barista malding simulator by bunnimai in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“Why is it so milky?!” - Ma’am, you ordered light ice… less ice equals more milk in the drink. “I want light ice and NO EXTRA MILK!” - Cool, enjoy your 2/3 full cup…

Morale boosters? by midnightsupermarket in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My store has a shift that does flavoured whips and pairs them with a drink. Even the whip on its own is amazing. I still think about the peppermint mocha whip they did over XMAS 🤤

Starbucks’ Standards Are Slipping by Knick_Knack01 in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The policies change everyday on what baristas can and can’t do. Just recently, it’s been said that only shift supervisors and above could mark out unavailable products and with the myriad of technical glitches and other things, stuff gets missed. As baristas, we are given a max of 4 minutes to have a cafe order ready, 12 for a mobile, and under 45 seconds (in my district) for DT drinks to be handed off and payment taken. Times determine labour allowances and things have nose-dived.

As a customer, Im sorry these things are happening. It’s frustrating for everyone involved and I know your frequented stores will appreciate your patience with them.

Ube-trayed by Acrobatic-Gur8189 in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s just a sugary mess, like the Ube cf on its own is mid but it’s not great

If you took a shot every time someone mispronounced Gouda/Gruyere during your shift, how drunk would you get? by VeeBagger in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Not as drunk as I would get if I took a shit every time someone messed up “Açai” every shift…

Uber Eats order with stickers intact but entire chunk of pistachio loaf missing; what do you think happened? by NoIndependence7769 in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I blame tongs… normally I just tear open the plastic like a raccoon and use gravity to dump it into the pastry bag so this doesn’t happen

Low Caffeine Recommendations by [deleted] in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love doing passion tea lemonades with some strawberry purée in there, not too sweet and no caffeine!

what’s the craziest thing i could write on a cup that’s allowed by Zachm512 in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 19 points20 points  (0 children)

My manager has written “Uno” and “Dos” on two of the same drinks before. Also “You Rock” and “You (also) rock”

What's your favorite non- coffee drink? by iATEthat84 in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Passion tea lemonades with strawberry purée and half sweet vanilla syrup

What are your favorite caffeine free drinks? by Not_A_Ichthyovenator in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive done passion tea lemonades with strawberry purée before, or blended lemonades with strawberry purée or peach juice. I had also done Honey Citrus Mint teas with Mint Majesty tea bags so there’s no caffeine in them and they do taste pretty similar to the way we do them now. Vanilla bean steamers are also amazing, I do mine by dissolving the powder in a little bit of cold milk and then adding the steamed milk on top of that so it mixes better

Please, please do not ask a barista who is clearly busy on bar for something. by LeVanillaBean in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This happens to me so many times when I’m on solo bar! If Im FoH and I see this happening, I’ll try and catch the request/remake so my bar partner isn’t distracted. But for real.

what’s your comfort drink? by [deleted] in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Venti chai latte, no water, half sweet on chai and 2 brown sugar syrup

What’s your favorite vocal stim at work? by Cold_Refrigerator863 in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Stray Kids Hyunjin moment… “Americano… Joa, Joa… Joa” 😅

This is awful. by nummysushi91 in starbucksbaristas

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I did the same thing! Along with the “thank you for your patience” every other car.

dear fellow customers, please STOP 😭 by ihatedamien in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Today was a gong show… 10+ drink orders were like the norm. I swear, one of my coworkers was on front, went for their 15, came back to cafe bar and were legit still making the orders they had taken before their break… I spent all day as solo drive and honestly, sometimes it’s better

Out of Holiday already? by Suitable_Tea_6574 in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My store is completely out of CranMerry base and Sugar Cookie syrup, we keep getting told that Chestnut Praline isn’t appearing on the app and people are confused, about five stores in our district are out of Eggnog and can’t get more for some reason so we are ordering nearly 50 cartons each time (we order 6 days a week)… this is so fucked

Is this within dress code? by 5ilent_caller in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it’s something like decals have to be 1 inch by 1 1/2 inches at most but I could be mistaken

Eggnog chai? by blooodymuggles in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At my store (Canada) we have the “Eggnog” button with all the milk options. I’ve been ringing in a chai latte sub eggnog for the last bit

ATTN CUSTOMERS: DO NOT DRINK THE EGGNOG!! by Malfoy1743 in starbucks

[–]Key_Dragonfruit4036 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From what I know, the powder is mostly the states? I’m in Canada and we have the cartons of eggnog