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Something unexpected happened at home,...

Expect me to post if there’s a SB911 or if figure out how to use my parent’s espresso...

Sources: Barista Not Actually Flirting...

SAN FRANCISCO—Though she greets you every morning with a smile, sometimes chats with you, and makes...

“word, mazel tov”
— Hipster jew on his iPhone. We...

Flipping Out’s Jeff Lewis & his 140° latte on The Soup (& can we talk about how much I...

“As soon as you put a window on the side of the store and...”
— My mom during a conversation...

...They're all out of fire truck cookies

Male Customer 1: Can I geta grande strawberries and crème frappuccino
Male Customer 2: strawberries and crème? (laughing) That's the girliest thing I've ever heard. I think my 7 year old gets that.
Male Customer 1: ...Do you want anything?
Male Customer 2: Yeah, umm... I'm just going to have a large coffee - hot, and one of those pink butterfly cookies.

Como se dice esto en starbuckian?

Since a few people found my tumblr by searching for “pronounce vivanno,” I thought that...

turns out to be a Henri Bergson quote, but I like it &...

Dear Co-worker,

Have you ever heard the phrase spilled coffee comes first? No? Oh yeah, you haven’t because...

The Five Stages of Starbucks Grief

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While we're getting ready to open the...

147xxxx: Oh my god, starbucks plays the WORST music to wake up to. I mean what are we even listening to?
Co-worker: this isn't starbucks music... I plugged my mp3 player into the sound system
argh, totally mortified by how I'm such an ass... but in my defense, it was linkin park and then Nickelback which should be illegal at 5 in the morning. or any hour.

I hate working mornings. My co-worker hates working nights. So when we found that we were...

& this hot chocolate... is hot!

Snotty Girl: I want a green tea lemonade
Coworker: Sorry we're out of the lemonade we use to make the ice tea lemonades. We do have the lemonade that we use for blended beverages, so you could have a blended green tea lemonade.
Snotty Girl: ...what?
Coworker: We have a somewhat thicker and more tart lemonade that we use only with ice to blend. (this all seems awfully complicated to explain. I wish I could just say okay, yeah we have that & then just make them the drink with the other lemonade. But I know that if we do that, we'll get THIS IS NOT WHAT I ORDERED! & I ALLLWAYS GET IT!! WHERE'S MY ICE TEA LEMONADE?!?! )
Snotty Girl: What's it?
Coworker: Its like a slushie tasting like lemonade and green tea.
Snotty Girl: ...Okay, I'll have that (I make the drink. she looks at it and goes back to the register) Oh. I DON'T want that. I didn't know it was going to be a slushie. (uhm... REALLY?!?)
Coworker: Alright... do you just want the normal green tea then?
Snotty Girl: Yeah... (I take her drink off of the hand-off counter and down the drain. After I replace it with her drink take 2, she takes it and puts a straw in it) actually... I know I'm being an asshole... what is the blended one you make for me like? I want that.

OMG?! SB & DARK KNIGHT!?!! sorrrrry, couldn’t...

“Did you know that they’re closing hundreds of...”
— four customers today. NO...

Save Lower Greenville Starbucks

Okay, customers. We need to talk.

I know that some people have a problem with ordering at starbucks. And today I learned that waiting...

Sorry... I thought this concept was...

147xxxx taking orders down the line - not behind the counter: Good morning! what are you having today?
6th Customer on line: tall coffee
147xxxx: Okay, is that going to be it?
6th Customer: (doesn't answer.)
147xxxx: ...alright...(calls out order)
6th Customer: (comes over and shoves $2 at me)
147xxxx: oh, I'm sorry, I can't ring you up - I don't have a register, so I can't give you your change.
6th Customer: but my coffee is ready.
147xxxx: Yes, but the people in front of you were here before you
6th Customer: (sighs extreeeeemely loudly. Looks around impatiently before puts his $2 on the counter and takes his coffee out the door. By this time, he was next to pay. Thanks for the dime tip.)
7th Customer (aka best customer ever): Well... I guess I'm next! (DOLLAR TIP FROM THIS GUY)

“Starbucks is an iconic brand that means something more than...”
— Rod Dreher from the Dallas...

Redeye

rcmaclean: The kind barista at Starbucks today asked me the following: “Space in your redeye for...

Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman & CEO, is 55 today!...

I know that I just posted a video post, but I found this and thought it was too ridiculous not to...

AH! we’re making people do this?! somewhat flabbergasted. I hope that the guy was like...

Complaint #250

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Diary of a Starbucks Barista

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Last night, one of the best partners at my store called me. ...

Good morning! What CAN'T I get for you?

147xxxx at 5: 30am: Good morning - what can I get for you?
Really Nice Customer: I'll have an iced venti coffee
147xxxx: Actually, we're out of iced venti cups - I know thats kind of strange, but we ran out last night. We can give it to you in a tall and a grande or you can pay for a grande
Customer: okay... well then I guess... I'll have a grande iced coffee. & sweetned
147xxxx: uhm, to sweeten it we use a liquid syrup that dissolves in the cold coffee... but we ran out of that as well. Sorry. Do you want me to shake in your choice of sugar (like domino, splenda, etc), or do you want to try it with a flavored syrup to sweeten it.
Customer: yeah, I'll do a flavor... vanilla?
147xxxx: ...we're out. I'M SO SORRY those are like three basic things here and we ran out of them!
Customer: Ha, um its okay. I'll do hazelnut
147xxxx: okay! I always get hazelnut in my iced coffee, its good... okay so an iced grande hazelnut coffee? (nod) anything else?
Customer: yeah... what sandwiches do you have?
147xxxx: ...If I answer that I'm really going to ruining your morning...
Felt like such a douche. This is what happens when you come into work to find that you've run out of everything and a refridgerator is unplugged.

The vivanno tastes better with soy! I honestly,...

“I’ve been coming here for years, and I’ve been...”
— (Former) Daytona Beach police...

well, top o' the morning to you, laddie

147xxxx: Hi, what can I ge- ...what is that?
Regular Customer with non-starbucks coffee in his hand: Its... its not what it looks like
147xxxx: How could you bring that in here?! I can't believe you!
Regular: It was a special circumstance
147xxxx: special circumstance?! I can't believe you are lying to me!
Regular: It's...
147xxxx: It's what?
Regular: itsirishcoffee... can I have the sausage breakfast sandwich?

I am just so TORN.

Murkey Coffee’s customer vs Murkey Coffee’s barista At my little coffee shop, its all...

you mean this monopoly money isn't real...

umm… THIS happened again today. Thankfully everyone else working had the same thoughts I had...

Brilliant.

Customer: So is this vivanno thing good?
Co-worker with excellent salesman skills: It's really good for you - which one would you like?

VIVANNOS: a study.

I don’t hate this drink platform, but the vivannos are making it difficult for me to love them...

AHRG!

I grabbed a drink with a friend around my store last night, and I told everyone I met to visit me at...

opps, my b. I was an idiot and deleted the...

“This week Starbucks is unveiling a new drink called a...”
— Conan...

OMB & BC & OMG!!

I forgot to mention that a few partners and I tried both the Banana Chocolate and the Orange Mango...

I want my cake frappucino & you bet your...

Customer: I'll have an iced grande iced coffee... and can i get that 1/2 caf?
147xxxx: Yeah sure. (a minute later) Oh actually, I'm sorry - we don't have any decaf iced coffee at the moment. Is a regular caffeinated coffee alright?
Customer: Yeah thats fine. (a bit later) Actually, can you just give me a coupon for any free drink I want?
147xxxx: We could just give you a refund
Customer: okay... I guess
A bit after she's given her refund, I still see her standing around the handoff counter.
147xxxx: Sorry... did you not get your refund yet?
Customer: No, I got my money back.
147xxxx: Oh... then what are you waiting for?
Customer: Well, the iced coffee that I paid for. Since you don't have decaf, you're just going to give me regular...uhm remember...?
This whole interaction just seemed... really weird. And I was reminded of a story. Let me share with you guys. One time I saw a dress at H&M and loved it. I tried on two sizes - both fit, but the medium one fit a little better. Since there was a stain right on the front, I picked up another one - same dress and it said it was the same size. I brought it home and had a fashion show for myself. THIS DRESS WAS NOT A MEDIUM! It was significantly smaller. We're talking an extra small size here. What the hell?! The paper tag said medium as did the permanent one in the collar. So I took it back to the store, and the girl who was helping me told me it was marked wrong when it was made. She said that they had it only in an extra small and the other size I tried on.
"Do you want it in the other size or your money back?" What do you think she would have said to me if I responded with "both."

promo day = best day evah.

I love working on the promotion. I get to really joke around with everyone, drink a beverage,...

Phase 2 of the summer season starts on Tuesday, which is really exciting. Is it so exciting because...

“Can I have a triple tall cinnamon dolce whole milk...”
— Snotty customer’s...

I'm so so sorry that someone is sitting...

Snotty customer: There's a homeless man outside...could you... get rid of him
147xxxx: oh, did he do or say something to you?
Snotty customer: no.
147xxxx: oh... so, sorry, what's he doing?
Snotty customer: well... he's sitting there on the ground... could you just get rid of him

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New Starbucks Beverage - Vivanno (or as...

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— Chanhasse on LJ’s Barista...

Damn it. I was the last one to pick up their tshirt for this...

Uhm... thanks?

As odd as it is, I get a significant amount of comments about my hair. Obviously, I don't mind it, but someone says something at least once per shift. I guess there's just something about me making your latte that makes you want to tell me my hair is pretty and like Felicity's (yesterday) and has gotten longer (two days ago). Today was the strangest interaction I've had concerning this.
Customer Husband: We really love your hair
147xxxx: Ha thanks - even though I have to wear this hat?
Customer Husband: Yeah yeah, but really - you should be proud
Customer Wife: We'd be proud
Customer Husband: We're proud... of you...
Customer Wife: (to husband) ...We're weird.
We laughed about it and they seemed like that cool married couple. I think they were kind of embarrassed that they went on talking without really thinking. Whatever, my coworkers and I had a good laugh about it.

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a short cappuccino & an M&M cookie

One time Matt Dillon came into my starbucks. He ordered a short cappuccino and an M&M cookie....

“My drink is so good - it tastes like cake batter.”
— BARF ALL OVER MY GREEN APRON....

and I have a question as well: why are...

Customer 1: Is there caffeine in the chai latte?
Clueless Co-worker: No caffeine - Chai's a tea
147xxxx: Um... there's caffeine in the Chai...
Clueless Co-worker: No there's not... its a tea.
147xxxx: (to customer) Chai is a kind of black tea. Black teas usually have caffeine in them
Clueless Co-worker: Its a tea.
147xxxx: Yes... (to customer) and much like our black tazo tea named AWAKE, it has caffeine in it.
Clueless Co-worker: oh.
A few minutes later:
Customer 2: How many shots are in an iced grade americano?
Clueless Co-worker: four
Customer 2: Oh perfect
147xxxx: (to customer) ...three... (To CC) sorry, it's three
Clueless Co-worker: same thing.
a little later:
Customer 3: Hi! I have a question abo-
Clueless Co-worker: I'm not going to know the answer.

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quite exciting

Customer: ...uhm...I'M GOING TO HAVE A GRANDE VANILLA BEAN CREAME FRAPPUCCINO (BIG SMILE!)
147xxxx: ha, alright. It'll be $x.xx
Customer: OKAY... I'M TRYING SOMETHING NEW... I ALWAYS GET THE SAME THING... JUST A REGULAR COFFEE
Customer's Friend: ...Yeah, he's really excited...

“Where were you?! We were scared that you left!”
— a grande drip everyday...

Dear somewhat regular customer,

There’s no way to say this without sounding like a Creeper McCreeperson, but a few weeks ago I...

Drip by drip, Starbucks lost what made it...

I wasn’t suppose to work today. Unfortunately,...

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eatsleepdraw: Starbucks Order -Hunson N.

I'm on the same page as jake & amir!

so I didn’t really think that anyone was following this, and I did it for my own enjoyment....

but I alllllways order this

147xxxx: Hi! What can I get for you?
Customer: grande soy chai frappuccino
147xxxx: Actually, we can't make frappuccinos with soy milk (except for the test market in austin, texas). We could make you an iced grande soy chai latte or a regular chai frappuccino.
Customer: What?
147xxxx: redo whole speech
Customer: No, I want a SOY chai FRAPPUCCINO. A chai. with soy. blended and cold. a soy chai frappuccino.
147xxxx: (OMG ARE YOU LISTENING AT ALL) As I said before we can't make that :)
Customer: What? (he FINALLY took his headphones out)
147xxxx: We can't make that for you
Customer: ...I ALWAYS get it and they make it for me...
147xxxx: Well, at all Starbucks we make our frappuccinos with a premade base. And for the Chai Cream Frappuccino, the base we use isn't soy.
Customer: I always get it with soy...
147xxxx: (NO YOU DO NOT - IT IS IMPOSSIBLE) Well at this store we can't make it that way for you.
Customer: Whatever, just make it.
147xxxx: (WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL)Okay...(I threw a bunch of soy, some chai, and ice into a blender, and it came out kinda foamy, kinda chunky, and NOT looking like a frappuccino)... Here's your iced grande soy blended chai latte... HAVEAGREATDAY!
If I didn't want my job any more I would say No. No you don't order and get that drink all the time because we can't make it. Its like if you came in and asked for a root beer float. And if you do apparently always order and get your chai creame frappuccino with soy milk... then I hope you're not lactosentolerant because you must be getting it WITH OUR REGULAR NON-SOY CREAME BASE. or YOU'RE A LIAR. By acting this way, you aren't proving that you are better than me. You are proving that you're an IDIOT. HAVEAGREATDAY

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