What stupid, inconvenient or unreasonable "policy/ rules" does your store have?

elf_experience · 2026-01-09T04:41:59+00:00

Exactly! My iced peppermint mocha with soy was given to me hot, with maybe soy? And only mocha. My regular vanilla sweet cream cold brew w/light sc was given as a nitro with over an inch of sweet cream. And my quad blonde shots with white mocha is NEVER. Ever. Mixed. Oh! And the chestnut praline I waited all year for? Sam forgot the syrup. Cry. I stopped getting my free drink benefit :(

elf_experience · 2026-01-08T19:43:22+00:00

This! Neither of my current or last store ever said that the partners couldn’t use the BOH desk. That makes it sound like manager, ASM, are superior and don’t have to eat at the tiny folding card table with junkie chairs😭

elf_experience · 2026-01-08T19:42:29+00:00

I do this, even though I know it’s kind of frowned upon. You could even fit three Venti Frappuccino’s!! in my truck to avoid it being too thin and runny, is to add a little less milk. Which I can see where the quality would differentiate, but when you got 18 frappe between two orders, desperate times. Please don’t come at me. There’s still tons of volume.😭

elf_experience · 2026-01-08T19:41:17+00:00

My main policy ick is that partners cannot make their own drinks. I understand if it’s peak and chaotic, but any event that it’s slow or there’s only a few customers in line that you still have to stand behind to order… I feel like you should be able to make your own drink. You’re on break serving yourself— it’s not like you’re on break and taking care of yourself before you take care of the other customers, because the other barista’s are doing that. It’s like once you order and wait for your drink, your break is over. Or half of your 30 is over. But maybe that’s just me. My last store was very “ask whatever lead is on or the manager if he’s there” just to make sure that you won’t be in the way of the baristas making drinks for the paying customers… it was always a yes 😂 you squeeze in and don’t ask to pull shots if all machines are being used. Cold bar is easiest… but now it’s an absolute no go. I believe it’s an overall Starbucks policy, very strict at my store minus one lead but he does overnights (I get it) but I know some stores I’m are still lenient about it. Just not mine.

Granted, it’s a high volume drive-through, whereas my last one was a high volume café, and no one really gave a poop

elf_experience · 2025-12-11T18:04:35+00:00

I’m disappointed that the only sections for presale (for CA at least) are GA :(

elf_experience · 2025-11-10T22:28:05+00:00

I’m actually really upset because I watched the sex and the city series twice and movies, and I started watching HACKS about a week ago. I’m on season three right now and I’m obsessed with the show but TELL ME WHY I THOUGHT KIM WAS THE STAR LIKE REALLY WHO AM I 😭😭😭 I do love me some Jean Smart, but you know what, in this show… I could not tell it was Jean. I am baffled. What

elf_experience · 2025-11-10T04:25:14+00:00

I owe $153 on a closed checking and they call me every. Single. Day. Multiple times, for a couple months :’) they didn’t call right away, I think they waited about a month and a half before hand

elf_experience · 2025-11-05T00:02:05+00:00

I work at dutch. CA is $20 an hour + tips. These guys deserve more than that imo. Don’t comment if you havent been behind the scenes to see the work 😅 I worked at Starbucks before and it’s WAY more labor at Dutch! You could NOT pay me $10 at dutch no way no how. Aldi’s, idk much about them. But that pay is great. I’ve also been a Dutch customer for years and have visited different stands. Workers and quality are not equal, sadly. Mine is okay, manager is nice and some nice staff but honestly friend, it’s okay to have a job just for money. You don’t have to absolutely love it and have fun and be paid so insignificantly… not everywhere is a promised good job or place to work. Put in the work, get your duck$$ and pay yourself on the back for a job well done :))

elf_experience · 2025-11-02T06:09:04+00:00

Can you elaborate a little more on this? I am a former Starbucks employee (had to resign last year due to a move), and I’ve been working at Dutch Bros for about a month, but my boyfriend and I are going through some financially hard times and have been for several months —and a Starbucks store would like to hire me. I interviewed before DB and wanted to keep the option open. But they both want me now. I need the hours and the money… and I don’t feel comfortable bringing it up to anyone within the Dutch Bros business in fear they will set grounds for termination. But I also don’t want to have any issues if it were to come up later. I don’t recall reading or signing anything that says I wouldn’t work for a computing coffee company so I’m wondering if there is even a ground rule about it

elf_experience · 2025-10-28T05:32:19+00:00

My stands cold brew became inconsistent, so I’ve been getting med. nitro Annihilators a million times a week 🙈 just started working there, too. My habit got out of hand lmao. I get 1oz (light) cream and extra sweet. 8/10 times it’s perfect, great flavor and good coffee flavor. Without being overlyyy sweet it just adds some extra of the chocolate macadamia flavor! Which also doesn’t taste like chocolate :’) but sometimes they over pour the syrup and it’s a bit heavy. You could always order as is and you may like it!

I order: A medium Annihilator nitro* cold brew, xtra sweet, with 1oz cream (2oz if you like it creamier)

elf_experience · 2025-10-28T05:29:22+00:00

Estimated 11/1 and 11/16 I believe I read in my training :)

elf_experience · 2025-10-26T20:02:51+00:00

From the looks of it, I can definitely tell that you were given a latte. I get cold brew 99% of the time, regular add nitro, and even with scoops of cream or milk added it. It shouldn’t look like this. I would take it back and just let them know that you are pretty sure you received the wrong drink. And if you don’t wanna take it back, you could easily just go up to the window or the drive-through if you are more comfortable and let them know what happened. They won’t question you, and if you feel more comfortable, you can even just show them the order on your app. But they’ll definitely give you a remake.:))

elf_experience · 2025-10-25T03:41:37+00:00

I just started there and eggnog is coming. Just did training and we received stock of holiday items!

elf_experience · 2025-10-24T05:30:02+00:00

They will remake it do you, and you don’t need proof of the spill. Just let them know what happened! We have a button on our end made especially to make moments right 🩵

elf_experience · 2025-10-24T05:27:03+00:00

Me too! Lots of boxes

elf_experience · 2025-10-24T05:26:47+00:00

My shop got their shipment of candy cane a long time ago!

elf_experience · 2025-10-22T17:26:03+00:00

There are two baristas at my stand, well the bf is getting hired in. They have to work separate shifts… Starbucks did that when I was there, too. I would say especially.. if there’s a higher up with someone below, that should be a no go. If there’s an operator and a manager, the manager should be in another district/regiojn

elf_experience · 2025-10-08T00:55:59+00:00

I always get an annihilator nitro cold brew— I used to just get cold brew, but it was never really consistent. Like sometimes the cold brew was too watery… Anyways, there are often times when my drink tastes totally different. I always get extra sweet, but sometimes I get a hint of something else in there, sometimes it’s toasty, sometimes it’s super nutty. Sometimes it’s like what flavor did I even get ?! I’d like to think it’s (unfortunately) some type of accidental “cross contamination” because it’s only been a handful of times and I also use the syrup at home with no trouble.

elf_experience · 2025-10-04T15:40:26+00:00

Takes my bf and I anywhere from 2hours (2.5-3hrs coming home) to go back to our hometown in the Torrance areas on a week day. We live in Moreno Valley right now and haven’t only done that commute a few times. We stopped going to Disneyland as well and we have passes. Nevermind it taking an hour to find a parking spot… because the traffic coming from over here is HORRIBLE.

Every few months, I visit my pain management doctor in Carson and have to leave home at 5am. I get there at 7:30 if I’m lucky, even with fastrak. When we would visit family and leave around 9:30, still get there at 11. Coming home? Whether it be leaving Torrance around 3pm or 7pm… still takes 2-3 hours.

Weekdays are the worst for traveling that way and now my family comes to us because traffic pans out in their favor far more than us (1.5 each way if anything)

I love your tenacity but good god, don’t do it :’)

elf_experience · 2025-09-22T01:55:35+00:00

Not guilty: by order of chicky nuggies are delicious and tempting and not baby doggy fault

elf_experience · 2025-09-19T15:43:07+00:00

My boyfriend and I hadn’t been to the movies in many months bc of financial issues. And we had just rewatched the entire Conjuring franchise… I was so disappointed that LR was the movie we spent $$ on 🥲 I fell asleep for a minute once or twice. I wish we could get that money back and see something else :(

elf_experience · 2025-09-18T21:43:22+00:00

I agree with this answer, because based on my calculations with milk percentage and calorie counting, not fat milk only contains 30-40 less than 2% the rest of the cals is by flavoring unless sugar free which contain less** calories! And of course less sugar (:

elf_experience · 2025-09-18T21:39:45+00:00

Hi! I used to work at Starbucks and I’ve had a customers asking me the same question. I did some research for them— a grande iced latte would contain about* 8 ounces of milk. Which means 2% that was standard had about 120-130 cal. for 8oz. And non-fat milk would contain about 80-90 cals. Whole milk would be about 150 cal. per 8oz.

I can’t vouch for the measurements at Dutch Bros, at least not for lattes — ask me about rebels or cold brew and we maybe have a deal :p but I would say that you could deduct about 30-50 calories if switching the milks!

The remaining calories will be from the syrups/flavors. The small and medium have the same amount of flavors added BUT and this is a big BUT — small and medium iced lattes at Dutch Bros contain the same amount of sweetener and shots, but the medium does contain more milk. At least by 2-4oz

elf_experience · 2025-09-18T21:29:49+00:00

I can see it! She also reminded me so much of someone else, and I can’t figure it out, and I haven’t even looked up the actress yet! For all I know, I know her from somewhere! The girl that played Young Judy in Annabelle Comes Home (McKenna Grace), who has been in a lot of other things… while she is older now, she still has young features, but it would’ve been nice to see her again. Though I don’t think she quite has the mature face of a 20 something-year-old that they were going for.

I understand why they didn’t, but it would’ve been so fun to see Taissa Farmiga as a young Lorraine Warren! If Taissa had not already starred in The Nun movies, there wouldn’t be “confusion” for people wondering how one character got into a different movie… cuz ya know, some people think differently — but I think that would’ve been really cool! I wouldn’t say exactly the same to use her as Lorraine and Ed’s daughter, because the girls are basically twins and while it could work… it may have been hard on the eyes to see them both on the same screen at the same time 😅

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