You may have come at a quiet time and someone found a chance to write them :)

I normally try and write cute notes when I have a minute even If it's just "enjoy" or "have a great day!"

Sometimes I'll write "have an eggcellent day!" on the egg bites or ill handwrite the name on mobile orders even if there's a sticker already.

Mostly it's just when we're not super busy. Depends on the person. I like writing notes. A couple of my coworkers doodle. Others don't really do either.

I have a partner who does this when she has time, especially with regulars or people she sees needs a smile.

Someone wrote Happy Birthday in cute bubble letters when I got the bday drink! So cute!

please tell me what you got for your matcha drink… it looks so smooth and perfect!!

also, i wish i had the time to write these cute little notes on cups but our customers are just so rude and we never have time 🥹 you must be sooo lovely and those baristas must have an awesome store environment

i love the 2nd pic lmfao

You must be hot.

one of my coworkers does this all the time she loves doing little drawings and leaving nice notes 😊 I wouldn't think too much of it so long as it makes u smile!

I know people don't often feel comfortable getting messages so I only do it for my regulars but I know that they love it because they let me know it. I'm friends with a bunch of them, personally and on social media and they will either send me texts and/or post about how I made their mornings.

I love being able to make their day a little brighter, if I can. I work very busy peaks but I try really hard to sneak these in when I can. For those I don't know well, the fact that I work in a cafe, does allow me to at least smile at them and wish them a happy day as they run in for their mobiles and leave.

I often write on regulars cups. A lot of them know my handwriting now 😅

My store did this before, just to cheer you up, don’t take it as something else until you’re proven otherwise.

My boss requires us to write things. It's a marketing thing.

I like your Frs/86/Brz I recognize that interior anywhere, it matches mine

I work at a DT/Cafe store right off an interstate exit. I’ve been told explicitly we are not to write on the cups.

Some sweet girls at our local Starbucks write some nice personal stuff on my cup usually 👍

yesss! before i started working for starbucks... i would frequent this one starbucks so much so that they started writing cute messages on it. then i started working for starbucks and when i'd be on front/warming, in my down time, i'd write positive messages or jokes (just depending on what i feel like) on the paper bags that would last a few days. so it could be targeted or it could be general.

if i were you, i'd pay attention to who writes it. like if it's everyone, don't think too much about it... but if it's one single particular barista every time and they're not doing that with everyone... maybe they want to be friends with you.

i also know tho like if i have a really nice customer, i will write positive messages on their cups for them (singling them out) but would i want to get to know them more than a customer level? no.

i would just monitor the situation for a while to see what's up.

😍😍😍😍😍

nooo pal somebody liiiiikkess youuuu

When I had time I used to write the Wayne Gretzky/Michael Scott quote. 🤣

A regular at my store is a nurse at an urgent care section of a hospital and she flirts with me a lot so I’ll write messages on her cup to make her day. I’ll also do it to anyone if I have a moment to do it. And it’s usually puns

We do this at my store when certain supervisors and a couple baristas get free time and energy to expend

yeah we used to do this at my store! we'd write nice little messages like "you look great today!". Just a small way of adding a little bit of positivity to a customer's day! I always liked doodling paw prints onto pup cups haha

edit: it makes me happy that customers appreciate our notes and doodles :)

At my store, before peak we write on stickers and put them on cups when we have a second to. It makes our customers smile and us too! We love connecting, especially during the busiest time of the day!!

I would say yes. only when we have time to chill and do stuff like this.

I did this whenever I was bored

We do this at my store a lot.

If I have time, I’ll write nice notes on peoples cups if they’re nice ☺️

Are you a regular at that Starbucks? Feeling like they singled you out for that message imo. I only write on people's cups if I personally know them as regulars I already have a connect with.

Usually when it's less busy, I try to write little messages like this. Especially with the blank food bags we have now.

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I like leaving cute messages for our kind regulars. My sbux is on a commuter heavy street so we see quite a few regulars. I just started working at mine about a week ago and already this sweet old lady has already learned my name so I make sure she gets a joke (usually from a laffy taffy) on her doppio macchiato

My stores will occasionally write on cups but it’s usually just “thank you”s

When i worked for the siren i would write their names on the cups even if there was sticker, and i would try to write notes on all of them when it was slower days. It really increased customer satisfaction and brought more regulars because they were so pleased and happy someone took the time out of their day to recognize their existence. Even for karen, i would wrote a pleasantry on her Venti Mocha no mocha no mik, and it made her day when it was made how she wanted it along with a little note “have a blessed day Karen.” Kindness and positivies really do go long way.

Heck no. U got a stalker 👀

Edit: from nyc so I don’t see this often. I see this done in japan only.