12 Things Your Starbucks Barista Is Tired Of Hearing

Let's be real, every worker has their struggle and your baristas are being driven nuts about your mispronunciation and please guys, be patient with us!! A lot goes into being a barista, such as learning the drinks, and the last thing I'd want to do is piss off the person making my drink. Basically, every barista has learned to have a support system because, pumping out coffee to caffeine addicted groups of people is insane, and can become overbearing. Here are a few things I gathered from some fellow baristas that should be avoided in your language when ordering and how you speak to us.

1. Remember, Starbucks doesn’t sell frappe’s McDonalds does.

If you're looking for a sickeningly sweet caramel taste, go there, we make the recipe how it comes and to most, it's pretty delicious.

2. It’s grande not grand

If I had a dollar for every time I heard grand this summer I’d be rich.

3. Do you guys sell just regular coffee?

Yes, we do in fact sell regular black coffee.

4. Learn the sizes people. Tall (small), Grande (medium), Venti (large), Trenta (extra large)

Please, do not call it a trenti. My ears will burst if I hear it one more time. Remember your Spanish.

5. “You made this wrong, it usually tastes sweeter”

We make it as the recipe divulge and if you got it from another store, the barista might not have followed the recipe correctly.

6. Do you have the “Unicorn Frappuccino?”

No, that drink lasted a day or two, months ago. Mango and sour powder are gross, so please give it a rest because, we’re tired of hearing it.

7. “Can I have a sleeve for my cold cup”

No, condensation is a fact of life and isn’t something to worry about. We can’t stop it, and wasting sleeves for a cold coffee is quite shameful.

8. “Can you make this Keto??”

Yes, we can and no, we can't promise 1. it'll taste good or 2. that it's actually keto.

9. “Is this mine?”

Your name is clearly on the cup and we obviously took the time to look at another cup and put someone else’s drink in yours.

10. “I have another drink…”

I can see you have another drink, it’ll be up in 30-45 seconds.

11. “Get me a…”

Please use your pleases and thank yous, thank you.

12. Getting mad at your barista when we are out of things

I just make coffee. I don’t bake the croissants or make the sandwiches. Just coffee. I pinky promise we will always have coffee.

I love all my customers that come into the store, I just wish some of ya’ll were a little more understanding of how this works!