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Started 11 months ago by SbuxSkipper
Latest reply from CanItakeA10

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SbuxSkipper

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Was just thinking of those stories we all have....of when our fellow baristas have let their inner hero shine forth.

- one evening right before close we had a mad rush of frappucinos, like 8 in a row, and like 12 hot chocolates. My fellow barista was on bar and yelled this out in his loudest most excited voice on the last one "Venti mocha blah blah blah for WHOEVER!"

HERO

The wonderful day my ASM informed us of our new store policy to not split drinks or fraps behind the bar. We now just give them a cup and tell them to split their own drink. Wooohoooo!

HERO

Posted 11 months ago #
coffee bandit

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no more refills through the drive thru

Posted 11 months ago #
KDH

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Any time any one of us gets to say NO.

HERO

Posted 11 months ago #
Señor Cardgage

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'Happy Hour was a month ago. I will not give you 50% off your venti MCCF.' HERO!

Posted 11 months ago #
lulu

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"Oh, you missed the speaker box? Sorry, you'll need to drive around again. Yes, I know the line is out to the road. What you did is essentially cutting in line. And no, I can't take your order at the window," *closes window and walks away*

HERO.

Posted 11 months ago #
notpikespeak

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During our remodel a couple weeks ago, our speaker box was moved back so we could fit two more cars in line giving us more time to complete orders. The first day was hell with almost every car driving past it. Now, two weeks later most cars have figured it out. My shift got so fed up today, however, that he told cars that the stop sign they keep blowing past is a legal stop sign and therefore it's illegal to drive by it and also to go back around so they can practice getting it right and we'll take their orderr there. My hero.

Posted 11 months ago #
Dry Sharpie

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[Dry Sharpie walks into Toasties at Union Square]
"Can I get a philly cheesesteak?"
"Do you want it on a roll or a hero?"

HERO.

Posted 11 months ago #
SbuxSkipper

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Dry Sharpie's post

HERO

Posted 11 months ago #
thinkdeep

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Oh, Toasties.

How I miss thee.

Then walking back to NYU via 4th and Lafayette to pick up certain things from shady people lurking off the street corners.

Posted 11 months ago #
matchaisntgross

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So one of our regulars is this crazy foreign woman who thinks she's so clever and every day orders 5 double espressos and DEMANDS 4 venti cups of ice as if we dont see her pretty much using all the condiment bar milk. Today she ordered 5 shots x2. One of my coworkers asked how many cups of ice she wanted. I just went about my business. Since it was extremely slow, we were able to use both machines. My coworker made both of them at once. I glance over as the espresso machines are in my line of sight. Both machines are each pulling 5 decaf shots.

HERO.

Posted 11 months ago #
Wynnyelle

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This hippie and his friend frequently come in, and he looks like he pretty much never showers. One time he came in without any shoes on and was putting his feet all over one of the mini-couches that we have. He ordered a bunch of crap and was sitting down eating it, and my coworker was completely disgusted with him. After a while she went out into the lobby and basically bitched him out "nicely" and told him how it was a major health violation, etc. and he gave her some smart reply like, "well I bought this stuff in here so I'd like to enjoy it in here." And she was basically like, "yeah, well you bought it with no shoes on. So either put some on or leave." He had shoes in his backpack.

Posted 11 months ago #
DukeLion

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We have a group of bums who sometimes hang out on our (50 person) patio. For the most part they keep to themselves, but they never buy anything and sometimes peddle to our paying customers.

Anyway one day my SM is cleaning up outside and politely tells them to leave. They basically move about 20 feet and sit down again at one of our tables... just further away (again our patio is huge). He sees them do this, and yells from where they were and tells them that that won't work, and they have to leave. Then some other bum across the patio pipes up and yells "It's okay they're with me!". My SM turns around and yells back "I don't care who the hell they're with they need to leave! And you can go too!!"

Effin made my day. My SM was so ****. He came back in the store with that nervous angry energy, like he was ready to fight. Needless to say as soon as he yelled back, they took off quick.

Posted 11 months ago #
Gonein60Seconds

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2 mins before we close...

"When do you guys close"

As soon as you get the **** outta the store sir

HERO

Posted 11 months ago #
KDH

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"I didn't know you guys didn't have a changing table."
SS -- "Yeah, some Starbucks do, but we don't."

HERO FOR NOT APOLOGIZING XD

Posted 11 months ago #
CanItakeA10

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My new coworker, was having a bad day. No one ever gave him the idea of decaffing people.
An hour before he left, he lost it. And decaffed EVERYONE.

HERO

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