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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2022 - 12 - 03 - ID#zbr0lz
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How do I keep up with the trending / up and coming TikTok drinks? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by paraxutebrain
I wanna be like ON IT. Like somebody orders some shit and I’m like “eeeyyOOOO. This the Randall Boggs?? I see youuu”
Responsible_Snow7109 38 points 7m ago
U dont lol thats how. But no seriously if u do that, its guna perpetuate and push deeper into their heads that baristas at starbucks should kno the made up "secret menu" that has made up drinks on it. Also ur not getting paid to study made up drinks off the clock that other people created

U can do it if u want. Just saying what would most likely happen if u did
paraxutebrain [OP] 4 points 7m ago
Good point.
What about secretly knowing and not saying anything.
I’m semi-new. And me and my ND brain literally malfunction when these drinks happen. I mostly just wanna kinda understand wtf is going on.
ardentAmbivalence 6 points 7m ago
I understand, I am autistic and the same way lol. But you can't keep up with them, it's called the secret menu bc its a secret to us xD Regardless of whether I recognize the drink, if it has a weird name I typically ask if it's from an online video. Then, I make a point of letting customers know that although it's impossible for us to keep up with all the drink names on tiktok, we can still make the drink as long as we have the recipe for it. If they don't know how to order it, we can't make it for them, regardless of whether you recognize it. Because if customers think we know what a "captain crunch frap" is, they'll order it that way elsewhere and confuse even more baristas, lol.
paraxutebrain [OP] 2 points 7m ago
That makes a lot of sense, thank you for taking the time to type that out. So definitely will not encourage it. My brain is just doing so many things trying to learn. And I’m a puzzle gal.. so I’m always like “what the fuck.. wHY are they ordering this” and I get stressed with 0 explanation. I just want to know like what the heck they’re ordering or what their end goal is.
Responsible_Snow7109 6 points 7m ago
Lol well thats up to u if u wana do that but then if u do that, im jus sayin it will like kind of make them think they can just go around saying the names of tik tok drinks without providing a recipe. If they provide a recipe that has a base drink u can start from or something doable, then thats the way it should happen. But they cannot go up to a starbucks and be like "can i get a Cinderella frap?" or something along those lines without any knowledge or copy of the recipe. So if u do end up looking up and studying the trending tik tok drinks and tell a customer that u kno what it is or just say "ok!" when they order it just by the name, they might continue doing that at other starbucks stores where the baristas dont kno anything about that specific drink and then they may become mad or annoyed with the barista for that and theyll assume all baristas should kno it since someone one day decided to call it *our* "secret menu"
paraxutebrain [OP] 2 points 7m ago
Oh oh I hear you. No I mean like when they do order it by recipe. Like when things have so many weird additions.. I just want to know what their end goal is. But I don’t wanna ask 🤣
“Barbie drink” is the only one I’ve heard ordered by name. Most of our customers have been pretty clear and like understanding of us being stressed. I’m waiting to experience the awful ones
Responsible_Snow7109 3 points 7m ago
Their goal is trying to get a social media made up secret menu drink that "looks pretty" or cool or whatever. Then there are some people that get mad when it doesnt look just like the picture on tik tok or whatever website. Those people that get mad at that dont realize that theres no guarantee of us making it look exactly like the picture from tik tok because its not an actual starbucks menu item. Yea ive heard of the barbie drink one. Still couldnt even tell u whats in it lol. I do not spend my free unpaid time off the clock looking into these social media drinks because i do not get paid to do that extra work off the clock
Comfortable-Plane944 14 points 7m ago
Seriously stop. Don’t encourage this bullshit and make other baristas lives more difficult
BandagedBacon 13 points 7m ago
Repeat after me: Sorry, I don't have a button for that . 😀
idkcassie 4 points 7m ago
it’s not a bad idea to keep up with them so they’re easier to make/ring in correctly, but please do not give customers the impression that other baristas know the drinks.

it’s really simple, if they tell you and don’t know the recipe and you do, tell them “that’s a drink that isn’t on our menu, but i might have seen the video you’re referring to. the recipe is x, and in the future you’ll need to order it by the recipe because the baristas aren’t trained on them/don’t know them.”

just always make sure the customer knows even if YOU know the recipe, most baristas dont and they can’t expect to order a tiktok drink by name. suggest they take a picture of the drink sticker to order it properly in the future!
RyusuiJL 2 points 7m ago
Just please don't encourage people. Customers go buckwild on all their modifcations as it is. We don't need more people coming in asking for drinks that we are not trained on and have no clue how to make. If they want to provide a modification list, fine. But they should not be given any reinforcement toward asking for some glory hound's made up crap by a name that no one else knows.
Low_Committee_1312 2 points 7m ago
Don’t
shaken-espresso 2 points 7m ago
Make a new tiktok account and only interact with those types of videos so your whole feed will just be those and you can study with the for you page lol
violaaesthetic 2 points 7m ago
The only actual help/answer to the question. What a hero
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