Sometimes I have reasons to decaf customers:
1. being rude
2. being picky
3. being on your cellphone
4. shouting your order at me as you run to the bathroom regardless if im helping a customer
5. i felt like filling both hoppers with decaf for my entire 8 hour bar shift on our busiest day, because if im going to be miserable i want the company :)
When do you decaf?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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As often as possible.
Posted 2 years ago # -
I decaffed a guy today for ordering a quad venti 9 pump rasberry mocha.
Posted 2 years ago # -
It all comes down to politeness for me. Some offenders merit lifetime decafs. Once, I issued a retroactive decaf for an a-hole from high school (who more than deserved it).
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Ehh only if I can somehow certify the person I decaf is a **** person. I've often ended up in situations where they didn't deserve getting decaf, and I really only jumped the gun. My customers are stupid and rude, but like a kid would be; I take a little pity on them as a result.
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Anyone who's rude for no reason (obviously), and my personal addendum: no foam=decaf because:
1. Good foam is the best part of a latte, so you have no idea what you're talking about if you don't want foam.
2. I know what I'm doing, I'm not going to scoop mounds of dry, large-bubbly foam onto your latte, so I'm personally offended.
3. It takes forever and a day (or like a minute and half, which is the same thing when you're on bar during a rush) to let the milk properly settle. So you will get your no-foam, yes, but it will be decaf, glassy, and take forever. Good day.Posted 2 years ago # -
If only I could get away with decaffing people at my coffee shop. *sigh* one of the things i miss about being at starbucks :(
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I've only decaffed one woman and that is because she is rude ALL the time. She will come through and yell QUAD TALL QUAD TALL QUAD TALL in the speaker and drive up to the window. She leaves that she wants an Americano out of the equation so I said quad tall what? to her one day and she flipped out. **** got decaf for sure.
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When they order at the drive thru speaker before you even say hi. And I mean like instantly. Like they drive up and just start talking. Decaf.
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i have yet to decaf anyone :s
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The coffeesoldier's criteria for decaf:
walking through the door
Posted 2 years ago # -
I'm being excessively punitive as of late. But if a customer is greeted and they can't even muster up the courtesy to greet back rather than just blurt out their order, decaffed.
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i used to brew a "special" batch/ usually it was decaf or maybe used grounds that i would brew at the beginning of my shift and let it sit on one of the urns that did not face the customers directly. Being the shift I would place myself on register and if someone **** me off enough they would get some of my special brew, the later in the night the better....
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Today I decaffed a guy's skinny vanilla latte because his second drink was a tall vanilla bean frappuccino split into two cups.
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-When people order and I'm not quite ready
-If I get no response when I'm trying to be cordial by saying hello how are you
-If someone intentionally tries to order as fast as they can..Why do they do that?
-A drink with more than 3 modifiers
-Customers who've ever done me wrong..I REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!
-People who put their money on the counter when I'm clearly holding my hand out for it
-Anyone who wants their pastry warmed up
-Cellphone talkers!!!
-Morons who take forever to order
Many of these people will also get a finger swirl and a towel dip and I keep plenty of mystery milk around as well. I'm at the point where almost everyone gets decaffed unless they are exceptionally kind to me.Posted 2 years ago # -
Oh, people who order 10+ drinks for the office and leave no tip? Decaffed. All of 'em.
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I let my baristas decaf customers at their discretion.
Posted 2 years ago # -
customers who feel the need to wink while being rung up = decaf!
creepy male customers that comment on the fact that any of the baristas are wearing capris = decaf!
Also, i do my best to caffeinate rude customers that ask for decaf.Posted 2 years ago # -
Haha, if you've been paying attention, I have discovered how to decaf just about -everything.-
There's always a way to serve justice. Sometimes it's as easy as sticking to recipe, since iced drinks are about 50% ice anyway, or one less pump and extra water in a hot chai tea latte. And mystery milk. Triple resteamed mystery milk.
.. the one thing I haven't figured out after like three years is how to do markup on this forum (the irony is delicious) and still use hyphens for emphasis.
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There's a guy who comes in everyday through drive thru orders a "venti black" whatever that is aha i've given him fresh coffee like literally right after it's been brewed and he'll always send it back saying it's not hot enough. Sure i'll get you fresher coffee = decaf!
Posted 2 years ago # -
There's a regular caf button?!?!?!? OMG WHERE!?!? lol
Posted 2 years ago # -
it is on the right side of the bar, it's that giant hopper that always seems to stay full during my shift.
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