Don't make me decaf you.

@starfucks-life

There are some things that only baristas can understand. Real barista problems told by a former Starbucks barista.

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I work at dunkin and our standard for sugars/artificial sweeteners for a large is 4. Today someone got 20 equals and keeping a straight face was so hard. I try not to judge but damn

These kinds of heathens don’t just come to Starbucks, people. Beware.

one of my coworkers always gets the same drink: iced latte made w coconut milk, 6 shots, and 10 pumps of raspberry. i make it for her all the time but it seems disgusting

Hey! This is a bit random but I was recently hired at Starbucks and i'm having a really hard time finding shoes that fit the dress code. Do you have any tips?

sORRY IF THIS IS TOO LATE LOL

Tbh I always wore vans or converse but those are soooo bad for your feet. My go to’s were doc martens, but I also live in Canada cos you know, cold and rainy all the time lol

My store has three revalue drinks I absolutely despise making. Melissa gets a venti 4 pump sugar free mocha light Frappuccino triple blended with whip. And then there are what we call the caramel comas. Iced grande caramel macchiato and a grande coffee Frappuccino with whip. Kicker is that between the two of them, most of us will use a bottle and a half of drizzle.

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(2/2) the spent another 5 minutes in the bathroom and then left. didnt buy a thing. it happened like 10 minutes from close (also meaning we had just mopped) and to this day i'm honestly completely sure it happened

I have no words

i'd say ONE of the most ridiculous things a customer has done: you know how the floors get weird when it snows? the chemicals they treat the roads with gets tracked in on people's shoes and makes the floor really shiny, kind of slick, and its impossible to mop up, no matter what you use. Anyway. this old middle aged lady came in. She ranted for 5 entire minutes about the disgusting, shameful state of our floors. she ranted to us, other (very uncomfortable) customers, herself mostly. Then... (1/2

"venti extra hot single shot latte with no foam - i REALLY mean it kathryn NO FOAM - and just charge me for a tall because the only difference is the amount of milk you're adding." and when i pass it off i just stand there, because i know she's going to weigh it and pass it back with the excuse that she "gets it every day and it's too light, please just fill it to the top with milk."

FuCk ThIs BiTcH

We have one women order in drive thru a venti 12 pump chai, no water, 210 degree... our managers already fought her on it and has given up so we do it anyways despite the burns we all get, soy, no foam, 3 splenda and whipped cream.... but shes watchung her sugar intake... constantly complains the soy tastes burnt and we should order a differnt brand.....

Lol we refused to heat anything to higher than 200 degrees and if they didn’t like it then too bad there’s a McDonald’s across the street, try them

I only ever get the same thing when I go to Starbucks and now I feel guilty even ordering that...I just get a tall Vanilla Bean Creme. Maybe a piece of bread if they have any left.

Tbh don’t feel guilty it’s not really that bad, I used to order that all the time before I started working there because I hated coffee, and eventually after a few months I was shooting straight espresso shots lol

This new girl we just hired: Double Venti vanilla caramel soy no whip extra caramel drizzle 8 scoop vanilla bean frappuccino

omg she’s one of those

Long time regular gets sometimes up to four venti coffee fraps with double frap roast, double base, and made with breve. It fits into a trenta with some left over.

AHHHH IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I’VE BEEN ON THIS ACCOUNT

But that’s effing gross fam that’s like diabetes in a cup

Roseanne: venti or grande flatwhite, 3 raw sugars, stir, whip cream, and make sure there is none of that fake "Expresso" shit in there. Everyday she orders this and i make it the same everyday and some days she hates it some days it's "good enough".

This lady came in and wanted a ventEIIIII iced white mocha with 2 extra shots, 10 pumps of toffee nut, ONE GODDAMN INCH OF CARAMEL SAUCE, and extra ice. Basically, her syrup and sauce came up half way between the second and top line. So basically I put in a splash of milk and the rest was ice (=

I’ve also had two separate guys overdose on heroin in the bathrooms??? On two separate days? #wild

Jenny

Venti Caramel Frappuccino with 8 pumps of frap roast, extra whipped cream, and extra caramel drizzle. So much extra drizzle that we empty half a bottle of caramel into the cup and it pools down to the bottom of the cup, so there’s like 2 inches of caramel. And then anything that doesn’t fit into the cup, she asks to be put into a tall cup on the side, also with extra whip and, yes, more extra caramel drizzle.

I refuse to remember this lady's name

Venti espresso frappuccino with an extra shot, 3/4 of a pump of base, extra ice, filled all the way up with a dome lid. Not the worst, except she's an asshole and will sit at the drive window and tell you 'mmm this tastes like caramel? Maybe you didn't clean the blender?' so you grab a freshly sanitized blender from the back and 'oh, no, this doesn't taste right.' she will have you remake it at least 4 times per visit (2x per day) and eventually she'll say 'well I guess I'll hope for someone else next time' and take it, throwing her straw wrapper at her window. Like bitch it's me every time I fucking live here. Also, she chain-smokes at the window and will blow the smoke at you when you open the window to give her her drink. Once she tipped me, by throwing a handful of change at my closed window.

the order isn't the worst tho because she comes back down at least three times and wants the whole thing again. and there's at least one time where something wasn't right. Either thee coffee was too cold, or thee foam wasn't good enough. or it didn't taste right. She somes in every night and if the "proper" barista isn't here to makee her oder she complains about it and asks where he is and if he got fired? like bitch what thee fuck we don't work 24/7 ??????

(2/2) Le sigh. I can’t even

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