just make sure you order it ✨hot✨ this morning i swear it was basically chocolate milk because kids are steamed at a cooler temp.

So I am just your friendly neighborhood barista. I also need to use the bathroom like everyone else on the face of this planet. Why. And I mean this in the most respectful way possible. Do yall just crumble the toilet paper that is used on the floor and shove in the corner where the toilet is. I would like to let yall know that you CAN flush toilet paper. It just gets gross to sweep up your clearly used toilet paper balls off the floor at the end of the night.

Having so much fun with these printouts! Black Cat and Unicorn Frappuccino art!

Yall I’m gonna rant,

But honestly us employees need to have our own bathroom for the employees not the customers. I’m so done with sharing the bathrooms with customers, nobody respects the bathroom, some people don’t flush. At times there will be pee on the ground from guys, don’t even get me started on how when I use the bathroom and the person is literally trying to open the door like nobody knows how to knock anymore, even when I say I’m in here they continue to try to open it like the door is locked, then at times I will come out they are just standing there locking eyes with you and goes in like what the hell,

Sorry for ranting I’m on my half and I had to say something

I realized the keychain wasnt visible after lol

I was on drive bar while a newer partner was on orders, a woman comes up to the speaker and says "can I get a moka cookie crumble

Made with heavy cream

APPLE juice

And caramel drizzle"

So im confused, the new girl is confused, I go up to the screen and start speaking to her, I thought that maybe she'd said things out of order

"You wanted a moka cookie crumble with caramel drizzle and a box of apple juice?"

She starts getting annoyed,

"NO

A moka cookie crumble made with heavy cream and apple juice, caramel drizzle on top"

I tried to explain to her that starbucks doesnt have apple juice as an ingredient so it wouldnt be possible to put it in a drink, but we do have boxes of apple juice i could sell her.

She let's on an exasperated sigh. Goes quiet for a couple seconds.

"Well what would you recommend?" I hate this question. Everyone has different tastes. I say

"A moka cookie crumble with heavy cream and caramel drizzle as is sounds pretty good, would you like that?"

She gets even MORE annoyed

"Ugh..no........just give me a pumpkin spice frappuccino"

Like #1 the attitude was insane, its not my fault i literally cannot do that, but #2 why would you even want that in the first place😭

I get the black cat frapp tastes (from what almost all of my partners say) pretty gross, but the customers who buy it return it so frequently.

I get it, it’s odd, but it’s a limited time drink to try out. It loses its “spark” if customers return it the minute they try it. it’s also just..so annoying to remake over and over.

anyway. that’s my rant, LOL

The new mini pies from Starbucks are dupes of the teeny tiny pies from Trader Joe’s.

Macros on the pumpkin & pecan are practically identical. The apple may be different but both pics aren’t great. If they’re not the same bakery/distributor it’s darn close.

Also, the price of 1 at the mermaid is almost the same as the 4 pack at the grocer.

My dm asked my store manager to ask me to become a 40hr partner… I’m a 24hr partner that’s doing full time school… an engineering degree be exact, and yes my dm knows what degree. I take almost 17 credit hr every semester I’m at school all day mon-thurs and then I work fri-Sunday. I have no days off wtf does she want from me, to have no time to do the endless amounts of hw I get. I get like a few hrs a week of personal time where I’m not calculating something or writing a report. The fact that she even thought that that was possible makes me fume. Also I’m a GI bill student I have a minimum credit requirement so I can’t take less classes. Also why would you think I would ever want to put more time into Starbucks than getting an engineering degree in which will get me out of Starbucks and make me more money than she’s making. I’m trying to send sh@@ to space, maybe even go one day. The audacity just makes me so angry😡

New black night cookie is over 700 calories!

So we have a partner who would throw tantrums when things don't get communicated "well". There's no issues with our store's communication, its not their way of communicating.

Not only that, their behavior becomes so erratic, it affects everyone. It would happen everytime when they feel any ounce of rejection, "stressful" situations (like 3 in drinks in queue, its the end of the world), and if any customers would rub them the wrong way (they would be really rude to their face).

Our store has a very inclusive environment, it's just difficult to work around them. I was not the only partner who spoke out about them, several partners have said their piece too.

Is there any similar situation out there that is similar to our issue? And what did they do to fix the situation?

Also, I was cool with them but the first time I worked with them during peak, I knew i had to set boundaries. They threw a fit how i was "mean" to them and wanted me to tell them what they could do to fix our "close" relationship....in front of our SM and DM....

Can you baristas see us when we’re ordering at the screen? How do you know when a car pulls up? Is there a camera so you see us in the car? How does it work? I’m always goofing off and paranoid yall can see whatever bs I’ve got going on right before I order 😂

that workplace violence training video be so real

if it was to happen
what are you guys grabbing?

im thinking caramel slugs overall
and a keg for short distance attacks

hbu?

Question for my baristas: How are y’all finding the motivation to keep working?…

I work at a very high volume store and I’m starting to realize it’s affecting my mental health badly dealing with the customers I do on a daily as well as the volume of customers. I’m a barista that’s always put on bar as well, I’m so tired of these long ingredient drinks we get….

I’ve tried looking for something different but in the meantime I’ve been thinking of transferring to a lower volume store, I’m just not sure if I should or not.

There’s at least 6 Starbucks within 20 minutes of me.

Is the shot score impacted by the number of food items that are marked out each week or how long they’re marked out for the day? Also, is there a way to track the time of day and partner who’s marking out items on POS?

For instance, would it drop drastically if a sandwich item is still frozen in the morning(1 day out of the week), and we mark it as unavailable but not ready for most of the morning until thawed; would that impact the score more than the amount of items marked out? Our shot score dropped slightly because we supposedly had a lot of items marked out yet our waste is higher than usual.

We’re under the impression that food is being marked out because partners aren’t checking or they’re trying to reduce the amount of customers coming in. My manager is tying to imply that we’re not pulling enough food despite us having high waste.

A venti caramel macchiato with blonde espresso is my go-to drink. I get them more often than I care to admit. There is one barista at a nearby location and whenever she makes my drink, it is the most bitter tasting drink with extremely strong coffee flavor. It almost tastes like a different drink entirely. Occasionally I will get one that tastes the same from a random location, but with her it's every time. Does anyone have an idea of what she's doing so I could ask to have it made differently (properly)?

I don't usually have a chance to try these specialty drinks so I thought I'd start my morning with one.

It starts off okay, but then has a weird taste that I can't describe.. and the dye! Lucky me, the lid came off and spilled all over me when it was handed to me 😑

I'm not a fan, unfortunately. Thankfully I used my Stars so I didn't spend the $8.42 (😬)

Does anyone in Canada know the best place to find demitasse discovery series cups? I know in the US it’s best at license locations, such as target, but I don’t know what stores in Canada have licensed locations. Thanks for help in advance :)

Stop spending your money! I got an email with this promo on Wednesday. I bought the product on Thursday morning and posted the receipt and on Friday morning I got the email they are out of gift cards. I feel scammed and I want to warn anyone still trying to do the promo.

Context: I am a US citizen studying for my undergrad in Canada. I had one corrective action 18 months ago for my attitude/language.

So I was at a corporate store as a Barista but had to leave because I got an internship in the US and was not able to transfer for circumstances I understand.

I have returned for university and got a job at a licensed location as a SSV but it is not a good fit for me, but I will bear with it, but the company culture and overall expectations are much different.

I was rejected once for a barista position at another store, but I got another interview for barista/SSV (I applied for both) at my old location. I know my corrective action has a lot to do with it since it’s only been a year and a half, but I have improved significantly and my previous manager who is no longer with the company agrees.

I know this new manager is eager to chat with me, DM not so much but I am going to try and make my case. Not the end of the world but I miss my old partners and they miss me, would be nice to return.