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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 05 - 14 - ID#upq53n
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When your store runs out of all cold cups and you have to start making cold drinks in hot cups 🙃 (i.redd.it)
submitted by tras529
ScroogeMcDust 333 points 1y ago
Then you run out of cups entirely and the customers just have to kind of cup their hands together
hoewenn 160 points 1y ago
Then you run out of customers cupped hands entirely and you have to pour the drinks on the sidewalk for people to lick up
Responsible_Snow7109 42 points 1y ago
👀 lmao that took a very specific turn
1CraftyDude 35 points 1y ago
You skipped only selling to people who buy a tumbler.
hoewenn 25 points 1y ago
Obviously we ran out of hands, how are they gonna hold their tumblers?
spoopy_ruby 26 points 1y ago
I thought you were gonna say pour it $1
PixelBlood02 11 points 1y ago
I watched that and I am now urnexing my eyes
spoopy_ruby 2 points 1y ago
Go look at r/eyebleach
anonbaristaandstuff 9 points 1y ago
Noo doesn’t that burn????
BabyH1ppo 7 points 1y ago
Not if it's an iced drink 🧐
gothlotl 4 points 1y ago
then you run out of sidewalk space and finally after a long day it’s time to clock out. happy every after.
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aph-twizzlerland 79 points 1y ago
Youd think a multi million dollar company would be able to make sure each store has enough cups and lids sent to them regularly like 💀
udderlymoovelous 13 points 1y ago
For real! We've been good on cold cups, but my store has been out of tall hot cups and dangerously low on grande hot cups for like 4-5 days now
Radiant-Contact1706 65 points 1y ago
at this point i would like to think we would close 😭
tras529 [OP] 82 points 1y ago
Ugh not to mention we were out of strawberry açaí, cold brew and mocha as well I don’t know how or why we stayed open
Aliciarox11189 16 points 1y ago
We ran out of all refresher, cold brew, lemonade plus strawberry puree and still stayed open with mobiles on
iiiimagery 4 points 1y ago
We kept mobiles on without venti cups
buzzy9000 11 points 1y ago
We've stayed open with 1 1/2 working coffee machines 🙄
pinkraisin 61 points 1y ago
The question is, how did you even lid this one? 😂
tras529 [OP] 87 points 1y ago
The health inspector would not be happy with my answer 😬
CheyenneJudith 19 points 1y ago
👁👁
sapphic-slut 6 points 1y ago
Wait now I really need to know!!!
tras529 [OP] 12 points 1y ago
Lolol I just didn’t put a lid on it
MonstrousGiggling 54 points 1y ago
Multibillion dollar company cant supply their workers with the most basic item for drinks. Pathetic.
Rainbowcorgi2244 23 points 1y ago
At my store we ran out of grande/venti ice lids along with peach and lemonade
Torirock10 17 points 1y ago
i got some sweet cream in a hot cup to take home the other day and the cup got so soggy and gross 😭 it started absorbing the cream
ThankfulWonderful 37 points 1y ago
Yes/ there’s a thin plastic liner on the inside of the hot cups that is reactive to temperature. With hot liquids - it hardens over time. Which makes sense because sturdy container for piping hot beverage makes sense. With being exposed to cold liquids [without first being exposed to hot liquids though]- which is not the intended use of the cup- the liner doesn’t activate and the cup softens and gets really papery. Fun fact !
Torirock10 14 points 1y ago
ngl our hot cups suck though :/ they r awful at retaining temperature and even with a sleeve they’re still hot asf
uncomfortableaf008 7 points 1y ago
that’s prob on purpose so more people will buy the reusable ones :| gotta love capitalism
Torirock10 4 points 1y ago
gas stations have better cups than us :P they don’t even need a sleeve
Torirock10 3 points 1y ago
yeah it was hell. i just put it in there vs a plastic cup so they wouldn’t judge how much cream i put.
krym32zamoon 15 points 1y ago
But you can't? Because of health and safety rules saying you need to lid drinks before handing them off? Oh how we've fallen
tras529 [OP] 23 points 1y ago
It was an absolute free for all at this point. I started making grande drinks in vente cups for the extra room after this.
Detantevandaisy 3 points 1y ago
You do whipped cream and all in the cup. They have been doing this in France for over a year. Complete scam but no more plastic
drinkliquidclocks 13 points 1y ago
What? Lmao have you never had a drink from a mug or regular cup in a restaurant? This comment is crazy
canidieyet_ 6 points 1y ago
not to mention some stores banned lids…you have to ask for one when you order lol
krym32zamoon -7 points 1y ago
Have you never worked in many coffee places before? Me and multiple partners have an they've always told us to make sure we lid drinks before handing them off. It's a different expectation to do to go drinks rather than a sit down at a restaurant and have a drink. I'm not crazy you're just too stupid to realize common sense. You think companies want to risk law suits of us handing off extra hot drinks uncapped so the customer can run off and burn themselves with it and spill it all over their car and come back and complain to us on how it's all our fault? They already try and do that but as long as we cover our bases and do all we can do that's it and not asking for trouble. Same with the iced drinks. People spill drinks with caps on and I'd love to limit that for us and for them. If they spill then product is wasted and we need to spend time and a person to clean it up ans then remake and also probably provide a recovery card. All that when maybe we could have tried our best to avoid it with a lid.
drinkliquidclocks 6 points 1y ago
Bro it is a cold drink
spoopy_ruby 10 points 1y ago
To be fair, in Canada we didn’t lid cafe drinks at all until COVID, I’m sad now cause no one gets to see my pretty drinks 😔😓 but also if I’m really proud of it I’ll deadass call the customer over to look at my amazing work before putting the lid on 😏
Beautiful-Director 7 points 1y ago
Where are those rules stated? We have people who request no lids frequently
ryguy69666 -3 points 1y ago
You’re supposed to tell the customer that due to health and safety regulations you have to lid all hot beverages.
Beautiful-Director 10 points 1y ago
Thats not a hot beverage though?
0x52and1x52 2 points 1y ago
There are definitely no health and safety rules saying you can’t.
Detantevandaisy 2 points 1y ago
They are there. I have read the manual about 3 weeks ago because I became a trainer and it says that you MUST always put a lid on a drink (unless they specifically ask because ‘always say yes’ and if they burn themselves that is still our fault!🥰), and also that you cannot hand a drink to a customer. You have to put it down on the counter and then give it to them, not mid air. 🥲
creepilincolnbot 8 points 1y ago
War going on, covid, energy crisis, food shortages, inflation - and people worried about their ice coffee
Zestyclose-Earth-675 4 points 1y ago
my store was out of mocha, white mocha, strawberry acai, dragonfruit inlucsions, lemonade, cold brew, vanilla and sugar free vanilla syrup, and venti iced cups😭
[deleted] 2 points 1y ago
out of both vanilla AND SFV? i’m so sorry…. omg, no sweet cream, no whip, no vanilla in caramel macchiatos… i can hear the karen bitch fits from here 💀💀
molwalk 3 points 1y ago
Been there. My store could run out of coffee and milk and still stay open istg
FitnessBinge 3 points 1y ago
I’m working in France and there is no plastic cups (to save the planet) every drinks are made in « hot cups »
tras529 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Wow I didn’t know that I love that!
Detantevandaisy 2 points 1y ago
I was just gonna say! In France the cup and the lid are made of the same material! No more plastic, besides that layer on the inside!
TheGoldBlaster6nine 2 points 1y ago
Haven’t done that yet, (thankfully) but I can only Imagine what would happen if a surprise inspector would have came by 🙃
Packitphagget7863 2 points 1y ago
no but this is a look…
thatswackrhi 2 points 1y ago
cursed image
Pyrexiana 2 points 1y ago
Oh my god you didn’t close when you ran out of cold cups??? How????
Lord-Rico515 2 points 1y ago
This is a ughhh OSHA Violation 😂🤣
MountainGoat999 2 points 1y ago
We have extra iced cups pls take them
zjb26 2 points 1y ago
Ok, but why does it look better 😂
Victoriamarie03 2 points 1y ago
We ran out of ventigrande cold lids and venti Trena cold cups… so lmao small cups for everyone
iiiimagery 1 points 1y ago
The amount of trenta cups we've gone through
makmelaf17 1 points 1y ago
Awww
amassofworms 1 points 1y ago
Oh man that makes me cringe
Playful_Sector 1 points 1y ago
F
g_pvp_3 1 points 1y ago
absolutely insane
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