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Started 9 months ago by smallsizeb
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smallsizeb

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So there is this guy who comes in everyday and orders a Grande Non Fat bONE DRY cappuccino and it MUST always be bone dry.
So yesterday I was on bar which I usually am and before he walked up to the register I already had his drink going since the person on till was new and they were ringing up people hella slow I was basically calling the line as I was making drinks. (like a boss...jk) Anywho So i started this guy's cap and since I was in a good mood I was taking pride in making it bone dry, and I used two pitchers. It came out nicely and little did I know he was watching me. So when i went to hand it to him this is how our conversation went.

VVVVV

bone-dry: I just want to take a moment to thank you for making me such a good drink and for scooping the foam in and not pouring it.
me: (surprised because NO ONE ever really thanks us) Aww no problem anytime!
bone-dry: what is your name sweetie?
me:smallsizeb
bone-dry: Well thank you so much, come here I want to shake your hand.
me:umm okay sure.

*he then shakes my hand and slides a 5 dollahhh bill in my hand as if we were making a drug deal.*

It was kinda cool, i mean its not much but hey it could buy a pack of gum or two!
Plus it was the fact he was so nice and genuinely seemed happy. :D
doesn't take much to make me happy...

anyone else ever experience getting random tips? Or even a customer just taking the time to thank you?

Posted 9 months ago #

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We don't really have regulars, so when customers tip us more than usual it's pretty weird. Around Christmas I had this customer, a woman, 30-something... I recommended a tea misto with the chai tea, instead of a chai latte to cut out the sugar blah blah blah. She was the kind of customer I didn't expect any tip from honestly... she seemed nice, but not the typical customer who would tip me. And she didn't at first. She picked up her drink, then came back to the register and handed me $10. Which was good... because we seem to get screwed for tips around Christmas. Customers save all their generosity for the baristas they know, I guess.

Also, when I have customers who order just regular lattes I'll make nice microfoam and latte art, just because. Though often they don't see it. But I've had more than a few come back and compliment me, saying it's the best they've had. ;)

Posted 9 months ago #

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whinygirl2013

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I always feel super awkward when people hand me a tip. I always put it in the tip jar. BUT the best time was this regular named Rick at my old store in Florida. He was loooaded & he gave the store a card every Christmas with a $100 bill enclosed to put in the tip jar. One holiday he had gotten used to seeing me every morning & a lot of nights (I seriously worked ALL the time) & we joked about it or something like that. Anyway, he came in with the regular card for the store & one just for ME! And it had a $50 bill in it! :D One of the ladies working that day had to literally threaten me so that I wouldn't put it in the tip jar for everyone to share. lol

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eightpumpchai

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I always feel bad when people tip me personally, but there have been two times, both around Christmas, when I had regular customers slip me $5's... the one time it was me and another girl on the floor and he gave both of us tips and the other time a woman in drive thru did the same thing, and it was again, only me and another person on the floor so no one else knew about it and we pocketed them. I feel like in general we all deserve the tips and most people who tip are just tipping whoever they happen to encounter but when someone goes out of their way to attempt to tip me, I do appreciate the times when I can take it instead of having to put it in the tip jar.

Posted 9 months ago #
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some regulars give us like cookies & stuff around the holidays. it's very nice of them.

it's always really nice to see people clean something though. like if they spill something & get some napkins & try cleaning it up, i'm always all "oh you don't have to do that!! thank you though" & then i get the mop or a cloth & yeah whatever
warms the space where i used to have a heart, that it does

i once earned a kingly sum of $2 from simply asking someone how they were. then they told me all about this **** at quiznos, which was entertaining.

Posted 9 months ago #
annabelle

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I work near an airport, and one day one of the fancier airport hotels call, asking for a guest if a kindle was left there. I end up talking to the guest, a wealthy european lady, and told her I had the kindle and was holding it behind the counter for her. The hotel shuttle brings her back by, I give her the kindle and she slips me a $5. I kept it. She had already tipped in the tip jar earlier when she got her drink, and I figured she was tipping me for my honesty and courtesy, nothing drink or sbux related, so I didn't feel bad

Posted 9 months ago #
KDH

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I got $5 from a regular once. I was outside picking up cigarette butts (THANKS OTHER REGULARS) and she flagged me down from her car. She told me that she hates the new girl because she makes her drink $h1tty and that she'd give me $5 to remake it for her. I like her -- I insisted that she not give me anything.

I went inside and remade her drink. She insisted on giving me $5 anyway, and told me not to share it :) She's awesome.

Posted 9 months ago #

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Señor Cardgage

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I get a personal tip at the least once a week. I just stick them in the tip jar because, really, I wouldn't be 'awesome' or whatevz if I didn't have a halfway decent team keeping me from leaping over the counter and beating people with a rubber phallus.

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