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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 06 - 15 - ID#vcyw20
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Anyone else have their card readers down rn? (i.redd.it)
submitted by yeahikimstupid
Boring_Peace_675 108 points 1y ago
This is like the third or fourth time in the last 2 weeks. Ugh.
ObjectiveLogical9413 70 points 1y ago
Yup. We’ve been giving out so many free orders
ladysingtheblues 60 points 1y ago
Lol we never put up a sign so I just have to tell everyone when they get in drive thru, only our speaker system is also being a little wonky and so they're having trouble hearing me and I was doing this my entire shift while super sleep deprived and honestly I just wanna die now
yeahikimstupid [OP] 13 points 1y ago
that sounds awful im so sorry :(
SnooShortcuts8570 4 points 1y ago
we have to do both because half the customers pull to the window without reading and “i only have my card though!”
LitbykristenPhoto 2 points 1y ago
Thats horrible! No one deserves all you were dealing with! I cant imagine. Im so sorry 😢
whereamiohno 14 points 1y ago
is it the east coast only? trying to get my coworkers in the know since it’s happening in New Jersey as well
notwoke 12 points 1y ago
Don’t think so. I’m from California and this was happening at my store too.
Exotic-Item-7303 3 points 1y ago
Im in Iowa and it’s the same
DoctorJust 1 points 1y ago
I’m in Iowa!
whereamiohno 3 points 1y ago
Alrighty! will update them accordingly, thanks :)
littleorphananney 1 points 1y ago
Nah I’m in Illinois and it was happening here too.
SurfPopcorn 1 points 1y ago
Texas roo
-screwthisusername- 1 points 1y ago
This is happening in Los Angeles too.
dirtystreetlevelshit 12 points 1y ago
Highest interest hike in 30 years today. Maybe that's got some payment processing companies shook?
Js_On_My_Yeet 9 points 1y ago
Nationwide outage apparently
Responsible_Snow7109 9 points 1y ago
Yea im in PA. Same thing here 😬
beanslinger9715 7 points 1y ago
mmm i love company wide card reader outages!! almost as much as i love getting cussed out by 7 different ✨lovely✨ customers in less than an hour bc of it because i “should’ve told [them] the card reader was down before [they] waited to get to the speaker” 🥲 what a day to have half my store sick, i love it
yeahikimstupid [OP] 6 points 1y ago
i was trying to find a way to put the sign up in a spot where people would see it before getting trapped in the dt. but people just dont stop until they get to the box :/
beanslinger9715 2 points 1y ago
we’ll put something out where they can see if we can and they just,, don’t read the sign 🥲 or read it and “well i thought apple pay would work so i waited”
gogirlanime 1 points 1y ago
I felt that way too hard.
impasse602 7 points 1y ago
A lot of sustems have been going down recently. Twice it was the mop and then a couple days ago it was our card readers
yeahikimstupid [OP] 6 points 1y ago
Yeah!! that morning working with no mobiles was so chill
trentablondelatte 4 points 1y ago
COMPANY WIDE BABY
strangeyeena 4 points 1y ago
Happened right during peak. 😭
Coffeelover713 2 points 1y ago
Omg yess always the most inconvenient time!! We had the card reader down as well as one of our ovens 😭 we were dealing with two malfunction at once during peak!!
BeardiesRule112 4 points 1y ago
Yup
caspi3 3 points 1y ago
So many people trying to pay with hundreds🥲
Levinem717 3 points 1y ago
:c
Asunaturtle 2 points 1y ago
No but my drive through POS kept crashimg
foxfenelle 2 points 1y ago
OH IT WASN'T JUST OUR MACHINES... that's...good I think
Frequent_Flamingo_42 2 points 1y ago
Our sm said it's national 🙃 you'd think sbux would get it together, especially after that "we're going to be faster on getting things fixed! Sorry we took so long in the past" paper they sent out
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BAliciaB 2 points 1y ago
Yes, we couldn’t scan the app either!
yeahikimstupid [OP] 3 points 1y ago
really!!! that’s crazy, our scanner worked it was just our card readers. no scanners sounds like hell
BAliciaB 1 points 1y ago
It was the absolute worst 🙃
alyssughjo 1 points 1y ago
I was scanning the app and gift cards this morning with no issues 😰😰😰
sobegaycola 2 points 1y ago
our card readers go out every other day
andersonm499 2 points 1y ago
Ours went down three times today while I was at work for a 6 hr shift
Starbs_904 2 points 1y ago
YESSSS
Jaded_Fun_7133 2 points 1y ago
Yeah that was insane I was working when it first started
tittywhipp 1 points 1y ago
Lol 🤣 and we didn't get our food order. So no paninis or sandwiches
molwalk 1 points 1y ago
Mine go down pretty often. But tbf it's an old card reader and no one will replace it because Starbucks will do literally anything except spend money on usable equipment
heyoliviasmith 1 points 1y ago
This was so fucking annoying today.
Alternative-Rent5653 1 points 1y ago
it’s been like this for my store all week :(
Ok-Championship-8082 1 points 1y ago
Yup
Tallgothwife 1 points 1y ago
It was greeaaaat. Loved getting yelled at by every customer for an hr or so that it lasted
tantelope 1 points 1y ago
Our card reader was down too.

However. Someone dropped our scanner in water last night. so we were cash only??????? it was such a hectic stressful day and there were only three of us for most of it.
Pretty-Corgi-3080 1 points 1y ago
I ALMOST HAD A PANIC ATTACK because i thought people would yell at me for it taking too long
ProgrammerGeneral149 1 points 1y ago
Yes got called a “moron” after a lady parked literally PARKED in the drive within the last 30 min of peak and after I had to give her her darn near $20 order for free 😀
blante1023 1 points 1y ago
Apparently they are updating
littlekatie3 1 points 1y ago
YES
ConsistentBluebird98 1 points 1y ago
yessssss and people were not happy about jt
Naptime23702 1 points 1y ago
Yeah we only accepted cash today
Severe_Morning_8982 1 points 1y ago
This happened to us on Saturday :(
sh3nan1gans_ 1 points 1y ago
Yes I’m TN
Floweringjung 1 points 1y ago
Yea Wayne Ave store in Chambersburg PA has been down for the entire afternoon :/
andyboy232 1 points 1y ago
It's a nationwide issue unfortunately
tinydesthique 1 points 1y ago
damn so i guess this was a nationwide thing huh?
Due-Anybody-1978 1 points 1y ago
Yea In Streetsboro Ohio, it’s nationwide
chrichri33333 1 points 1y ago
Ahh, so it wasn't just us
jamesbeast215 1 points 1y ago
Yep, they're out here in central Maryland
galaxydisco17 1 points 1y ago
Wer were having the same problem at our kiosk with credit cards and the app, but we could do cash and mobile orders.
Kmsss 1 points 1y ago
The company put out a memo earlier today.
geek9789 1 points 1y ago
Yup our went down right before I got off
PlasticTouch5126 1 points 1y ago
ours recently started working again. but it was down all morning, we’re in NJ.
GrayCera12 1 points 1y ago
It was for us but now it’s back up again.
crzyshiba 1 points 1y ago
That was us today the credit card machines kept going down
Starbs_904 1 points 1y ago
YESSSS
LordMiscreant 1 points 1y ago
Houston, I have free drinks all morning.....I know they hate me..
Sad_Artist8253 0 points 1y ago
Our was down last week just got fixed on Monday
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