Do all customers have the same disposable income? Of course not. That was a generalization. However, if they have the money to come in every single day (sometimes more than once) and spend on average $7 per day, then they have the income to tip a dollar or even more. The amount of times I see people pay for the stranger behind them and not tip is proof of that.

Starbucks is a "luxury service" that is not crucial to daily life. I can imagine countless ways people could use $7 per day to spend on products that are actual necessity. 3 shots of espresso are not necessary to every day life functions. If you're that desperate for caffeine, invest in at home solutions that can easily save hundreds of dollars per year or even per month. Why spend $7 on a coffee when you can purchase a coffee maker, syrup and beans for around $40 and get a dozen or more uses out of the collective supplies?

Are you saying that we shouldn't be getting tipped for this service we work our asses off for? For being ridiculed and yelled at by customers who have higher expectations of us than seemingly every other place? I love being a barista and have been doing it for almost a whole decade and I have never been treated worse by customers until I started working for Starbucks. If people are going to expect this much from us for an unnecessary product, then they better damn we'll be tipping.

As someone who worked as a pharmacy tech and a barista… at the same time… I genuinely can’t tell you which one I hated more💀