http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ I Hate Starbucks » Recent Posts en-US Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:09:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/search.php http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1665#post-20889 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:35:57 +0000 theoneyoulovetohatexo 20889@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>soy milk. if i'm in the mood for a latte.. i have to drink it, i'm allergic to dairy. but $0.55???? when a year ago it used to be $0.30?! f*ck that!</p> <p>bigger rip off when baristas charge me $0.55 for an inch of soy milk in a regular coffee, which would be considered a condiment.. when in the handbook it says it's FREE as a condiment. then baristas get b*tchy when i call them out on it. learn the rules of your job and you wouldn't seem like such a d0uchbag. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1665#post-20888 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:43:49 +0000 used2luvsbux 20888@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I'm with you seashellez... the biggest ripoff has to be VIA! </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1304#post-20887 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:31:20 +0000 dragonfly123 20887@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Such BS... looks like first year employees such as myself are only getting 5 paid days off. I have plans. I'll quit if I have to. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1304#post-20886 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:04:44 +0000 seashellez 20886@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Well I've now been back at the bux for 6 months now and I've gotten my first check with my pay increase and my vacation hours are still at zero. Have they changed the policy again? </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1575#post-20885 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:07:10 +0000 dragonfly123 20885@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Customers who go to chains are a thousands times worse than those who go to independent businesses. So far, I've worked at two chains and two independent business so I'm speaking from experience. Not only do they give their money to evil corporation that do not benefit our communities and instead make them all look alike (and $hitty) but they are just mostly horrible human beings in every possible way. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1165&page=8#post-20884 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:01:58 +0000 dragonfly123 20884@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Clipping one's nails in public should be punishable by death. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1645#post-20883 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:59:28 +0000 dragonfly123 20883@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I never had someone try that on me, but people do nickel and dime me and sometimes require an elaborate explanation and/or a receipt because they can't understand how their purchases add up. You know, because they are fuc^ing stupid. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20882 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:55:54 +0000 dragonfly123 20882@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>The disgustomers don't get it, huh? We CANNOT use simple English at work... The Grinch is a pretentious beast and will not allow it. I never use their ridiculous language off the clock and even at work i try to use ENGLISH as much as possible, you know, because this IS America last time I checked. </p> <p>A$$holes. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1611&page=2#post-20881 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:28:09 +0000 rayscafe 20881@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Can't wait to have to steam up milk for a row of these cups...I can hear the complaints for the wait now... </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20880 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:25:50 +0000 rayscafe 20880@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>My favorite is when they have like 15 customations and rattle them off without giving you the size. You ask the size and they just repeat their ridiculous order even louder. Finally after a few times they finally tell you the size..grrr. I always make them repeat everything they said just to make them feel stupid. It's my own personal form of revenge..and God help us all if we get an order wrong anyway....<br /> Same topic- a woman yelled at me when I asked what size she would like and she said "small". I called out a tall and she FLIPPED out on me. It was kinda great..haha </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1645#post-20879 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:14:00 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20879@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>seashellez its true. a few months back someone tried to pull that on me. but starbucks being starbucks i had no tens in my till at the time, and he handed me a ten and tried to convince me other wise.</p> <p>i gave him his change and with my boss right next to me he start ranting that he gave me a 20. i said "no sir, you gave me a ten. I had no tens in my till until you gave me yours." and he told me i was a liar and that i was trying to pocket money and that i should be fired.</p> <p>my boss knows im not a crappy employee. she simply took the name and number of the guy and said if we were 10 dollars over we'd call him.. </p> <p>HA. i just laughed and said "have a great day.."<br /> ****. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1611&page=2#post-20878 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:04:49 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20878@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>what i'd like to know is, how the **** are you suppose to shake 31 ounces in a shaker? thats kind of a lot of liquid lol </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1575#post-20877 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:54:59 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20877@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>honestly there is no good way to deal with crappy customers. Especially in a store like mine it happens daily. I work in one of the top busiest stores in my city, in possibly the busiest shopping center right off the freeway and am a frequent stop for travelers along with the other 500,000+ others in my city.<br /> Friday and Saturday nights are the worst. Our most commonly busiest nights, we get sceneagers (you know the 12-16 year olds who have the emo hair and wear more makeup than a drag queen and think they own the world because their parents gave them their $20 allowance for the night). They are possibly the most inconsiderate little pieces of siht. Especially since about 75% of them stand in line and order nothing but water individually! so it takes just that much longer the night goes a little something like this..</p> <p>"hi! how are ya doin' tonight"<br /> "uhh can i get a water.."<br /> "sure it'll be down at the bar for you."</p> <p>"hey, what can i get for you tonight?"<br /> "ummmm just a water cup...oh no, not that one a big one."<br /> "sure, it'll be at the bar for you."</p> <p>"hey hows your night going?? Can i start you off with a Vanilla Bean Frap this evening?"<br /> "oh uh, actually can i just get a water"<br /> etc.</p> <p>here is the best part, not only are you **** wasting my time. but you all are one big group.there is already a line to the door so do me a favor and count how many of you there are then have ONE of you come up to the register and ask for the 40 cups of water at once. Its bad enough you're wasting our time and inventory but there is no need to do it individually since you're paying for NOTHING. OH annnd i totally lied this is the best part, i love going to stack our furniture at night and seeing the 40,000 cups sitting on the floor, the tables, the benches and chairs, even up on the awning out and out in the parking lot. when not only are there 2 condiment bar trashes inside, but 2 big a$$ trash bins outside. so what it's a whole 20 feet away, are you telling me your life is THAT difficult you cant walk to a trash can.???? </p> <p>OH, speaking of trash cans.<br /> Gotta love the this. </p> <p>"can i medium coffee"<br /> "sure did you want room for cream??"<br /> *looks at you funny*<br /> "uhhhh no thanks."<br /> "here ya go have a great afternoon!"</p> <p>walks over to the condiment bar. opens the cup and pours out some of the coffee into the trashcan. and that day, there just so happens to be a hole in our "fool proof" double bag system. so when you go to change the trash coffee all over the trash can and the floor.</p> <p>thanks jerkoff. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1665#post-20876 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:26:39 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20876@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>the sandwiches are outrageous. but so are out new cupcakes and sparkle doughnuts. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1165&page=8#post-20875 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:04:08 +0000 its_only_coffee 20875@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Oh yeah, the "can you heat this up for me" thing. The only microwave we had at our store was in a backroom, purchased by the staff so we could eat lunch or dinner there, since we didn't have enough time to go out an buy dinner anywhere.</p> <p>The one thing I remember HATING working at a coffee shop was people that would sit at their table and clip their nails. Then at the end of the night I would have to pick them out of the carpet BY HAND because they were stuck in the carpet the vacuum couldn't pick them up.</p> <p>If you ever clip your nails out in public and just leave them for someone else to pick up you are a disgusting piece of trash. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1165&page=7#post-20874 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:06:19 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20874@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>oh and coffeesoldier!<br /> HAHAHAHA.<br /> "you guys can't just warm it up for me it got cold while I was sitting outside in the 20 degree weather." </p> <p>hmmmmmmm should've drank it then. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1165&page=7#post-20873 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:04:27 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20873@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I hate it when b****y customers throw the change you just handed to them at you and say " ugh just keep it" </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1341#post-20872 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:42:25 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20872@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I find via to be an interesting concept for Starbucks. Starbucks is all about creating that "3rd place" for each customer yet they are trying to provide them with a way to avoid coming in that morning/afternoon/night with having their instant via in their pockets. I understand that instant coffee alone is a mulitmillion dollar industry of course they're just trying to make more money. but the pour the packet into your water bottle at home is losing them money since now they are no longer coming in for their triple venti soy latte which is definitely more expensive than a three pack of via at $2.95 </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20871 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:19:21 +0000 Caitlliinn2482 20871@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>bootsonbarlegs that ****ing hilarious.. That happens to me possibly 50X a shift. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20870 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:15:34 +0000 toffeecoffee 20870@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I had that same thought I think it's an awesome idea however I want sb to close down foreever or at least til they start payinbetter lol </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20869 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:55:00 +0000 coffeesoldier 20869@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>lets kill 2 birds with one stone, lets make the company some money and get back at the disgustomers, lets not ask what size and just give them ventis </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1165&page=7#post-20868 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:52:26 +0000 coffeesoldier 20868@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>oh heres a good one I hate the microwave question lol you guys know what im talking about. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1654#post-20867 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:23:16 +0000 psychoholic24 20867@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>whenever they yell HELLO! or either yell "HI" (grabbing the mic part of the like an 80s rocker, lol) or I say "I've only got two hands, so I'll be with you in a moment" (even when I'm not busy). </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1165&page=7#post-20866 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:51:57 +0000 seashellez 20866@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>We have a key for our bathroom and keep in front of the bar. Still it get asked about it when I'm bar. I tell them where the key is and if it's not there I have to remind them that someone else must be using it! Every now and again I'll get a customer who orders the key at the REGISTER! </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1165&page=7#post-20865 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:33:31 +0000 bootsonbarelegs 20865@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Our store has two bathrooms, and both of them don't require keys. Nonetheless, this is what happens ALL the time:<br /> Customer: "I need to use the bathroom" Am I a kindergarden teacher?<br /> Me: "Its just around the corner on your right"<br /> Customer "Do I need a key for it?"<br /> Me: "Nope"<br /> "but its locked!"<br /> "Uuuh, well then there must be someone in there, have you thought of that?" </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20864 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:29:17 +0000 bootsonbarelegs 20864@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>"What size?"<br /> "Just a regular"<br /> What??? Come on! </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1341#post-20863 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:17:46 +0000 toffeecoffee 20863@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>That's hilarious! Sad thing is I wouldbt even give away the whole bean coffee for free lol </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20862 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:10:27 +0000 toffeecoffee 20862@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I'm workin DT right now and I've been experimenting and trying to see if ppl will order a size without being prompted. The answer is no. A period of about 10-15 seconds goes by of dead air, until I say *what size* they reply .. Ooooh tall . Idiots lol </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1341#post-20861 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:00:22 +0000 seashellez 20861@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I had a customer today who thought that the Via that was on display at the register were samples and he was trying to pocket some of it and trying to give it to other customers and yelling FREE SAMPLES! </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1329&page=2#post-20860 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:48:21 +0000 seashellez 20860@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>A customer at my store order Peppermint Soy latte's...so gross! </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20859 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:00:28 +0000 coffeesoldier 20859@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>nope this is company wide every store has this size problem its so annoying for two reasons, we cant begin ringing it up until we know what size(POS wont let us) and we cant mark the cups!!! dont you disgustomers get it!!!!! </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1656#post-20858 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:55:45 +0000 coffeesoldier 20858@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>im well aware of the 13th and 14th amendments but my argument was that originally the constitution included slavery, my point being that the constitution is outdated and we cant fall back on it for everything or use it for arguments sake like you did with the gun issue. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20857 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:52:24 +0000 cruisyeyes 20857@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>My mistake. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20856 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:15:45 +0000 dragonfly123 20856@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>Um, I'd say that maybe 10% of our customers are regulars and we all typically remember their drinks (unless they switch them on us). This post is NOT about the regulars, just the randoms who come in whenever. </p> http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/topic.php?id=1666#post-20855 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:48:57 +0000 cruisyeyes 20855@http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/bb/ <p>I have said this before and been yelled at, but it bears repeating.</p> <p>The regular customer expects you to have their various drinks that they order completely memorized, when I was an addict, all I did was pull up in the parking lot and once they saw my car, the drink was already made! Or they saw me in line and new exactly what I wanted without saying a word. Please don't bite my head off ok guys? Thanks so much. :) </p>