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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

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Full History - 2022 - 05 - 25 - ID#uxbo2h

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Got fired today for telling a Karen at the handoff station, "Hey lady, I don't come down to where you work and slap the dick out of your mouth." (self.starbucksbaristas)

submitted by wannabekruff

Totes worth it. I'm starting a better job in less than two weeks.

wannabekruff [OP] 162 points 1y ago

Btw, I support sex workers 100%, but I could tell this lady would be appalled by the suggestion that she is a prostitute, and she was. I'm assuming that's why I'm being downvoted. No biggie. I understand. But I could almost see her soul temporarily leave her body like I had just Dr. Strange-punched her chest.

bringitonlife 35 points 1y ago

Yo you have some serious balls, congrats on the departure from starhell. Could you tell us in detail what her reaction was? I’m dying to know lolol.

PuesTaCabron 96 points 1y ago

Nice. I would like to know the context if possible.

wannabekruff [OP] 244 points 1y ago

I had made two drinks of her four drink order. We alternate between drive thru and cafe orders after each drink and she was mad that I wasn't making all four of hers at once apparently. In the middle of her third drink she said, "Do you even know what you're doing?" I was already in a mood due to one of my best friends dying last week. I had cried twice by that time today already. Fuck her. She could have waited three more minutes for her overpriced energy bean mud and kept her sewer hole shut. My SM was sympathetic to me. She knows what I've been goin through. But obviously, as she said, corporate was not going to see it that way.

roovols 58 points 1y ago

You’re a legend for this.

ecstatic-hatter 45 points 1y ago

Totally worth it bro. You don't get paid to be mouthed off like that by those pisshole entitled fuckers. Customer service only goes a long way. If you're a decent human being you would know better than to insult the person making your order, no matter how long it takes or how many remakes occured. As a customer you can always leave a bad yelp review or call corporate but the moment you publicly call out someone you've never met for something so temporary and worth less than 7 bucks, you obviously need to check yourself and see how thick of an entitled bubble you live in.

Honestly, screw those Tesla-driving upper-middle class cunts. I signed up to be a barista, not a verbal punching bag.

aerkyanite 15 points 1y ago

I'm sorry you lost a friend, recently. I know that kind of loss too. *big hugs*

Do you think they would have enjoyed you taking this Karen to Task?

KenansCloud 11 points 1y ago

Im shocked they didn’t have you on bereavement!

defendpoppunk77 21 points 1y ago

My SM has said that bereavement is only for “immediate family” and has denied it for partners before 🙃

KenansCloud 18 points 1y ago

Id sooner take bereavement for my best friend than my father.

sero5074 11 points 1y ago

That’s not really a shocker

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Broad-Flounder-4971 84 points 1y ago

I support pretty much any time a min wage worker snaps back at a rude customer. Good for you and I’m sorry for your loss and the shitty environment of food service that breeds entitlement in customers.

MLGTheForkOnTheLeft 57 points 1y ago

Its nuts that you can get fired for defending yourself against a customer no matter the circumstances, but they wont fire problem employees that treat other partners horribly..

Puzzy_Hound12345666 32 points 1y ago

Yup. There’s a girl that has been reported by AT LEAST 3 other baristas for sexual harassment to the point of them calling in or switching their shifts to avoid her bc they’re so uncomfortable and she hasn’t even been written up. And I’m not talking bout them just reporting her once or one incident, nope it is continuous. But god forbid you show a little frustration when an idiot customer is belittling you because they think cappuccino’s have no foam, or want you to charge them for a tall but give them a venti.

smaidit 19 points 1y ago

I reported this barista for sexually assaulting me and partner resources said that since it was outside of the store (at the entrance) they would not take action. I quit 3 months later and he still works for starbucks lol. Their priorities are fucked and they don’t care about us only about money

lilkiosk 12 points 1y ago

I’m so proud of you! Thank you for being bold enough to snap. Sorry for your loss though. You’re doing great!!! And congrats on your promotion to customer. I recently was promoted myself ;)

create_consciousness 11 points 1y ago

That’s amazing! Now she’ll think twice before being impatient and speaking rudely to a worker.

YslMarco 8 points 1y ago

Legend

mrcupcake18 6 points 1y ago

YO I have mad respect for you! You have waaaaay more courage than I do because I could never say anything even remotely rude to a customer. Hope your new job is better!
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Levinem717 3 points 1y ago

Legend

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