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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 10 - 01 - ID#xt0zb6
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“the other starbucks always *insert blatantly untrue statement here*” ()
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Canadiansbux 69 points 9m ago
no matter what they say i ask
"with water, lemonade or coconut milk."
It makes my life easier.
Starbucks-sm 38 points 9m ago
I did that, too, but regularly got the lady who looks at me like I'm stupid, snottily saying "However you usually make it. No one ever asked me that before." Oookay, biggest upcharge. Check!
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lily-amber 56 points 9m ago
THEY ALWAYS GIVE ME A TRENTA NITRO COLD BREW
Accomplished_Kiwi211 2 points 9m ago
i wont lie i used to do this for tips
lily-amber 2 points 9m ago
Off the record I support that lol
jazzihope 49 points 9m ago
yeah, I think they were confused. I once had a guy go to the drive thru
and order a dragon drink with lemonade and when he pulled up, I was like just to clarify, you don’t want the milk in there anf you want lemonade instead
and he was like yeah so I was like okayyy then lol
so that is called a mango dragon fruit lemonade. they literally swore it was a dragon drink
Responsible_Snow7109 30 points 9m ago
They get angry because the realize they were incorrect so they become embarrassed and they turn it into anger so that u dont focus on their mistake. Its annoying cuz they literally dont have to be a dick. They can just be like "oops im sorry, i called it the wrong thing" instead of making themselves look like an actual fool by stating that they always ask for that specific drink and get handed a totally different drink. Like thats obviously not true lol why would baristas always hand u a different drink from what u say to them? Its a lie to cover up their embarrassment lol
sleepykilljoy 3 points 9m ago
Yeah people will go out of their way to sound right even when they’re wrong
Responsible_Snow7109 1 points 9m ago
That is exactly what they do lol 100%
Assiqtaq 19 points 9m ago
"I always get my Mocha Frappuccino double blended, and they NEVER charge me for that. Here I'll show you on my app!" Shoves phone in my face.

Dude, I do not care. Not in the least. We charge. I don't see how any of those other stores are not charging if they are on the same system we are, because I can tell you if it isn't on your sticker, we aren't doing it. My suspicion is that neither are any of them. But at the point where you are yelling at me for following procedure, I don't care anymore.
LilacFlores 3 points 9m ago
On the POS I have never had a charge for double blended come up, but I am never put on POS anymore as a shift supervisor
Binx_da_gay_cat 7 points 9m ago
Double blended for a frap is no charge, other drinks it is.
LilacFlores 1 points 9m ago
Tell me how I missed it not being a frap completely 💀
emileeavi 16 points 9m ago
Gives me a venti of whipped cream for free !!! 😡😡😡😡
Enough_Raise_7167 2 points 9m ago
We have a crusty who asks for a large pup cup. Like, the pup cups are one size only.
Water-is-h2o 13 points 9m ago
I don’t think people realize there are 9 different refreshers, not 3
xthefabledfox 9 points 9m ago
I’ve been told at the “other Starbucks” they never put hot water in chai! A man literally lost his shit on me because he swore up and down hot chai did not come with water. I wasn’t even pressed like I’ll remake without water dude, but you don’t work here, and you’re wrong lol
greenssv 8 points 9m ago
"oMG that is really confusing...could you please give me the name of the partner and address of the starbucks location because it looks like someone is not making drinks to the Starbucks standard and that needs to be addressed"

Cue crickets......
Accomplished_Kiwi211 5 points 9m ago
there was this one customer in my old district that a lot of baristas at different stores would give a venti nitro because he tipped really well, and directly to those who did it for him. before he knew that we were hiding it from management, he pulled “the other store does it” to my manager. She then tried to get him to tell her who does it and at what store. He deadass said “I’m not ratting out my plug” and never brought it up again. miss him lowkey, cause respect?
YellowSphinx 5 points 9m ago
Or the “why won’t you do Xyz, this other Starbucks does. So I ask specifically which one and if they give me an answer I’ll literally call that Starbucks infront of that customer. On speakerphone. to clarify with the other Starbucks. the answer is always “no we don’t do that” obviously. And the customer sheepishly orders their drink and then leaves.
berryverypho 1 points 9m ago
at this point, its worth doing that bc then it makes them feel like a fool. bc they assume youll just do it for them if they say someone else did. even if their answer was no multiple times, theyll still try. it’s ridiculous
nghtmrafterxmas 2 points 9m ago
This reminds me of a woman who would order a Mango Dragonfruit refresher with coconut milk. After she had ordered this a couple of times, I told her what she was getting was a dragon drink, and that it would be easier to order it just as a dragon drink, and she said that was the only way she knew how to order it apparently.
rudebii 2 points 9m ago
These customers turn into petulant children when go through the door.
Either_Cup_3397 2 points 9m ago
so many people don’t know how to order refreshers. we have to start asking if they want water lemonade or coconut milk… literally yesterday someone ordered a strawberry açaí lemonade and then another refresher and i ask “is that one made with water?” and they go “yes both of them” why did u order the lemonade usually they never say lemonade unless we ask them it’s so annoying
Torirock10 1 points 9m ago
someone asked for caramel drizzle on her vanilla bean frappuccino and she got mad at us for not lining the cup with caramel. she was like “the other starbucks does it and doesn’t ask me to clarify what i want >:(((“ well the other starbucks is wrong bruh
Midnight_Esctasy 1 points 9m ago
I had some guy come in and insured me that he gets venti nitro cold brew at another store. Cussed me out over it that Bs
HawkSpotter 1 points 9m ago
…thinks I’m awesome
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