
adventur3unknown 3 points 1y ago
As you should bestie
accountedthrowaway5 15 points 1y ago
“can i get a _ (names all of the modifications before saying the drink or size)”

“hi im looking for a drink but idk what drink it is” (then a whole guessing game starts and i really don’t enjoy doing this cause they ever like what u bring them)

when customers say “you can leave it there” (referring to the ledge) when you hand them their drink at the drive through

when you say “hi how can i help you?” and the customer says “are you ready for me?” like.
creampuffs_ 11 points 1y ago
“Anything else for you?”

“No that’s it”

“Okay that’ll be (start saying the price)”

“Oh and a (drink/food) too“

It’s different if they say “actually I’m sorry, can I also add…”
NotBuilt2Behave 1 points 1y ago
It is so different! Acknowledging that, it’s no big deal, but they hardly do!
sydbey_ 11 points 1y ago
“What size?” “yeah”
RavenMcG 10 points 1y ago
One customer that won't give you their order until you say good morning back and have a dumbass convo at the speaker. Sir..I am in peak and doing this shit by myself what do you want?
regaltrash 8 points 1y ago
• mumbling drivers/ passengers

• “Hello?!” “hi what can i get for you?” “oh one second”

• “i’m sorry i’m having trouble hearing you” *customer proceeds to shout obnoxiously*

• when they order extremely slow and take ages to order TWO drinks

• multiple separate orders in one car

• “that’s all for that order” without prefacing that there were multiple orders

• the old people that ask for winning lottery numbers and dumb shit like that

• the ones who reach over my bar to grab sleeves without asking

• “that’s all” “oh wait!”

• *adds something(s) at the window*

• trying to pay a $5 with a $100 bill

• *in the drive thru* “what kind of cups do you have?”

• when they ask for a non-menu item like Caramel Mocha or Black and White mocha

• when they order a cappuccino and get pissy because it’s “ALL fOaM”

• when i’m hanging my entire upper body out the drive window and they don’t make an effort to reach and meet me halfway
kushingdreams 2 points 1y ago
NOOO, i just got a chocolate caramel frap in the drive thru, hes been coming there “for 4 years” ordering it so i should know exactly what he wants🥴 my bad
overturned23 7 points 1y ago
Person in passenger seat shouting their order

“Hi i’ll be with you in a moment” “VENTI SOY LATTE”

“Can I have a frappuccino” *doesn’t specify which one*

“How are you” *silence*
Zealousideal-Star448 6 points 1y ago
Oh or when someone asks for a plain cold brew and say they want it black and I Clarify that they don’t want sweetener then they get all pissy saying that’s what black means, no sweetie it just means no cream doesn’t mean you have to drink the bean juice without any flavor
smaugdterrible 6 points 1y ago
what size?

“the regular one”

🙄🙄🙄
Zealousideal-Star448 5 points 1y ago
We have this one angry customer that asks for a literal extra bag of the dragon fruit inclusions. Like this customer comes in twice a day sometimes and demands it. It gets to the point we have to lay our foot down and so no your the reason we run out and now we have to explain to everyone why their dragon drink looks like cloudy piss
P_2_P [OP] 4 points 1y ago
Wait. An actual bag of the inclusions?
Zealousideal-Star448 1 points 1y ago
Yes like the white bag of dragon inclusions
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Perfect-Leadership58 4 points 1y ago
i hate hate hate when customers will point at the menu or in the pastry case and go “can i get that one”at this point i just stand where i was standing and stare at them until they come back to me and go “cool so which one was that” and it’s always the grown people, like use ur big kid words for me pls :)
shiftyclub 4 points 1y ago
When i ask to specify something like what kind of milk or what size and they go “idk whatever”
Clairey_beari 4 points 1y ago
When it’s busy in the lobby and someone orders, immediately looks over me and asks if their drink is done
NotBuilt2Behave 2 points 1y ago
*internal screamin & eye twitch*
black-cat104 3 points 1y ago
When they say “regular milk” OR “regular” when you ask for the size of the drink. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU.

I have been yelled at cause I didn’t know that this customer meant whole milk when he asked for regular milk in his latte.
QuietCity333 3 points 1y ago
when people say all their modifications before the actual drink. “can i get a venti extra hot upside down soy no foam quad shot blonde 2 pump hazelnut latte?” and then get upset when you ask them to repeat. bonus points if they say it all in 0.3 seconds
Odd-Ad4067 3 points 1y ago
when they stare at you by DPM and tell you how to make ur drink
Royal_Concentrate_00 2 points 1y ago
For some reason I hate hearing... "when you get the chance can you blah blah blah"

I obviously won't get the chance I have to make time during this busy peak to get you water.
P_2_P [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Hahaha. “Take your time”
SnooShortcuts8570 2 points 1y ago
throwing their (semi) FULL drinks in the trash.
jorrrrrrrd 2 points 1y ago
When people don’t listen for their name/order
ashley0927 1 points 1y ago
When they don’t answer what size they want after you’ve asked them 10 times and they keep talking.
annaxzhen 1 points 1y ago
Getting to the register and telling me they want a drink but “it’s a TikTok drink…” without telling me what it is or letting me look at the recipe. For the love of all that is good- if you’re going to order a TikTok drink (which would shouldn’t do in the first place), be prepared to let me see the recipe so I can ring it in!
P_2_P [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Every time they shove their phones in my face. I hate it. I go I don’t have my glasses.

Order your own monster tik tok drink you coward
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