PSA from a Starbucks Barista (based on actual experiences)
Don’t change your drink order as we hand it out to you
“Are any of your baristas good at making [insert drink here]?” Yes. It’s our job.
What size is your drink??? t e l l u s
We know Starbucks is ridiculously expensive, and we can’t do anything about it.
Don’t give us a handful of loose change and then walk/drive away ??
Don’t be surprised if you order 5 frappuchinos and it takes forever
You don’t need to shout into the drive thru speaker !!
On the other hand speak clearly and don’t whisper !!
Don’t ! Honk ! In ! The ! Drive ! Thru ! Lane ! Literally there’s no reason ?? And it just destroys our ears ?? please
Have mercy on us, we’re doing our best to get your 12 iced lattes ready, as well as everyone else’s drinks
Literally someone ordered 12 iced lattes the other day I’m not kidding like why
There is no secret menu !
Know what you want when you go through the drive thru, don’t sit there for 500 years and hold up the line
Yes, the egg bites have egg in them holy shit
The cafe music is picked by people in the Seattle headquarters, we can’t change it
literally the only thing keeping me going sometimes is what my ASM told me once–”We’re here because they can’t make it themselves.”
Don’t say “I don’t mean to fuss at you about something you have no control over” and then fuss at us for 3 minutes without even pausing to breath like how ?
every single time I get told how to make a “Medicine Ball” by someone, it’s a different recipe ok there is no fucking secret menu
if you say “surprise me,” I’m just going to give you whatever’s easiest to make
Don’t insult/be rude to the person making what you are going to consume ?? literally the first law of survival like wtf
I can’t change the price of your drink
please don’t as us to use tip money to pay for the part of the drink you don’t want to pay for. that’s literally asking the cashier to take money out of their paycheck to pay for your overpriced coffee that you wanted
basically just be nice to us please we’re doing our best
baristas, if you wanna add some please do, more customer awareness 2k17 please