Someone made fun of me for my tremor in my hand and my stutter 🫥

oh also to add i say things in twos (like "hello hello!" and "thank you thank you!") i just think it sounds fun and friendly and energetic, but i get quite a few customers who make fun of me for it. it doesn't bother me, but it's like man, do you feel so disgusted with yourself that this is the sort of thing you choose to pick on?

*I don't actually like you. I am being cheerful because I am evaluated by my boss. Fuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuu*

In my previous Starbucks barista life I solo'd drive through, cafe register, warming, and CS simultaneously every time i worked. I was the only voice our customers heard lol. I lost my voice a number of years ago and when it came back it completely changed. I now sound like a small child. I have had numerous customers start laughing hysterically when they heard me on the speaker. Parents would tell me their children liked my voice. The managers did note that people did not get as angry with me when I had to tell them we were out of something lol.

my ssv regularly calls customers "hun" or "love" and today a customer came through and was perfectly friendly throughout the entire transaction but ended the conversation with a weirdly out of no where mocking "thanks HUN" and we were all just ?????????????????????????????????

I’m petty and refuse to let bullies have that kind of power so I’d just ask if there was an echo in here and smile at them. Once you embarrass them back and they realize you won’t be a punching bag it will stop real quick.

i act very visibly neurodivergent on POS especially because the stress of work makes masking harder for me. the mocking on register is intense sometimes. it's something i've unfortunately just gotten used to

Happened to me… The lady ordered and the person she was talking to on the phone said “Hi there, thank you for choosing Starbucks - My name is filmphotographywhore, what can I get started for you?” In my voice. I brushed it off, but my partner/trainee at the time didn’t like how they mocked me and told them that we could hear them.. the guy, still on the speaker was sooo embarrassed. I didn’t really care, but oh well

They do not dare for I will mock them back

ive had a customer make fun of my stutter before 🙃

i had a grown ass adult in cafe yell 'hello' at us while his grown ass wife giggled LOUDLY while drive was slammed. we collectively chose to ignore them 💀

When a costumer is unacceptably rude to me, I raise my chin, lock eyes, and say nothing. I let them think about what they just said. Then I finish the transaction and erase them from my mind.

I had customers mock me for my stutter, the way I move and most especially my scars

I talk really fast when it gets closer to the end of the night, and i said “hithankyouforchoosingstarbuckswhatcanIgetstartedforya??” Which normally, isn’t really an issue. But this one guy said “hithankyoubfor- FUCKING WHAT?” Definitely cried that night.

Yesterday I called someone’s name and they mocked the way I said it and I glared at them for the remaining time until they left.

My favorite response is to say nothing after that and wait for them to start the conversation back up. There’s no rule that says you have to respond to mockery, so don’t. It makes things super awkward for the customer.

I often stim while I work, either by constantly swaying or a small little jig while I have to stay planted in one spot and just wave my arms a little. And sometimes I'll spot a customer in the cafe mimicking me and dancing along and whether or not they mean well I get super embarrassed ;_;

One time I started with my whole “Hi, welcome to Starbucks, what can I get you today?” And the guy in the passenger seat repeated that back to me. I hit him with the “I’m sorry it’s very hard to hear you from the passenger seat, what was that?” But he didn’t want to repeat what he said and the guy in the driver seat ended up ordering for him

I have a stutter and most people very loudly and comfortably laugh at me when I stutter :(

had some one yell their drink order to me and said “did you hear it that time” when i asked them to repeat it

Two guys in a Porsche or something else expensive made fun of me for being friendly and cheery. They just literally started mocking me at the window and I was stunned. Eat the rich and let’s start with those guys

I have hearing loss enough to have to wear a hearing aid, read lips and know some Asl. I had customers fake asl (American sign language) to me. I then faked cried cause they signed a cuss ward at me. I explained what they did and turned red ran away. 🤣

My coworker does this but to the costumers 💀 she does it in such a way that the costumers some how never seem offended either it's astonishing and so funny every time

One time I was at the window and I was probably only a partner of 6 months so I still had a will to live at this point. But I opened the window to guy this guys payment and I say “hi! Your total is gonna be 4.01!” And he just looks at me almost repulsed and says “boy you’re bright eyed and bushy tailed aren’t you?” So I finished the transaction w this look 😒

I’ve had a jackass teenager in the back seat ask me, “aren’t you too old for this job?” Like, maybe, but here we are. 🙃

I’ve only been working at Starbucks (part-time) for a few months, and I try to be as polite as possible. I’ve literally seen customers start laughing at me when I say something is out of stock, or when I go over the order. I don’t take it personally (if anything I find it really funny), but DAMN people are so unnecessarily rude!

Oh, if one of them dares try me they find out how much of an older sister I am. Roasting begins.