: "Rant: (TW: ED discussions) I want customers to stop making their unhealthy relationship with food my problem"
EDIT: yes, i understand that im going to hear about food while working in food service, but im also allowed to yap and complain on the internet about the way some customers choose to make a big deal about how they want to be mariah carey level skinny legends.
Its officially "New Years Resolution: Lose weight" season and 6 days in I'm already at my limit with it. I'm in recovery for an eating disorder, and hearing "can i get a SKINNYYYYYYY vanilla latte? (which by the way, has 0 meaning! thats not a menu item! what milk do you want! sugar free? less pumps? just tell me what you want)", "how many calories is in that?" "Ugh, thats sooo much sugar and so unhealthy and gross", is so... uncomfortable. To clarify, im not talking about people who just ask for nonfat/sugar free, or asking to reduce the amount of pumps, im talking about customers who feel the need to moralize it or make it very clear that theyre restricting their calories. ESPECIALLY if they are actively negatively talking about their body in front of their kids as they place their order. I understand that some people are on a weightloss journey, some people might be diabetic and cant have sugar, that isnt my business. Today i had a customer who decided it was appropriate to lecture me for about 5 minutes about how disgusting she thought the amount of sugar in the peppermint mocha was, and how people just "dont care about their bodies anymore, and i wouldnt be caught dead drinking that disgusting sh!t". I! Do! Not! Care! Just order what you want and move on! I don't want to hear about it! The person behind you who is looking forward to their peppermint mocha who now feels embarrassed doesnt want to hear about it! Maybe make your new years resolution to focus on positive aspects of life, not the negative!
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If you get annoyed when people talk about food then maybe Starbucks isn't the best place for you to work.
I can confirm that a young woman wrote this post. She's also a /r/tarot regular.
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I serve fat women their caffeinated milkshakes (with extra cream and syrup pumps) but I don't want to have to deal with fatlogic.
I think I'm going to go work in a casino, but I don't want to have to deal with gambling addicts.
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She's going to make a career change, she's going to Crumbl cookies.
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I had never been to a Crumbl cookie before but stopped in once for a gift.
Goddarn they are running a proper racket, I couldn't believe how expensive the cookies ended up being.
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There's a whole racket of food places selling simple food for exorbitant prices. Crumbl, Sweet Greens, Panera, Noodles and Co., etc. The margins have to be insane.
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I used to really like Noodles but hadn't gone in a while, they seriously cut the portion sizes.
Panera is one of the few places my mom actually likes eating at. I agree their post-rona prices are wacky though.
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I think the craziest one I've been in was a "pressed juice" place that sold 8oz for like $12 and asked for a tip
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Oh man I completely forgot about juice places. The ones in like LA can be $20 or more for a cup of juice.
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They have an even cooler business model where I think making the juice taste worse increases sales.
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A vendor brought them in once and I ate one of them. I felt like death. I was informed that you aren't supposed to eat an entire one in one sitting, but you know most people do.
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Yeah people were treating them like weed brownies.
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Can you do a blogpost about your job? We'd all like to hear about your regulars and weirdos.
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Looking at her post history, she's 28...
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they work at starbucks and they're literally whining about people asking questions about the menu lmao
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"can I have a skinny vanilla latte please?" "what the frick do you mean you dumb fat b-word?"
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i love stacys and vindicative chicks
I refuse to date non based chicks and pushovers
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I worked in retail too long and it was always surprising how upset other wagies would get when customers didn't know the answer to something- yeah they don't work here and only think about this place for a couple minutes
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