Doc martins/ leather boots

When I was a partner:


The smell of coffee that used to come out of my hair every time it got wet.
Frap roast splatters on forearms.
Milk residue on shoes.
Miscellaneous Starbucks merch/equipment that did not end up in a trash can at end of season.

homosexuality

The dead look in our eyes

Black sharpies and frap roast stains

Pride pins

Lack of nail polish, athletic sneakers or work boots, most partners I’ve seen wear denim pants or thicker pant material, always have a hair tie, stained arms from frapp roast and syrup, dry sense of humor

Really diverse people. Lots of Starbucks partner stuff features groups of really diverse people all together. And I think it’s cool to see.

You can talk about the language used among partners? Calling each other partners instead of coworkers is at the heart of SBUX. The use of third place. "sirens eye" is very telling of the a SBUX aesthetic and overall cultural goals.

ibuprofen or acetaminophen in every single bag

dry skin

coffee/sugar/spoiled milk/tea smells

really quick to slip in to cs voices

generally really nice people

black coffee/tea/espresso

owns an espresso machine at home

neutral colour palette clothes

pins

dyed/differently cut hair

burns and small scrapes

Regular therapy sessions

Bare nails🥲

Oh, man, that sounds like an interesting project! What's it about?

Active listening seems more common at Starbie's than other "fast food" places, so you might be able to say that it identifies us.

the apron smells like starbucks. when i think of starbucks, i think of how my apron smells. every apron smells like that even if it’s been washed. lol it kinda smells like kinda fresh spoiled milk 😂 it’s weird to describe. but yes frap roast stains & frap base alllll over my arms (after a hectic morning/mid shift, usually). and random pink stains on your body like hands n arms that u sometimes don’t see until the next morning and u got a dragonfruit seed on ur finger. hey little buddy how’d u get there 😭

our name tags! or maybe the espresso beans themselves, but idk if thats too generic haha

Flannels

Despair

But for real, vans, nonstick shoes, jeans, and the apron in general

Depression✨

tumblers? every longtime sbux barista seems to have an extensive collection of them

Being gay

(In all seriousness)

Shot glass with espresso!

Accidentally using your partner number every time you try to enter your social security number.

The lgbt flag

Common identifier, being exhausted 🤣

froast freckles

gay people

Resting b*tch face

Chalk markers!

When you have two work pants that have nothing but chocolate/matcha power or milk stains on them. 😂

Starbucks branded shirts

chai syrup under your forearm.

i definitely picked up super hearing and mind reading during my time as a sb barista 👍 shoutout to the man 3 years ago when i first started who walked in and handed me his credit card like i would know his order on my first day lol

Was “clinical depression” already said?

You can usually pick out Partners and ex partners in a crowd if you’re in a starbucks. Especially if you hear them order

Sharpies on retracting lanyards

is it an anthro class? this sounds exactly like the kind of project i would have been assigned in my discipline lol

edit: socg was my second guess lmfao <3

Looking like you have some skin condition from the chai and frap toast coated and dried on your arms

Never going to starbucks during off time or getting really any coffee for that matter

Constantly having the undesirable urge to greet random customers that walk into the random store you’re in even tho you hate and despise greeting at work

Constantly having “customer connections customer connections customer connections!” In the back of your mind of any interaction with anyone, again not knowing why it won’t go away

Sharpies and ballpoints and sharpie dots and marks all over random places of clothing


Outwardly seeming like the most upbeat and energised person but as soon as someone gets to know us better or just simply steps closer can see the spark of a dead soul behind blank eyes

Always smashing the empty milk gallon against the counter so it fits better in the bin

aprons that smell like spoiled milk no matter how many times you’ve washed them

Always has lotion or ibuprofen

Black sharpies (running out of ink more often than not) and stained toes on shoes!

The frap roast freckles

Sadness

Bro I wear Jordan’s😂

Frap stains in arms

scars from all of the burns

Emotional scars

The unique and creative name tags

Every store I’ve worked at, there’s been someone who sinks their hands into the mocha before dumping. I don’t know what it means.

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coffee stains all over your shoes

Matchathelioma!

coffee beans in my pocket😭😭😭😭

Lack of the will to live. And a Pink drink

Very accepting to being different

white chalk markers, no will to live

Unicorn Frappuccino