I love making frappes (not during rush ofc) but hate lidding them. I overfilled a CRCF today and couldn’t get the lid on for the life of me. It took me like three whole minutes, an extra cup to support the overflowing drink, three tall lids, and I think I scraped off the whip/driz/crunch two or three times to try again.

I didn’t even get it in the end. I had to ask my new coworker for help 💀 It was a humbling experience

i LOVED making shaken espressos. the shake was fun and it was sooooo satisfying when you got that good foam

Idk if it’s still this way, but add-ons and “extra steps” like “blended” or even certain pastry items being warmed up actually add into a data pool that helps determine how many labor hours should be delegated.
So a store that sells more frappuccinos or warmed food etc. will have more hours to give its employees. Which is why we would run with like 7 or 8 people on the floor but slower stores would run with only 4 or 5.
I would know of stores that would mark pastries to be warmed but then use an ‘ask me’ to designate it not to be warmed just so they would build up their labor hours so they could have more people on the floor at that given time of day to make things easier on them.

Has nothing to do with being on bar but the job is actually really enjoyable rn. I totally get where most people come from but I love working at Starbucks.

1: every single refresher we sell right now is literally PUTRID.
2: frappucinos are indeed fun when it’s not busy, but during peak and you order a frappucino i want to die.
3: why does frap roast smell like rotting soy sauce??
4: starbucks be up charging blending drinks and other stuff now but we ain’t getting raises so ???
5: the cookie dough cake pop was elite and needs to come back.
6: the morning buns???? FIRE i miss them!!
7: anyone remember the cold brew whipped cream? it was so yummy i don’t understand why it was sent away :(
8: the entire holiday season food and drink selections are absolutely the bomb.com, especially the toasted white chocolate mocha and the cranberry bliss bars!!!
9: i miss when we used oatly oatmilk. now we use some weird off brand oatmilk that leaves a weird taste and texture in your mouth and i hate it i don’t even order coffees anymore because of it!
10: for such an inclusive company, we should really have more vegan options. not vegan myself but have lots of vegan friends and they’re very sad at their choices.

Nothing we sell is worth buying

Pumpkin spice should be a year round thing.
If you order anything matcha I gag a little
Oat milk is ass
Frapps are fun
Cranberry bliss bars are the best and should be year round

We should sell actual unsweetened matcha/chai. The stuff we sell isn’t even actual sweetened matcha/chai. I don’t know what that crap is. It should be higher quality and the sweetener should be separate.

The iced white mocha! That’s my go to way to make it but w blonde ristretto shots

I don’t think Starbucks should allow partners to use the disposable cups for partner beverages. Instead, I’d like them to give Partners a credit for one reusable cup every 6 months. Seeing my coworkers use 6 cups in a single shift is soooo frustrating 🙃

I, too, hate all the additional charges. I see so many posts whenever corporate adds a new charge (like the extra 50¢ for blending), and baristas are like “yes!! Finally!!” But I don’t get it. We don’t see any of the money, and we’d have to do the extra work either way. All it’s doing is putting more money in the pockets of the higher ups. Plus, even though we get discounts, we are still paying for all the extras when we’re off the clock.

A lot of people keep putting extra caramel drizzle and vanilla sweet cream cold foam in their iced white mochas and matcha green teas and they need to stay FAR FAR away from me

I didn’t know the cookies and cream was controversial lol. I think that one is hella good

I actually feel incredibly lucky to work here. Amazing benefits, free drinks/food, and it lets me feel creative in my own way. It’s the only job I’ve ever had that truly makes me feel proud of myself about how hard I work and how much I’ve learned. I also struggle with depression and going to work really helps me get out of my head and interact with others.

It’s not perfect, no job is, but this job really has helped me in so many ways and I’m very thankful for that ✨

if i can’t ring it up on the POS then i shouldn’t have to do it (customization wise)

i still don’t get why they aren’t charging extra for light ice or no ice. like that’s costing a good amount of money in product as opposed to a blending charge.

If I’m not on bar and we’re not too busy, pour-overs are fun

I rather make fraps than any shaken drinks

I dont think its an unpopular opinion but frap roast is gross and I hate making it 💀 I dont think drinks that are already blended get charged the ¢50 to have it double blended but I could be wrong. On August 1st all of our raises go into effect so technically we will see it soon. Might be overrated but my fav drink is the strawberry acai w/ lemonade

I don't like coffee bc it doesn't do anything for me. I drink water all day 😬

I appreciate “regular” cold foam being removed from the register. Literally no one wants nonfat cold foam. I used to put vanilla in it before VSCCF was a thing.

I like my job

I dont think customers should be charged for "light ice" at all we definitely rip ppl off with our ice.
But we should charge for "no ice."

The strawberry cake pop with the all time best cake pop

The the chicken sausage bacon biscuit was the best sandwich ever

Espresso Lemonades fucking rock

Starbucks was my all time favorite job and I was treated really well there

Tell me why that blended thing just smacked me so hard, u right about the pay

My unpopular opinion: I'm grateful to be working at Starbucks

I'm a single mom (he just turned 1) and I'm apart of the Starbucks College Achievement Plan. They've given me hope for my future and the ability to work, go to school, be a mom, and not worry about crippling debt in the future. There was a point where I didn't think that would ever be attainable. Even though I'm at a store that does $100,000+ sales and it gets crazy sometimes, I could never hate the job because I know I have a future thanks to them.

maybe not barista specific but. my god why do we have to treat customers like they're toddlers?

if I'm busy doing something or even just in a bad mood or smth the last thing I want to be doing is chatting with a customer, so why do my shifts insist that I have to? because they'll get bored at the drive thru???? dude they're usually adults or theyre with other people they don't need me to ask "how's your day going? doing anything interesting today?" every minute I'm on the window. they came to starbucks to get coffee, not to be entertained.

I don't understand why I have to hold their hand through the waiting process because miss karen might get impatient.

don't get me wrong sometimes I DO have the free time and I AM in the mood and in that case I enjoy chatting up some of our customers. I have favorite regulars same as everyone else that im more than happy to talk to, but i also know if theres something better i could be doing and i also really dont feel like talking to them for whatever reason then my conversation is just gonna be awkward at best.

matcha is disgusting. why would i wanna drink grass flavored milk? 🤢

i moved from a hell store to a lovely neighborhood store and it’s gets so slow sometimes. i love making super complicated drinks when it’s slow, especially if it’s a cafe order so i can talk to the customer. it makes me sad the company is becoming fast food because the cafe environment is really nice but i guess i’ll go to a little indie coffee shop instead

Every drink sucks ass expect the Mango Dr

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cold bar is the best bar

I hate making anything with cold foam like why are people so obsessed with it?? especially on refreshers!?!?

I only like matcha latte cut with hot water like a chai. No one says anything negative but they almost all hate the matcha anyway.

I liked the golden ginger drink too.

Honey citrus mint is disgusting because steamed lemonade reminds me of the consistency of mucous.

Pikes Place is not good coffee