What the hell is it with Starbucks employees asking inane questions and generally correcting your drink order? What happened to “the customer is always right?” Being that Margo is a stupid jerk, she always orders a wet breve cappucino. For those that do not understand, wet means more milk (ewwwww). Every SINGLE time, some asshole barista feels the need to make some sort of comment like… “what is breve,” or “hot?” or best yet… “why don’t you just get a latte?”
Perhaps she didn’t get a latte because she wanted a wet breve cappucino. Now SHADDUP! Speaking is a privelege that you have not earned, as evidenced by the apron you’re wearing.
Today seriously took the cake when I asked for a caramel frappuccino. Her response? “You know it’s cold, right.”
I looked at Margo for a solid 30 seconds and turned back to Galileo behind the counter. Starbucks is apparently an equal opportunity employer, if you know what I mean.
NV/R,
Maria
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It irritates me how people who are serving me feel the need to comment on my order. All I want is a drink, not an opinion.
NV/R,
Margo
It’s interesting, too, how many of them hate their jobs. A lot of friends of mine have worked at Starbucks and have disliked the experience. It seems that it is better to be served than to serve.
Oh, by the by, I got my 46″ Samsung LCD with the 240 hz refresh rate and HD picture. Come over and we’ll watch something with explosions…
…wouldn’t you hate your job if you served frappuccinos to snooty upper middle class children too?
NV/R,
Maria
Try ordering an iced coffee no ice from Starbucks. They’ll look at you like you have three heads. They always ask “Do you want cream and sugar?” I say, “No I like it black.” “Are you sure?” What the hell does ‘No, I like it black mean to a maker of coffee drinks?’ If I wasn’t sure I’d ask what do you suggest, not I want it black. The Baristas near me have gotten used to it, but the new ones act like they have never served cold coffee.
The worst was after a came back to the mainland after living in Hawaii. I would always get a Iced Thai Espresso from Starbuck’s on Oahu. Apparently, you can’t get Iced Thai Espresso on the mainland. Hawaii is the only place you can get it. But instead of saying I’m sorry we don’t have it here, they have the unmitigated audacity to ask me if I’m sure I was at a Starbuck’s when I ordered it. WTF? As if I got them confused with WaWa or Dunkin Donuts. Over priced coffee drinks? Hello? If I didn’t know I was at Starbuck’s when I ordered it, coffee would be the least of my concerns.
I would definitely know if I ordered my drink from WaWa because they are actually capable of human interaction and reasonable pricing there!
NV/R,
Maria
p.s. When Starbucks came out with “chai tea” I wanted to kill myself. CHAI = TEA. WHAT IS TEA TEA?
OMG! I love shrimp scampi and chai tea! It’s so good for dinner dinner.
Maria: “Thanks a Latte Douchebag.” lol. I’m giving you an award for that!
Sadly I did not create “thanks a latte, have a grande!” But I’ll accept an award anyways!
NV/R,
Maria
or why can you retards not understand the fact that barista’s have to deal with F***’s like you all day who go on and on about how much you ‘hate the experiance” or dislike our methods.
put yourself in our place, if you would.
1. this ‘job’ is not by choice. we have bills to pay just like you.
2. this position is much like getting raped with an apron on. in anyother fast food job like McD’s or BK, you dont expect anything special. OH! but come to STARBUCKS (like omg, this is supposed to be the piss of GOD) and you expect something different?
3. oh, then you start a damn internet forum about how its not what you expected? if you dont like us, then dont come back? find a new store? make your own coffee the way you like it?
4. understant that we hate you being in our store as much as we show it. we think you are retarded for ordering cold coffee on a cold day. we think your clothes look funny or that you look like a dork (and yes, we talk to our partners about you). OH! and another thing: we remember you the next time you come in.
5. refering to the last point of ’4′, if you didnt tip us, be polite (or at least funny), we will (and yes, i have) spit in your drinks, play stupid with you, not give you the drink you ordered on purpose, and NOT give you the experience you thought you might get.
most of us hate working there as much as a fat kid hates a diet.
we are underpaid, overworked, and we deal with clones of YOU for 8 hours a day.
oh no! an uneducated moron talks about me and my friends because we can afford to spend $10 on starbucks every day!! go to college, get a real degree, and get a real job. i have no sympathy for you. you are underpaid and overworked because you have no veritable skills in the real world and nobody wants to hire you.
NV/R,
Maria
I agree with you calling working at Starbucks a “job”. However, apparently you cannot tell the difference between a forum and a blog! Allow me to personally say: WELCOME TO THE INTERNET. Grow a thicker skin and stop being upset that those customers who pay your bills dare to come into the store.
NV/R,
Margo
We are repeating your drink to you and asking you if it’s right, know it’s hot, etc… to avoid having to throw out the drink of all the IDIOT CUSTOMERS that DON’T KNOW what they are ordering. Or to avoid you getting in a huff when it’s made wrong. Bottom line is, there is no pleasing you. You’re an American Idiot. Ps.. Thanks a latte, have a grande!
Yep, nobody understands you. Keep crying those tears onto your Green Day CD.
NV/R,
Margo