ex-royalty

everyone's least favorite Starbucks barista Gwen Palmer, 21

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lysataylor·:

“There was a booth for that? I must have missed it,” Lysa said, frowning with feigned regret. “I’m blaming it on the ridiculously long bathroom lines. Which probably had something to do with the intricate dresses and all these men wearing tights for the first time. Did you dress up too?” With a slight chuckle, she nodded, taking the lime. “Yeah, thank you. I’m the one who dropped it, so it’s only fair that I buy it too.” 

“God, I hope there was,” Gwen groaned as she rolled her head back. It would be amusing at the very least and fitting for the time period the faire was aiming to recreate. Her brow curled at the mention if she was there or not. Gwen shook her head. “I already look like a jester in my day to day life, I didn’t need another place to be a total clown at. Did you go?”

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sophiacarlson·:

Sophia was about to open her mouth to agree not to ask when Gwen started giving her a response anyway. closing her mouth she tilted her head to the side. “Got to love customer service right?” She said shrugging her shoulder before smiling. “You do look like you need a shower or something though so best thing I can offer is a mini wet towlette thing and maybe to phone for a uber?” 

Gwen shrugged. “Public embarrassment doesn’t affect me anymore,” she mentioned with a small tilt of her head. How sad was it that people laughing and sneering at her no longer caused her to feel upset. Maybe that was what happened when you worked in the business for so long and had such a string of disheartening events. “Towelette would be nice.”

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jeremyjjb·:

“Thanks,” he nods once to the other and gives her a small smile. “I’m fine, yeah. Trouble sleeping, thanks though. Do you have chocolate chip?” He asks, slightly hopeful.

Gwen returned the smile, be it a little forced. Pleasant conversations and small talk was never her strong suit. “I’m pretty sure we do,” she stated with a nod. “If you don’t mind me, like, stepping away to get it. Unless you’re gonna follow. Sometimes customers follow, regardless.”

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maisiestclr·:

“No, but - I hope your manager like, banned her or something.”

“I mean, I wrote up a report about her and she will be turned away the next time I see her.”

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keondaniels·:

“ Not really, unless you’re one of those people who smack at every bite, no offense to anyone. The sound just grosses me out hearing food being chewed like that. ”

“No chewing sounds from me. I prefer to swallow my food whole like an eagle or a snake. Is that more or less unsettling for you?”

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luciadelcastillo·:

“ santa mierda. ” lucia mumbled underneath her breath at the girl’s explanation.. “you poor thing- please tell me you’re gonna sue- I know this amazing lawyer- or-well actually I know this guy who plays an amazing lawyer, not sure he’d be too great in court.. -anyways besides the point- you need to sue, mamas. -she can’t just get away with that, tell me your work at least banned her?”

A small quirk of a smile was hinted on her lips. “I’d take your offer, but that sounds more like an actor than a lawyer. I know those are supposed to be good at putting on masks and faces and can’t be trusted, but a law degree would be nice,” Gwen commented back with a short laugh. “I mean, if I see her again, I’ll be sure to let her know that she isn’t welcome. Hard to do that when she left shortly after. So, like, most I can do is write a report, which I did, and tell corporate know what happened, which I did. But those kind of customers are numerous. Ban one and forty show up.”

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korra--sandoval-aguilar·:

“Hope you at least misspelled her name when you gave her the drink.”

“I’ll do it the next time. Though, they all look the same with that hideous haircut. Pasty white bitches, but I’m also throwing stones in glass houses with that, so maybe not that insult.”

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aria--edwards·:

“Exactly.” She drew out, content that the other person understood. “Like, I know and you know, but yet still with the vaguely pleasant language.”

“Feels more insulting. I’d rather be told to fuck off. At least I’ll get their actual opinion of me that way. But, I guess that isn’t professional. I’ve been told to tell people I have to fire that we are just not the fit for you or some bullshit. Hate talking down to some teen that’s just being young and dumb like that. As if the teen cares, too.”

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kaisunwoo·:

As soon as the other woman assumed that she was buying a coffee for her, Kai’s brows raised. She thought it over for a moment before deciding aloud, “Would you prefer if I bought you a drink elsewhere? I imagine you’ve had it up to here with coffee.” When the tip comment registered, Kai looked to the jar and said “I guess now’s the time to admit that I put a hefty tip in there.”

“I mean, I’ll take about any free food and drink even if it was from my Starbucks, but this is a weird way to flirt with someone, I’m not going to lie,” Gwen said with a small shrug. Her eyes fell over to the jar. “Hefty tip helps my coworkers and I, so, again, I can’t complain... Are you always this chipper?”

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hunt-huffred·:

“I know you said not to ask but… Was it hot? I feel like you can press charges for something like that. Cause that’s absolutely ridiculous.”

“No offense, but clearly it wasn’t hot. I could have pressed charges for assault, I think. But Karens are too clearly. She would have just asked for the manager... Which is me, but still.”

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harleyxhua·:

“….A four year old? What kind of Karen is their mom for them to already be such a monster?” Harley’s mouth hung open. And who let a four year old drink coffee anyways!? Wait….this wasn’t a four year old. What else looked and sounded like ‘four’? He quickly put the sentence together. “You said this person is fourty, didn’t you?”

It was clear that the man in front of her misunderstood her, but Gwen wasn’t going to correct him. In her mind, he was more correct than she was. This woman was basically a preschooler. “Yes, but I would have accepted four as well since that’s what she behaved like,” she commented back at the guy in front of her. “Should have asked her where her mother was, but I kind of need my job so I can, you know, eat and have my apartment and shit.”

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camercncvrreia·:

“For a minute I thought you said four-year-old and I was about to go off on a rant about why I will never have children.” She mumbled. “But anyway, what grown woman throws a tantrum over coffee?”

“She had the emotional maturity of a four-year-old, if that helps at all,” Gwen noted with a small nod. “Karens do... A lot... Unfortunately this wasn’t my first beverage thrown at me.”

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chvndlcr·:

“Jesus fuck. This is why people are shit.” Chandler made a face…This right here was why he would probably never have a job in customer service. He wouldn’t have been able to keep his mouth shut if it happened to him or one of his coworkers. “At least it wasn’t hot coffee, that shit will burn the fuck outta you.”

“I mean all people are shit, me included. Probably the biggest shit and getting my karma after all these years being shittier and shittier,” Gwen noted with a shrug of her shoulders. “Really coffee’s hot? I never knew that. It’s not like I’ve worked at Starbucks for three years or anything. Never once encountered... What did you call it? Hot... Coffee?”

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korra--sandoval-aguilar·:

“Okay,” Korra raised her eyebrows, “It’s really hard not to comment though, just saying” she smiled and grabbed a wet wipe from her bag before offering it to Gwen “Maybe she should be a barista then, if has such a ‘perfect palete’“

“Oh yes. I dare disturb the delicate stomach and taste bubs of The Karen. I had made a horrible sin today. How I will be forgiven, I’ll never know... Thanks for the wet wipe by the way.”

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summerhevans·:

“Trust me when I say I wasn’t going to,” Summer replies with a look of disgust. “Ew. Who gets hazel? I have some napkins here if you want them.”

“Napkins would be stellar, thanks,” Gwen accepted with a few shakes of her head. “Ya, and I smell like fucking Nutella right now because of it. At least it wasn’t pumpkin spice. That stuff gives me a headache... I hate autumn because of it. Better this than unemployed, though.”

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siennalevesques·:

Sienna rolled her eyes, all too familiar with how customers could be, “Karens really do have the most sensitive tastebuds. It’s honestly kind of impressive, it’s like some kind of middle aged white woman superpower.” She reached into her bag for a pack of baby wipes, “Here! There’s nothing much that can be done until you can get a shower, but this should at least help you feel less…sticky.”

“It comes with the atrocious bob haircut. When you get that done in the cult, the next step is to get your tongue enhanced. It’s like a fucking illuninati bullshit thing going on, I swear. Out to torture Millennials and Gen Z,” Gwen groaned as she rolled her eyes. She gently took the package of baby wipes from the other woman. “Thanks. At least this will make me less likely to attract ants with how grossly sweet I smell.”

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quinnokubo·:

“I mean, on one hand - I wasn’t gonna ask shit ‘cause it sounds like a you problem. On the other, though, that woman sounds like a fucking Karen… I’m not sure who I’m rooting for in this situation.”

“I wouldn’t root for a pathetic barista like me either. But rooting for a Karen only empowers them. It’s like they know you’re talking about them. Pick your poison: Cheer on a loser who hasn't achieved shit since high school or a Karen and fuel her horrific rage.”