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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 08 - 13 - ID#wnf30r
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submitted by LimpSpread9688
trahannn 130 points 11m ago
Our work around for iced coffee is to put iced coffee with milk. Lattes work for us so we just put “Add Ice” and Ask Me. Tall cappuccino worked fine but the others don’t so we just put “In A **** Cup”. Mochawork, but
Keyndoriel 28 points 11m ago
Decaf ice coffee also works and has helped my baristas from accidently making milk ice coffee
depressedbarista420 3 points 11m ago
in a fuck cup? shit cup? lol
edreesmiraki 3 points 11m ago
mine was that or just pressing decaf for a black iced coffee
[deleted] 124 points 11m ago
Dude this glitch sucks but that sign is very well written. Like the handwriting looks so clean.
iSpeakMeme 11 points 11m ago
Especially from a barista! We all have horrible handwriting.
edreesmiraki 4 points 11m ago
as someone who has almost failed english class every single year of school... i can confirm
Luna_Raccoona 2 points 11m ago
As someone who majored in English in college…I can confirm. Also still don’t know the alphabet off my head well enough to not sing it under my breath while trying to frantically sort the names on the drinks at the mobile order handoff station lol
LimpSpread9688 [OP] 7 points 11m ago
I’m a lefty too so this is a great compliment 😂
smc642 2 points 11m ago
Hello fellow lefty. Magnificent job! You’ve done us all proud.
opalautumn 66 points 11m ago
My store would never 😭😭😭 we keep explaining to customers and our DT is so high
Mexican_Pete 33 points 11m ago
My SM is always talking abt drive thru times but is giving a detailed explanation abt what’s going on to each customer like they care
iqueefkief 5 points 11m ago
love it
ZealousidealHouse725 5 points 11m ago
Same
Arielheart91 55 points 11m ago
We've been using steamed milk with add shots for lattes, it's been a mess of a morning
LimpSpread9688 [OP] 35 points 11m ago
Yes, we’re aware of the ways around ringing in these items but for some reason writing it all out was *cathartic*
nicoolspams 19 points 11m ago
I go into work at 2:45 i really hope they fix this asap 😭😭😭
CitrusFriend399 14 points 11m ago
I go in about 15 minutes and my anxiety is at an all time high 😥😥 I'm glad I checked here before going in tho, gives me a second to mentally prepare
nicoolspams 14 points 11m ago
Good luck 💜💜💜 we are all in this together. Just remember it won’t matter once your shift ends and you can delete it from ur brain
CitrusFriend399 3 points 11m ago
<3 thanks!! I hope the best for you too!
Keyndoriel 8 points 11m ago
No matter the day, your shift has an end point. Regardless of stress it'll be over at clockout. That mindset is the only thing keeping me sane
kataraprincess96xx 5 points 11m ago
Same I’m about to go in as a shift… pray for us
Amberjune2 3 points 11m ago
I honestly like it better, no drive thru and no register
acnh1222 2 points 11m ago
I’m leaving my house for my shift now, it’s my first shift in 2 weeks because I’ve been out with covid too 😭
Jainz 17 points 11m ago
We just did a quick update of the pos system and it fixed everything.

|to update, have a shift/manager log into a pos, go to functions, system tools and support, then database update|
bigheftyhooker 12 points 11m ago
On all POS -

Functions > Store functions > database update

Worked for us!
agentsmith99302 8 points 11m ago
I know I fucked up more than half of the “workarounds” when I was on register. Whatever. I don’t care because corporate doesn’t care.
trentablondelatte 8 points 11m ago
we’re just ringing this up as an custom tea latte right now bur not charging for syrups if it’s a mocha or white mocha
escapeorion 7 points 11m ago
If I wanted to get coffee, would the mobile system have the same issue, or are mobile orders working fine? Want my fix but also don’t wanna fuck y’all’s day up more.
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ThrowawayTheOmlet 6 points 11m ago
We just did the closest equivalent and used ask me for everything else. Communication was really important but we made it through ok. Thank god I got to leave at noon lmao
Rhuhnz 6 points 11m ago
The whole system has been so stanky today and I hate having to explain to everyone why their order is rung up differently and confirm its still the same thing 😭😭😭
R22M16 6 points 11m ago
Bruh just improvise, adapted, overcome.
shesallglowedup 5 points 11m ago
We just had everyone mobile order 🥲
Amberjune2 5 points 11m ago
Did someone hack starbucks
trentablondelatte 5 points 11m ago
and if an iced coffee is ordered we ring it up as a cold brew
Young-Jeezy 3 points 11m ago
This caused so much stress to my baristas today 😤 Starbucks do better for your employees sake…… asshole corporate still wants to make their coin
canadiadryy 3 points 11m ago
Between this system malfunctioning today, payroll being late, the union busting going on in my district, and not getting tips this week (for some reason our store didn’t get them done), I’m ready to walk away.
turpentinetears 3 points 11m ago
Today was legit the worst shift I’ve ever had
Edit: not only this bs but also 30 minutes behind on drinks ALL DAY
Amberjune2 3 points 11m ago
We can't even use our computers at all, no peppermint, hazelnut or vanilla for you!!
rterrebo 3 points 11m ago
These days were always a headache for me. And my crazy ass wants to return part-time. 😂😂😂
kaefeen 2 points 11m ago
we used the mocha button for wm, cinnamon dolce for caramel macchs, iced coffeewmilk for iced coffees, and latte for chai’s. we would use the ask me A LOT 😅
linseeded 2 points 11m ago
We just been doing ask me
The_Septic_Shock 2 points 11m ago
Too bad it didn't take out Frappuccinos
brookecarrillo 1 points 11m ago
Lmfao right!! Out of all drinks why couldn’t frapps not work.
JazzyWaffles 2 points 11m ago
I just wanna say I like this handwriting. Almost looks like a font I’d want to use.
ayyy_youuu 2 points 11m ago
Oh man, I am not looking forward to my 6 hour shift tonight 🥲
Luna_Raccoona 1 points 11m ago
We still did all the drinks even tho we had the same problem. We wrote in the customer name spot what the drink was, and anything else in the ask me. The actual price was obviously different but we still made the drinks. Yaaayy *said unenthusiastically*
Intelligent-Ad1273 1 points 11m ago
Y’all just said you couldn’t make them 😩 we had to do ask me for everything
LimpSpread9688 [OP] 1 points 11m ago
No we found ways to ring them in or just asked everyone to do a mobile! We have a cafe only store so it wasn’t bad!
ThisGuyTokes420 1 points 11m ago
We just put steamed milk double for lattes, cinn dolce ask me CM for caramel macchiato, and my personal fav from today, cup of water extra hot quad
omogal123 1 points 11m ago
Just say WE ONLY SELL MATCHA AND HOT TEAS 😂😂😂
vg_1495 1 points 11m ago
Yeah the system being down today was a pain in especially with the fact that my store was also completely out of blonde espresso 😭
Delicious-Image-9882 1 points 11m ago
an iced chai worked as long at it was venti sized
kaefeen 1 points 11m ago
bc why is this such a cute font
nateilebode 1 points 11m ago
So why didn’t y’all close down…
dayahorne 1 points 11m ago
The fact that we have to specify "yes that also means iced" is fucking mind blowing
harurride 1 points 11m ago
luckily i opened and worked only 4 hours today during this mess. what we did to work around this was punching in drinks that were the same price (i.e mocha for caramel macchiato, americano misto for latte, and matcha latte for chai latte) and wrote it in ask me. however, when syrups couldn’t be clicked and ask me was already utilized, we just constantly had to communicate and/or write on cups :/
Inevitable_Emu_221 1 points 11m ago
Was this written with a milk marker?? Pretty handwriting
trousersquid 1 points 11m ago
I've never been so glad to be on medical leave 😝 perfect timing
darkwolf523 1 points 11m ago
Our is slowly getting back to normal
Bluebilledduck 1 points 11m ago
Still cant believe they havent fixed this yet... Weve been ringing caramel macchiatos in a lattes with an ask me... It takes forever.
interyx 1 points 11m ago
It's fixed. Have your shift do a database update.

We got a call around 2PM informing us that we could do this and it worked.
thedevvylee 1 points 11m ago
Bro meanwhile we were writing on cups 😭 this was the worst thing
Ianshurbet 1 points 11m ago
Do a database update if you guys haven’t already, worked for us
alpacance 1 points 11m ago
I love the handwriting though, it’s pretty
SchemeParticular368 1 points 11m ago
Yup had to do it old school. 💯
BorderFast1063 1 points 11m ago
Y’all we fixed it at my store, there’s an update you gotta do on the computers!! Go to functions, more system tools, support, and then database update! It has to be done to each register.
Necessary_Low939 1 points 11m ago
Nice handwriting. Do u do the boards 👀
TheYesExpress 1 points 11m ago
Hey guys. The fix was actually rather easy. On the POS under ‘Functions’ and the ‘Systems and Tools’ tab click DATABASE UPDATE. And the system is fixed in literal seconds.
TheYesExpress 1 points 11m ago
Hey guys. The fix was actually rather easy. On the POS under ‘Functions’ and the ‘Systems and Tools’ tab click DATABASE UPDATE. And the system is fixed in literal seconds.

Figured this out the last hour of my shift.
Nova0905 1 points 11m ago
We rang a ice macchiato as a latte add ice upside down, sub vanilla and caramel drizzle, worked perfectly.
Mhill0823 2 points 11m ago
RIP us, we were actually out of caramel drizzle today.
Nova0905 2 points 11m ago
Oh, well we had our own little problems today too🥰!
nonogender 1 points 11m ago
grande mocha works but iced doesnt and neither does venti mocha. none of it makes any sense lmaoo
edit: grande hot latte works for us too, but other sizes dont
maddieisnotokay 1 points 11m ago
worst shift of my life
xXSailorJupiterXx 1 points 11m ago
Missouri here. We are having the exact same problem here as well.
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