It's good if it is made correctly. I had one of the lattes made without milk. Hello? Latte=milk. If the drink has latte in the name, it is going to have milk. I threw mine out as well. (I am a former barista and was just dying watching the drink being made.)@azncollege wrote:
I asked the barista about the promotional coffee drink. She immediately told me it tasted like sh** and was like drinking curry gone bad. I had to order it for the shop and she kept asking me if I was sure if I really wanted to try it and suggested other drinks. I have to agree with the barista. I took a sip of it and had to go spit it out. It was awful.
@SoCalMama wrote:
@azncollege wrote:
I had people order so many iced caramel macchiatos upside down. That's the drink that makes a barista secretly laugh about you because it is so dumb.
Just had to google that I suppose I will tell my husband; you learn something new every day
@azncollege wrote:
I once did a tobacco compliance shop and the employee asked how old I was after I said I "forgot" my ID. After I told her I was of legal age to buy tobacco, she called over the employees in the store and had them vote if I looked old enough to buy tobacco. The first vote was a tie so they had a debate for 5 minutes and tried to break the tie. One guy changed his vote and I was able to buy it without an ID.
The editor emailed me to confirm if my report was accurate lol. They ended up pulling the video footage and saw it all.
Almond milk is always an upcharge. The manager was just giving it to you for free.@Irene_L.A. wrote:
My local SB brings me to order a dash of Almond Milk, and the Barista says that's .60 more, I argu they never charged me extra and she says, "the rules are the rules". I know the Manager from being a 10 year customer and spending hundreds and asked him later. He says he'll talk to her, I shouldn't be charged, as they have Almond Milk. Next day, same thing, I cancelled the order, 2.60 for a small coffee...
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
No, not funny, my thoughts are he was trying to catch someone that was shop lifting, still not funny.
Just so you know, all Starbucks are not the same. Stores located in grocery stores, Barnes and Noble, Target, Airports, are not corporate stores.@Irene_L.A. wrote:
I was in Whole Foods getting coffee, and a big sign saying Almond/Coconut milk in coffee, free. I spoke to the Manager of this Starbucks and he said he would tell her to give me Almond milk...it is also free at Panera Bread where I go often. Using it in a full drink will cost more, but .60 for a swig, no way....yes, the Manager was being nice, didn't want to lose me and my friends, however other Barista's do it if asked..They just opened a huge SB in my town, going to see what their rules are, and actually, in groceries, (Ralphs) Almond milk cost the same as regular milk.
I only go to free standing SB.....@SoCalMama wrote:
Just so you know, all Starbucks are not the same. Stores located in grocery stores, Barnes and Noble, Target, Airports, are not corporate stores.@Irene_L.A. wrote:
I was in Whole Foods getting coffee, and a big sign saying Almond/Coconut milk in coffee, free. I spoke to the Manager of this Starbucks and he said he would tell her to give me Almond milk...it is also free at Panera Bread where I go often. Using it in a full drink will cost more, but .60 for a swig, no way....yes, the Manager was being nice, didn't want to lose me and my friends, however other Barista's do it if asked..They just opened a huge SB in my town, going to see what their rules are, and actually, in groceries, (Ralphs) Almond milk cost the same as regular milk.
The managers are all worried about getting a bad survey or a complaint. They'll bend the rules to avoid getting a complaint. There was an old women who bought a frap about 1 minute before closing very frequently and added an extra shot to it. This caused there to be left over frap. She wanted it in a separate cup. That's two drinks for one. She complained, and she got it from them on. We all despised her.
Those are likely corporate stores, where the baristas know the rules about adding Almond, Soy or Coconut Milk to drinks.@Irene_L.A. wrote:
I only go to free standing SB.....
At the airport, I had to weigh it in the restroom. I'm sure you could tell if the ratio was off just by picking up the cup. I know I could. Too much foam or space makes the cup too light. The thought of drinking another white chocolate mocha makes me ill. I remember getting $100 for buying a hot cafe latte in Blythe in the middle of summer.@kenasch wrote:
Brings back memories of shopping SB many years a go and weighing the drink in my car hoping not to spill any of it.
I have 2 of those scales and 2 thermometers. The company that had the account first was slow paying everyone before they went out of business. I remember than I somehow actually got the owner on the phone and cussed him out, while I was in Albertson's doing a shop at the time. He finally paid me. I wasn't sure that he would. I remember that he owed me over $500 for just doing Starbucks.@sestrahelena wrote:
I still have my company-issued scale! They didn't want it back. Have used it to weight shipping packages ever since!
@Shop-et-al wrote:
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
No, not funny, my thoughts are he was trying to catch someone that was shop lifting, still not funny.
The laggard was doing a job. It was like watching myself, but at a different time and place. That has happened to me, too. "Oh. Did I walk too fast for you?" [Why, no. We can get our daily jog right here in your store. Safety be damned, and all that.] "I'm sorry." "It's alright."
@lcubed3 wrote:
At least they used a neutral code word. Sack of potatoes in aisle 14! flour sack? Hot tamale? It's Saturday night, surely someone can come up with wittier.
@awestover89 wrote:
I live in a major tourist destination, and had a lunch shop at a hotel's cafe. I generally try and avoid lying in my stories as much as possible, so when she asked me where I was visiting from, I told the truth that I was a local.
Silence for a few seconds followed by: "Hon, if you live here why on earth are you eating in a hotel restaurant?"
Quick story about being a travel agent and wanting to try out some of the hotel bars/restaurants to recommend them to people coming to visit had her satisfied.
@prince wrote:
Why would she say that? We eat in local hotel restaurants all the time.