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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 04 - 23 - ID#u9xcum
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tall rant about weird custies (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by thefoolwitch
Lady came to my store and when I handed her the mobile order (nonfat latte no foam) she immediately opened it and was like “there’s no foam!!! >:(“ in this angry voice really loud?? And I was so taken aback and I was like “??? <:( yes?? Is that not what you wanted??” and she like dipped her finger!! in the hot-ass milk!! and was like “>:( !! …oh this is perfect actually haha sorry!!!! :) wow it’s not usually this great!! Did you scoop the foam off?” in a very manic weird tone

And I was like “Yes, I scooped the foam off… because you wanted no foam… :’) ?? so the drink is okay?”

And she said it was perfect and apologized again because I think she could tell she really rattled me but like. Girl what. What was that. Please be nice to me I will cry. What a weird interaction
BookDragon1996 33 points 1y ago
Had this woman today who would not leave me or the girl that took over for me for a hot minute on bar about her drink. We had a mini rush in the afternoon so only one bar available and there were other people inside and she kept asking about her drink I'm like back off bruh we are going as quick as we can. (And I refuse to expedite someone's drink at the expense of others.)
Loose_Bumblebee 21 points 1y ago
people are so weird sometimes, it doesn’t make sense to me!!!! i’ll call out a name for an order and they’ll be like IS THIS MINE like… if it says your name and what you ordered, then yes!! also when they see it clearly busy and they’re like DID YOU GET A MOBILE ORDER FOR ___ like no? and then they realize they didn’t checkout on the app and get frustrated bc they have to wait
thefoolwitch [OP] 20 points 1y ago
UGH YES my absolute favorite thing (/s) is the “IS THIS MINE” question like. buddy. think about that question for 3 seconds

I also have had people just grab a drink as soon as I set it down and go “THIS ISN’T WHAT I ORDERED” and I go “……. Is your name Shirley” and then they’re like “NO?? >:( MY NAME IS BILL“ like I’m an idiot

And then I have to explain to them the concept that other people exist on earth

Meanwhile poor Shirley is standing to the side looking at her drink longingly

Also the last bit is extremely relatable. We have a krobucks RIGHT next to our store and people order from it and come to us all the time and get pissed when we don’t have their order :’)
Loose_Bumblebee 12 points 1y ago
i also hate when i’m on bar and a customer asks me about food
Responsible_Snow7109 6 points 1y ago
Lmao sameeee!! Ill be on bar and hand off a drink and say "here is ur latte" and theyll say "im also waiting on egg bites" and then ill usually just say "ok" in hopes that when they do get their food, theyll see but it was handed to them by another Barista instead of me since I'm clearly visibly only making drinks. But sometimes when they ask me for the food after I hand them their drink, I'll tell them "oh I'm only working on the drinks on this end but the Barista down at the other end is working on the food and will bring it right up to you once it's finished" and they just for some reason start heading right down to the ovens to stand and glare at the barista down there. It's like they have selective hearing or something because I clearly tell them that the Barista is working on the food down at the other end but will bring it up to them at the hand off when it's finished
cpv_91 4 points 1y ago
OMG yes.. Do you think I'm hiding an f'ing oven under my bar?

They don't seem to get that the more I have to stop to hold their hands the more backed up I get. But this doesn't stop them from saying I'm picking up for [insert name here].. Who happens to have placed their order less than 1 minute ago. 🤦
Comfortable-Plane944 3 points 1y ago
Right. So I look like I’m handling food? No. Leave the tf alone
Loose_Bumblebee 12 points 1y ago
omg i hate the “this isn’t my name or mine” and lately i’ve noticed people trying to taste drinks that aren’t theirs like?!?!? also ugh that last part sounds so frustrating, i really wish people read and noticed where they placed orders. like if you are in a rush maybe that tells me that you have bad time management yet you still decided to order something
Responsible_Snow7109 7 points 1y ago
Lol foreal. Ur comment is so damn relatable too 😆. We have this man at my store who usually mobile orders and he always correctly picks up his drink. He orders a simple tall hot mocha. But today, he mobile ordered and I remember making his drink and putting it on the mobile order risers and this morning he comes up to me and hands me a grande blond misto with three splendas and goes "i grabbed this. U mite have to remake it" .... then he goes to grab his correct drink. How do u mistake a tall mocha for a grande blond misto with 3 splendas wen u have been correctly finding ur tall hot mocha all these times? Lol its so weird
Responsible_Snow7109 6 points 1y ago
Lmao so relatable. I was on bar once and a guy walks over to the mobile order drinks area, grabs a drink and goes "is this mine?".....i dont even kno who u are?? U kno who u are so why dont u figure it out by lookin at the cup. People are strange
cookiemonstah87 3 points 1y ago
We get a number of people pulling up to the drive-thru saying they're placing a mobile order. Not that they already placed one. They're placing one right there.

Do people think we just blink their orders into existence?

And why are you mobile ordering when you're ALREADY AT THE SPEAKER??? JUST TELL US WHAT YOU WANT!!!
pezookazoo 3 points 1y ago
i’ve had enough of that crap. i flat out tell people to stop ordering at the speaker and give the MINIMUM OF 5-10 minutes
Any-Area8729 8 points 1y ago
We had someone come through drive thru yesterday afternoon talking about how she has a coupon for a free cup for buying a drink. When we showed her the free reusable cup her response was no I want a tumbler. We explained that she gets a free reusable cup and she got so mad that she couldn't choose her cup and said fine I'll just go to another store and get it then.
Responsible_Snow7109 6 points 1y ago
Lady dips her finger in a hot ass latte to tell if it has foam? Who dips their finger in a latte to tell if it has foam? Lol
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