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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 08 - 25 - ID#wxjbli
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I still hear the beeping 😩 (self.starbucksbaristas)
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Does anyone else continue to hear the ovens beeping ; even after you get home? Or the coffee timers 😩
skrilllexi 126 points 10m ago
I fall asleep at night making drinks. White mochas, specifically...
k_nucks 50 points 10m ago
I have this constantly. probably because as a closer I have very little time between getting off work and falling asleep. and then I just end up half asleep at night feeling like im still at work making drinks and taking orders from my bedroom
skrilllexi 6 points 10m ago
I dream very very frequently (nearly every time I'm asleep, even if i nap). I open or come in an hour after open and nap when i get off work and the whole time i feel like my body is in motion making drinks. Or hearing the beeping from the ovens but that's not as much anymore
Decent-Marionberry63 114 points 10m ago
Or the ding of the drive thru 😔 sometimes I’ll want to talk to someone at home and I’ll reach up to press the headset I’m not wearing 🙃
KableKyle 79 points 10m ago
My wife went to the bathroom and I tried booping my ear to tell her I miss her 😭
Responsible_Snow7109 28 points 10m ago
I love u for this!! That is so freakin cute and wholesome 😄
Fantastic_Shine_8079 26 points 10m ago
I was playing video games with friends and wanted to talk to them and kept smacking my headset like where is the button
olivinemultichrome 19 points 10m ago
The worst thing about working somewhere other than Starbucks is not having a headset to shit talk customers with.
badatlife15 16 points 10m ago
I’m a caregiver for a disabled child and I was about to ask his echo dot to play music, rather than saying “echo play x,” I almost said….”thank you for choosing Starbucks.” 🤣 I told his mom and we both had a good laugh and agreed I was working too much.
iamthegodess1234 92 points 10m ago
I once had a nightmare where I was making iced caramel macchiato and forgot to put in the vanilla, then the person asked me to remake it and every time I remade it I made it wrong that continued and customers waiting at the handoff got too much. It was wild
Atzo02 12 points 10m ago
Lmao why did this actually happen today at work though 💀 customer wanted it remade three times and gave up asking after the 2nd - literally nothing was wrong with her drink it’s what she ordered.. and then the morning rush of nurses from the hospital across the street flooded in
Latter-Guava-4734 3 points 10m ago
This actually happened at work to me once and it was a nightmare. I guess we were short staffed so I took a few orders (honestly can’t remember what my position was, I want to say CS & front), but I’m asked to go help on bar because now they’re just drowning in orders.

So I go to start make the drinks for cafe & mobile and the first one had like some iced latte with extra cold foam. I guess she wanted it like an iced cappuccino? Personally I have no clue how to make that, but I also wasn’t told that at the register, just iced latte extra foam, and light ice. So I handed it over and she says it’s not right and asks me to remake it. Whatever I start on it again and then try to get some of the other drinks done. I pour a little bit extra sweet cream and then hand it over. Once again she says it’s not right. This time she tells me that she wants an iced cappuccino, so she wants it like half foam, half actual beverage. I’m kind of frazzled at this point since I’ve been stuck working on this same drink and just keep messing it up. Whatever I go to start it again and go to put some ice in it only to be screamed at from over the counter that she wanted light ice. Whatever at this point I just do it again, then I end up spilling the drink. I finally got it out to her, but honestly it was just a disaster.
gazely_stare 26 points 10m ago
I used to hear the sticker printers - the old loud ones - as I was falling asleep. I'd jolt awake, realize I'm at home, and relax. Repeat a few times before I stayed asleep.
imuyBonita 3 points 10m ago
I definitely remember the very first set of sticker printers! They were much louder and easy to hear 😆
Low-End4987 20 points 10m ago
Lmao yes. We just got the newer ovens and it sounds like a hospital monitor so my coworkers will say how they have ptsd if they leave the oven beeping too long. 😂
NickiTheNotSoThicki 11 points 10m ago
When ever it beeps for a long time I always scream no grandpas dying it’s called ✨making the work place fun✨
Low-End4987 16 points 10m ago
Lmao when I can’t get a Frappuccino lid on i feel like I’m doing cpr. So I always say ‘I’m calling it! Then I’ll say the time of death lol’
imuyBonita 2 points 10m ago
Stealing the fuck outta this. 🤣💕👌🏽
NickiTheNotSoThicki 2 points 10m ago
That is actually so funny I’m stealing that
Responsible_Snow7109 2 points 10m ago
😄 im guna use this one lolol
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djdementia 11 points 10m ago
we've had the disco station playing lately, all I hear is $1.
Fantastic_Shine_8079 11 points 10m ago
Okay but for real tho it’s really annoying
rterrebo 10 points 10m ago
Yes. They give me anxiety.

Every 30, you get a coffee.
Every hour, you get a sani.
Every 5, you get a tea.

Shoulda never left. 😂😂😂
A_Will_Ferrell_Cat 9 points 10m ago
Reminds me of the time I went through I Taco Bell drive through and had this following exchange...

TB: Hi welcome to Taco Bell how are you today?

Me: I'm well thanks for asking. What can I get started for you today?

TB: ...

Me: (realizing I goofed) I'm so sorry! What can I get started for y-- I'm sorry my bad....

TB: So... what would you like to order?

I honestly avoid drive thrus and rarely go through one. I just couldn't stop trying to take their order!
rnaggie53 4 points 10m ago
Damnnn ur brain broke. U have one script lol
imuyBonita 3 points 10m ago
🤣😭😭😭
ueberschatten 5 points 10m ago
I left Starbucks in 2018. It still visits me in my dreams. I still hear the ding of the drive through occupancy notifier; I still hear the whir of the sticker machine; I still hear the ovens heating up; I still hear the slam of fridges at peak; I still hear the Karens and Kevins whining about their "frappes" taking too long when they were at the end of a rush, or their lattes being too cold when they ask for kids temp, or too hot when they ask for extra hot, or not caramel enough; I still hear the ovens yelling at us; I still hear the timers; I still hear my coworkers sobbing in the back while another had to finish their work after they were threatened/yelled at by customers.

It is the most stressful job I've ever worked. Even more so than the 10-to-14-hour/day, 6-days/week outdoor labor jobs I worked in the summer in southeast USA. For mental stability, Starbucks is not a safe workplace for most people.
imuyBonita 1 points 10m ago
Do you think there’s potentially a link between mental health, anxiety, ocd and the wearing of frequency headsets for commercial business?
ueberschatten 1 points 10m ago
No. I was wearing a radio on my head when doing landscaping work much more than at Starbucks and didn't have any issues. Anecdote but my experience is somewhat valid.

Edit to say that I believe mental health is strongly influenced by the treatment of one by others. I believe that we would see depression and anxiety in millennials and gen z plummet if people weren't as shitty as they are to workers and if workers weren't forced to interact with so many people on a daily basis.

Reminder that I'm stating an opinion here based on anecdotal evidence, not based on science.
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ichxnel 5 points 10m ago
I always hear the sticker printer 😟 *shudder*
albinopigsfromspace 5 points 10m ago
The drive thru ding for me
Elegant-Tomato720 4 points 10m ago
The deliveroo/Uber eats notifications haunted me in my last job, and they haunt me here too 😩
mylegalusername 2 points 10m ago
My eyes widen when I hear the Uber sound at other restaurants. Thank god it’s integrated now, although it rarely still goes off.
TheTwerkingRobot 3 points 10m ago
I'm almost a year out of the apron and I'll still get an occasional stress dream with the sound of sticker printing and drive thru dings
iindiieecindiee 3 points 10m ago
we just got the new ovens and they sound like heart monitors 🙃
haydensidun 3 points 10m ago
For me it’s the sticker printer
ladysingtheblues 3 points 10m ago
I hear a phantom mobile ticket printing
Potential-Read-4824 3 points 10m ago
i hear the timers and sticker sound all the timeeeekeek
floofxs2 3 points 10m ago
I had a nightmare about being stuck on ovens all damn shift. It came true a couple times unfortunately.
MrHumperBumper 2 points 10m ago
I can still hear the safe beeping. Had a nightmare once that it was going off and I couldn't reach the enter button to silence it
EyesOpenedWide31 2 points 10m ago
I’ve answered the beeping oven way to many times😂 or if I’m not on DTO I forget and by nature answer the ding and the DTO partner is like “Wtf” when I answer the store phone I’ve said “good morning what can I get for you today” and it’s like oh shit “thank you for calling blah blah Starbucks how can I help you” 😂
Inevitable_Emu_221 2 points 10m ago
The safe too
imuyBonita 3 points 10m ago
When the safe beeps I run up to the Shift that set it hella urgently and yell “Omg hurry! Hurry! The baby is crying!!!” And run off. 🙃
mylegalusername 3 points 10m ago
Haha. This gave me the laugh I needed after a 10hr. shift. Thanks ⭐️
Enkeria92 2 points 10m ago
I have the same headset at Dunkin that we had at my old Starbucks. I still hear the *ding* from the drive thru.
vertigo00o 2 points 10m ago
i’m on my last 10 in my car right now and i heard the bing for the drive thru and then the old ovens closing- like- why!???!?!? it’s so annoying like leave me alone starbucks
Passion-Syrup 2 points 10m ago
Every time it's quiet for me, I hear the drive-thru dings....
jackthaniel69 1 points 10m ago
Drive thru ding
capsule_of_anxiety1 1 points 10m ago
Or the ding of the headset in drive-thru 😵‍💫
makmelaf17 1 points 10m ago
I used to constantly head tick printers ... now I just hear them all the time only at work
rf-bitch 1 points 10m ago
This happened to be a lot when I worked in nursing. I would go home and still hear the call bells going off😂
IndividualCorner1586 1 points 10m ago
I still hear my message notifications going off but I got no messages
CriticalSheep 1 points 10m ago
I haven't worked there in over a year and I can still hear them. The ding of the headset too...
official_koda_ 1 points 10m ago
I quit after 2 years in April and I still hear it in my nightmares
okayjayson 1 points 10m ago
It’s the drive thru dinging for me 😩
twirlylilchungis 1 points 10m ago
The dings through the headset of the drive thru 🤮
buddhacroissant 1 points 10m ago
Sometimes I wake up and think HOLY SHIT I’ve been sleeping and there a line of customers/drinks waiting to be made!
ThunderPerfect010 1 points 10m ago
Or just opening, when taking something out of the oven at home?
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Rip-Any 1 points 10m ago
Omg finally someone else but me
Assiqtaq 1 points 10m ago
I have absolutely no problem tuning out the beepers. Drives my coworkers bonkers. My first job at 16 was at a McDonald's, learned to tune out beeping there except for the beeps I had to actually pay attention to.
SOULKI77EN 1 points 10m ago
Sometimes when I’m in a quiet room I hear people in my ear that sound like they are ordering drinks like im still wearing the drive thru headset ://
CaffienatedGaymer 1 points 10m ago
As an ex barista who stopped working at the bux 2 years ago… this has reactivated my nightmares,, thanks 🥴
Necessary_Low939 1 points 10m ago
No but I hear the espresso machines
KingKaleb92 1 points 10m ago
Everyday.
sizzlesfantalike 1 points 10m ago
As someone who’s promoted to customer…thanks for the trigger, asshole! I’ve just forgotten how it sounded after 8 months and now I remember it again
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SatanicPisces 1 points 10m ago
as i’m falling asleep i hear milk steaming and espresso shots starting to pull
AlkalineTime 1 points 10m ago
All the time...along with the timers and safe 😂
laneyyrosee 1 points 10m ago
i have nightmares about being by myself during peak and getting every rude customer my brain can imagine 🥲
BeautifulSoul212 1 points 10m ago
That and my right ear is usually numb for a few ours after.
cinnamonmarigold 1 points 10m ago
What gets me is walking through an airport, or Target, and hearing an oven. It’s from half a mile away. I shudder.
cailinreynolds23 1 points 10m ago
That beeping hunts my dreams. I imagine he’ll is just that beeping going endlessly on and on for all eternity
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thecrazydeviant 1 points 10m ago
I left Starbs a while ago but to this day I get jumpy whenever I hear the oven beep in public.
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