Starbucks employee complains about customers who expect her to be polite

We've already established that Starbucks employees hate their customers in classic rdrama posts like:

• Here is a list of things that /r/starbucks employees complain about

• Starbucks baristas still hate their customers

This week's rant comes from /u/Jewicer, who's unhappy about customers who complain when she doesn't bother to even say hello to them. She also rants about customers who don't say hello to her, so I'm not really sure how she hasn't managed to figure this one out yet.

I open 5-6 days a week and 95% of people coming in before 7AM do not say hi, do not say thank you, do not acknowledge us WHATSOEVER even if we literally place the drink directly into their hands.

Most of the time I am solo-barring and am clearing out 5 or so drinks every few minutes. People will see me struggling and still not acknowledge any efforts.

It's 4AM.....you're WELCOME for making your stupid butt drink! And HELLO, mf! Idc if you haven't gotten your coffee. I'm tired too! Who raised yall??? And then they get mad when we don't acknowledge them, greet them, say their names. Same people who I've "served" forever and have never said a word want to complain on google reviews. We're not robots! Literally makes the job so freaking miserable and then we get b*tched at for not connecting with customers. I don't like yall! No one does! Entitled asses.

Comments:

No matter how I'm greeted at the speaker I always say good morning/afternoon and ask how they're doing today. I can't tell you how many times their voice and demeanor totally changes. It costs nothing to be nice and you never know how it impacts their day. ☺️

[OP] that's great, but asking that and then being completely ignored makes me violent

And

After many years I understood my morning customers and realized they didn't want small talk that early. Anyone before 7am got the bare minimum from me. Maybe a half smile and a nod.

[OP] saying thank you isn't small talk. i don't want to talk to them either

It might be time for a new job my dear!

The ones that come in don't acknowledge us and went straight for the washroom then get mad when the washroom is out of order..those the worst

What do you want them to say? "Hello don't mind me while I shit in your bathroom while not ordering anything"

Finally a non-Starbies employee /u/Inevitable-End-7957 decides to start a fight and for some reason hasn't been banned yet:

When people come in and ignore my greeting to go straight to the bathroom, I go “oh do we know the code to the bathroom or are we not saying hello?” Then they either sheepishly say hi and ask for the bathroom code or get annoyed.

[/u/Inevitable-End-7957] And then you expect a tip on that $6 drink and I happily say no

.....we don't expect anything? just customers being good humans, is that too much to ask?

[/u/Inevitable-End-7957] Yes! So if a customer walks in and needs to use the bathroom, but doesn't hear a worker's greeting, they have to be subjected to that persons passive aggressiveness?

Maybe they have a hearing impairment. Maybe they about to sh!t their pants lol

Just because you assumed doesn't make it fact. Heres an idea. Be nice, say “if you're using the bathroom, you will need the code”.

Don't speak to someone in riddles and say they are sheepishly coming back.

But then, that might be too much to ask…or just some of that good human stuff

🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓 please keep giving sbux your money so you can pay for our college tuitions ^.^ we dont care if you tip or not, thanks NPC!

[/u/Inevitable-End-7957] Hahah. More than happy to help you with that liberal arts degree

imagine dissing someone for getting an education lmao. there's actually a ton you can do with a liberal arts degree, maybe you should google it before you act so condescending