Coffee Woes

[elysia]

SCs plague me even when I'm not at work. There is no escape.

A gem I witnessed at a local espresso cafe:

SC: This macchiato is horrible!!
Worker: I'm sorry ma'am, I'll be glad to remake it for you.
SC: I mean, what did you even do?
Worker: Explains how a macchiato is made from espresso and milk.
SC: That is NOT a macchiato. A macchiato has vanilla and caramel in it. I want it like they make it at Starbucks! This is the worste coffee drink I've ever had!
Worker: A traditional macchiato is espresso and foamed milk. Also we are not Starbucks.
SC: I want you manager.
Worker: Right here. How may I help you?
Me:
Now every time someone orders a macchiato there, they ask the customer to specify whether they want a real macchiato or a Starbucks macchiato.


And from my local Starbucks (which I'm addicted to) after a 10 hour shift:

I'm giving the girl behind the counter my order. I order a "medium" size drink.
SC: "Uh, miss, its referred to as grande here. Not medium. Grande."
Me: "Thank you, busybody cow behind me in line."
SC looks at me like I've just punched a baby in the face and her friend makes a gaspyish gagging sound.

I felt kind of bad about being that much of a bitch. UNTIL 3 or so mins goes by and this happens. Same lady.

I've been waiting for my drink at an empty table. Busybody has been waiting at the counter, staring at the workers and shooting me dirty looks every 5 secs. I ignore her and indulge in an engrossing game of cell phone tetris to pass time.

My drink comes up. The Starbucks worker calls out what kind of a drink it is, instead of my name.

SC's friend: (to SC) "Is that your drink?"
SC: "I don't think so but it looks good. I'll take it."
She grabs a straw and starts sucking down my drink.
Me: "Um. I think that was my drink."
SC: **pulls the straw out of her mouth and looks confused**
Me: "See, thats my name there on the side of the cup."
SC: "Well they didn't call your name. They should have called your name."
Me: "Is that what you ordered also?"
SC: **looks at the drink as if she expects it to give her a verbal denial so she won't have to think too hard**
Me: "Did you order that too?"
I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt at this point, partly because I was mean to her and partly because she may have made an honest mistake.
SC: "No, I ordered an iced green tea."
Me: ...
SC: ....
Me: "Then why the hell would you put this drink in your mouth?"
SC: "It looked good."
SCs friend: (to me) "You know you're very rude."

...

They had to remake my drink. Which for the record, could in no way be mistaken for an iced green tea. What the hell?

[reimero]

She... took your drink... knowing it wasn't hers... because it LOOKED GOOD?

[elysia]

Thats what she said. If all you have are sheep bleating in your head its a perfectly logical thing to do.

[RebeccaOTool]

WTF? O_O; She just took your drink? What a bitch!

[Evil Queen]

I would have said a few choice words after she took your drink. Words that include "payment" and "replacement" and possibly a few that I can't say here without getting in trouble.

[Gravekeeper]

Ahhh...I love these stories that actually give me a facial twitch. -.-

[venroses]

er, no crazy lady, a CARAMEL macchiato has caramel.

i don't know if starbucks mades the traditional one. but the "caramel" is just drizzled on top, theres no caramel in the actual drink. and thats what makes it a "caramel" macchiato. at starbucks.


i am also addicted to it, and my brother works there.

[Crazeyal]

I don't care WHAT the rules are.. some people just NEED a thumpin...

[Jay 2K Winger]

God this brings to mind a movie theater story...

Lady
PTS - Pre-teenage son

This lady, a friend of my mother's, goes into the movies, buys herself a popcorn and a large soda. She goes into the theater, and goes to a seat. In the row behind her are a man and his pre-teenage sons. She goes to her seat, puts down her popcorn, and sets her soda down in the cupholder. She stands up straight to remove her jacket, and as she's putting her jacket down, she sees SOMEONE PUT HER SODA BACK IN THE CUPHOLDER.

Lady: *turns around* Did you just take a drink of my soda?
PTS: Yeah.
Lady: Well, why don't you have the whole thing?

And she upends the soda onto his lap. She grabs her jacket, the empty cup, and her popcorn, and marches back out into the lobby. She goes over to the manager and tells him what had happened, and gets reimbursed for her popcorn and soda, and goes back into the theater, sitting somewhere else.

And PTS sits there in his soda-drenched clothes before he and his family get up and go out to the lobby, where they try to complain to the manager, who shuts them down and just kicks them out instead.

[Custard Chick]

Remind me of a story from my old custard stand.

I just hand-packed a pint of chocolate custard, tossed it in a bag and leaned out the pick-up window, literally shouting into the masses of custard-customers, "Chocolate Pint is ready!"

A teenage boy comes up and grabs the bag, taking the pint out and asking for a spoon. This has happened before, so I think nothing of it, handing over a spoon and making the next item.

A few minutes later, a guy comes up and says he never got his pint. Odd. As I'm remaking the pint, a coworker calls out some kind of sundae or shake. The boy who took the pint looks at the half-eaten pint in his hands, then at what my CW was handing out and said, "Uhh... I think that's mine."

*facewall*

[Samaliel]

SC: "No, I ordered an iced green tea."
Me: ...
SC: ....
Me: "Then why the hell would you put this drink in your mouth?"
SC: "It looked good."
SCs friend: (to me) "You know you're very rude."

Rude ? She dared call you rude ? Had I been there, I would have shown her what rude is.

[loveisuneven]

the caramel macchiatto at starbucks is actually just a caramel latte
i think they just wanted to sound fancy

(bc a normal macchiatto only has a dollop of foam, not half a cup of steamed milk, with caramel syrup and whip cream and caramel drizzle, *gag*)

[walking with scissors]

Lady number two needs to go back to kindergarten so she can learn how to share, to not take what isn't hers, and to be polite. She could also use a nap. And a spanking.

And I luuuuuurve caramel coffees, whatever they're called. But I do know to specify a caramel one to get caramel. It's not difficult.

[tropicsgoddess]

I don't care WHAT the rules are.. some people just NEED a thumpin...

And I'll happily administer a thumpin' to them! What the hell was wrong with her to take the OP's drink just because it looked good?!! That's just rude.

[JoitheArtist]

My drink comes up. The Starbucks worker calls out what kind of a drink it is, instead of my name.

SC's friend: (to SC) "Is that your drink?"
SC: "I don't think so but it looks good. I'll take it."
She grabs a straw and starts sucking down my drink.
Me: "Um. I think that was my drink."
SC: **pulls the straw out of her mouth and looks confused**
Me: "See, thats my name there on the side of the cup."
SC: "Well they didn't call your name. They should have called your name."

Me: "Then why the hell would you put this drink in your mouth?"
SC: "It looked good."
SCs friend: (to me) "You know you're very rude."

They had to remake my drink. Which for the record, could in no way be mistaken for an iced green tea. What the hell?

Bu?....Wha?....Hu?.....In what bizarro world would that ever come even close to being ok?????

She's stealing from paying customers, she should be banned from the store. It's not like it was a mistake, she just thought it looked good so instead of taking note of the name of the drink like sane people, she just decides to swipe it?????

*brain explodes*