i handed off a something latte to this nice woman once, and after i said "here's your grande (whatever) latte!" she asked me very concernedly "is this regular strength?"
i still really don't know what she meant but i just smiled and said "yes!"
What's a dumb question you've been asked?
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Posted 11 months ago #
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the silly question i've ever heard is:
customer: Can i get a hot frappuccino?
me: ehh, no. it's ice blended drink
customer: so i want without iceand that makes me want to bang my head to his head --"
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Sounds like one I got yesterday...
CANZ I GET UH MOCHA COOKIE CRUMBLEZ HOTT?
No. No you can't.
Posted 11 months ago # -
My fave barista told me that the other day, some regular **** asked her if she would be his "sex slave".
Only @ sbux.
Posted 11 months ago # -
2 out of every 3 customers start their order with "Can I get a..." like it's a question. So a few weeks back i just gave up and began answering their question with a question: "Well I don't know, CAN YOU?"......*silence*........
Their look of sheer confusion is priceless.
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Stupid: "Can I get a venti double cup with a lot of room?"
Come on now, let's finish this sentence...
Me: "Well sure, I can give you two cups with A LOT of room!"
Stupid: "Huh?"
Me: "You didn't specify what you wanted in there. Coffee??"
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Here's my favorite in DT:
Me: Hi - welcome to Starbucks, what can I get for you?
Cust: I want a black coffee in my own cup.
Me: Ok, what size is it?
Cust: I don't know...it's a Starbucks cup...
Me: Oh. Well, just come on up to the window and we will figure it out from there.(ME thinking to myself: WTF, what kind of dumba** thinks we only make one SIZE cup.)
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I swear this is true.
Me (on bar): *handing off, and calling drink* Grande Mocha Frappaccino!
Idiot who walks up and literally puts his hands on the drink: Is this mine?
Me: I don't know what did you order?
Idiot: A tall hot latte.
Me: No thats a mocha frappacino. Thats why I said mocha frappacino.
Its times like that I wonder how someone like that made it passed the age of 18.
Posted 11 months ago # -
I have to admit, I asked a pretty stupid question myself yesterday. I went to the counter for my partner drink and asked for a iced vanilla steamer. Then I realized the absurdity of my question.
Admittedly, it was right after information overload on my first day on the job. I've had a great barista trainer, but I'm having to learn all the recipes without a single recipe card. Brain-melt!
Posted 11 months ago # -
'Can I have a latte but with no milk?'
or
'Can I have a hot chocolate but with less water than you guys usually put in it?'
or
'Can I have a mocha frappuccino, extra hot?'
What really gets me:
We close at ten and it's 9 or 9 30. All the lights are on, the doors are unlocked, there are people in the cafe, people waiting for drinks at the bar, the music is on but there is no line at the registers. Some one walks in the store and asks 'Are you open??'. I feel a fire burn inside me when I hear those words.Posted 11 months ago # -
Give in to your anger! Strike them down with all of your hatred!
Posted 11 months ago # -
Do you guys take food stamps?
Can I get a tall coffee in a venti cup filled with steamed milk? I know it's a misto, I just don't like the price.
Can I get a tall coffee in a venti cup filled all the way up?
I get my coffee for free since I have to wait for it to brew? (when we had some that JUST finished brewing, and he just wanted a NEWER batch)
Can I get another cup? (really meant lid and yelled I SAID CUP and threw the cup back at me when I handed it to him)Posted 11 months ago # -
"Can I get a latte mocha? Can I get that blended? BIG SIZE? "
OK your total is...
"Whipped Cream?!""Can you let the foam separate and add more and make it thick?"
*blank stare* ...I'm sorry, can you repeat that?
"Can you let the foam separate so it's extra thick and like add more on top?"
Ma'am... the foam actually becomes less dense when you let it sit because the milk separates from it and sinks to the bottom. I can add more foam if you would like.
"No, nevermind!"
Ma'am, I'm sorry, I don't understand. I can remake it for you with more foam if you would like.
"They told me at the other Starbucks to tell the barista to let it separate so it's dense! Nevermind! GIVE IT TO ME."The hell?
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Today: "can I get a cheese pizza? You have that right?"
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So this lady comes in and is staring at the RTD&E case for about 5 minutes. I figured she was just trying to decide so I left her alone, but she looked so confused that I jumped in with a "hi, can I help you with something?" She grabs one of the paninis, brings it to me and says "i don't get it...this says hot panini..but its cold..."
Um..
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Today:
"Can I have a soda?"
"I'm sorry sir, but we don't carry any soda."
"Oh, okay then, I will take a coke."Hello! What part of we don't carry soda do people not understand!
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"Could I have a frappe with no milk in it?"
- Oh, we have soymilk as an alternative if you'd like.
"No, gross, I just don't want any milk in it."
- Sir you realize it won't taste right, don't you?
"You mean it's gotta have milk in it?"
- Kind of, yeah.
"Well **** man, I don't want no milk!"Posted 10 months ago # -
"Do like anorexic or bulimic cows make nonfat milk?
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Lady comes in, can't decide if she's supposed to order an iced caramel macchiato for her friend, or a caramel frappuccino.
"Can I get a caramel macchiato frappuccino?"
Sorry, but the caramel macchiato only comes in hot or iced.
"Well can I get a caramel frappuccino then, but with a shot of macchiato?"
*insert facepalm here*
Macchiato refers to how the drink is made, it's not an ingredient.
"Well what's that stuff you pour on top then?"
That's espresso.
"Yeah, I want one of those in it."
>.< She was just so airheaded about it too, that was the worst part. I mean, I know you can technically make a caramel macchiato frappucino, but the majority of the people who ask for it just mean a caramel frappuccino, and it saves a huge headache trying to explain.
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I get a lot of people asking me to use their Second Cup/Tim Horton's/whatever gift cards because "it's all coffee, isn't it?"
The other day we ran out of creme base for Frappuccinos (on a Saturday night no less).
Teen: "Can I get a VBF"
Me: "I'm sorry, we're out of creme base, I can only make the coffee-based frappuccinos, unless you wouldn't mind a slight taste difference."
Teen: "............What?"
Me: "I only have the base we use in coffee-based Frappuccinos, so all of the ones listed under 'coffee' on the menu. I'm out of the creme base until my order comes in."
Teen: "...Oh. ...Fine, I'll just get a strawberry frap."
Me: *facepalm*I also can't stand the word "frap". It makes me want to punch babies.
Posted 10 months ago # -
"can I have a grande caramel frappucino?"
"of course!"
"can you make it the cold one, please?"Posted 10 months ago # -
'Is there ice in the iced caramel machaajdkaglto?'
'yes there is, though I can add as little or as much as you would like.'
'Do you make it hot too?'
'Yes we can'
'Is there ice in the hot one?'
'No there isn't.'
'Can you just heat up the one with ice?' ... -.-after that my DTR too over the call cause I was pissing myself laughing.
Posted 10 months ago # -
@not_a_real_sbux I had that the other day. I just rolled with it and made a caramel frappuchino with vanilla and shots. I didn't have the heart to tell her she was dumb.
Posted 10 months ago # -
A Partner and I were joking about going to a drive thru around where we are, and ordering and iced tall cappucino. and see what their reaction is. We are thinking a video camera and putting the barista's reaction on youtube would be great when I whip out the partner card. xD
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Customer: Can I have an iced tea please.
Me: Which tea would you like? We have blah, blah, and blah tea.
Customer: The iced one.
Me: Yes, iced but which tea...
Customer: -annoyed- I just want an iced tea! You know, that pink tea with ice......OH SO YOU MEAN PASSION TEA. ONE OF THE MULTIPLE TEAS WE HAVE. :C
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"do you have, like.. coffee?"
Posted 10 months ago # -
Third customer today (WHY THE FRAK ARE WE EVEN OPEN NO ONE IS HERE):
"what do you call the frappuccino with ice?"
Glad it was my SM dealing with her, I would've laughed in her stupid face
Posted 10 months ago # -
@CoffeeMate: I had a **** like that. All he wanted was unsweetened green iced tea, but he just pranced in and demanded a "grande iced tea." After the **** interrogation I had to conduct to find out what the hell he wanted he mumbled to his friend, "everything's so complicated at Starbucks." NO, ****. THINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE, YOU'RE JUST AN IDIOT.
Posted 10 months ago # -
"do you have decaf coffee?"
"I want a tea bag on the side and a cup full of steamed soy. Can you just charge me for the tea bag?"
"can i change the bread on the sandwich to a biscuit?"
"do you guys have Yerba Mate?"
"can i get a mocha frappucino with no mocha and no coffee?"
"can I purchase 4 coffee travelers? Can you have them ready in 5 minutes?"
Posted 10 months ago # -
I'm at the bar, with no register even assigned to me...
A woman walks up, holds a $20 over the espresso machines and barks "Can you break this for me??"
I told her that they could help her at the register. She scowls. I tell her I don't have any cash, and she huffs and puffs and storms off.
Wtf? Did she want 20 espresso beans for that?? Why was this so hard to comprehend?
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