It’s not going to hurt their feelings, because they won’t be visiting Starbucks anymore. That’s right, see how hot they feel when they’re making no money, cause fat people would rather go somewhere they don’t have to hear skinny over and over, like a cheerleader who keeps saying “like”.

I say if your logic can resemble the Dark Ages, so can my method of rioting at your douchebaggery.

Love.

Best thing here, and encompasses many situations.

Will use in the future with your permission.

I work in a drive-through (I know, I work at a starbucks drive-through and I love my job. everyone in these comments hates me by now.) and it’s incredibly hard to get people to consider the employees as human beings, let alone get them to communicate effectively about their drink orders

I personally love the folks that work in the drive-through at the Starbucks back home. They’re always so darn friendly, it’s hard to have a horrible experience when you’re being served by someone cheerful AND you’re getting a delicious drink out of the deal (despite my usual triple-venti caramel macchiato costing two arms, a leg, and my first-born).

And yes, I get the regular kind. All the fat and calories and everything else. My skinny coffee-addict cousin looked at me in disbelief when I told her that was my favorite, and she gasped nearly hard enough that her size 2 jeans had to stretch a bit and said “Do you know how much calories and fat are in there?” (and yes those were her exact, grammatically awkward words). And yeah, okay, so I’m overweight, dare I even say I’m fat. But – here’s the kicker – My heart is in good condition, I’m capable of physical activity, including but not limited to jogging, playing ultimate frisbee, being a pretty kickbutt volleyball player, and I’m able to climb the hill from the Starbucks on the university hill in Syracuse back up to my apartment. I also do not suffer from diabetes, etc. etc., nor do I have weight-related injuries. I have two slipped discs in my back from playing bass drum in the marching band for two years, and I sprained/damaged my knees playing football when I slammed my kneecaps into the legs of the girl on the opposing line during a scrimmage.

I don’t care if people think I’m fat and judge me for ordering a full-fat, calorie laden drink. I still walk to class faster than the size 0 sorority princesses with their skinny latte or whatever in one hand, carrying a Vera Bradley bag twice their size and wearing sunglasses large enough to block all the UV coming in through the hole in the ozone layer.

In regards to the “tall is small wtf!” thing: Back in the day, the only sizes were short and tall. Short is 8 oz, and tall is 12. Then, grande and venti came along, and now it seems all stupid and wonky. But it made sense once!

Finally, I’d just like to put this out there, to defend some really great people I work with: Starbucks does use automatic espresso machines, but most stores are so high-volume that it would be impossible to get your latte or macchiato in a timely fashion during morning rushes. So we pull automatic shots. It doesn’t mean that everyone working at Starbucks is ignorant about coffee, or a perfectly timed shot, or how to steam great milk. Besides all that, we’re supposed to be providing “legendary” customer service all the damn time. Part of that includes getting your drink to you in three minutes or less. This would probably be impossible if it were busy and we had manual machines.

So while it’s not the most complicated job on earth, and while the average Starbucks employee isn’t some coffee aficionado, it does take some skill to do it all at once: making a jillion drinks for a jillion cranky/entitled customers, in a timely fashion, up to weight/temperature standards/with beautiful delicious foam, WHILE chatting and smiling and being “legendary”…

I can’t stand the comments on the Starbucksgossip blog. What a bunch of entitled jerks!

You minimum wage drones are hilarious. All you do is pour coffee on a cup. Get over yourselves and instead of worrying about stupid words worry about making your drink somewhat consistent. Better yet, worry about getting an education so you can have a real job. Unless of course, you just love to be called a Barista.

And those “minimum wage drones” pour the coffee in the cup that gets those suits through their day. I agree, be nice to retail or service industry workers. I worked retail twice, Sears and Fashion Bug, and I liked The Bug much better than Sears, because the customers were regulars, they recognized me, I recognized them, and we established a friendly relationship where they respected my opinions and efforts and I assisted them with a friendly demeanor and went out of the way to make their experiences better. I’ve also worked minimum wage as a mentor in a poor elementary school, and let me tell you, I’ve had more fun at my minimum wage jobs that allow me to express myself than sitting at a desk all day creating profit reports for a company who doesn’t even know my name, just what department I’m in.

Maybe all these people with their knickers in knots about Starbucks baristas not wanting to offend customers who may not like the designation of their drink to be skinny or not, who care that the customers get their drinks the way they want them and without having to wait forever because of the new designation being different than what the customer thinks that it means, who want to perform their job to the best of their ability should stop going to Starbucks if they don’t want to deal with it. If they want their coffee made their way, fast, and by uncaring people with a grimace on their face, they can make it themselves!

Service/retail folks should always be treated with a smile by the customer; how hard is it to give one?

I’m less concerned about the plus-size Starbucks employee’s self-esteem taking a dive – she’s more likely to be hurt by the spitter – and more concerned about the idea that having a cocktail of artificial sweetener and caffeine for breakfast is a good way to stay railthin.

I want to know more about where the vitriol at people in the service industry comes from. I was a non-Bucks barista for a while, and I’ll be damned if I don’t put money in the tip jar when I buy anything, anywhere, every. single. time. That job was pure exhaustion, and while my regulars were usually kind and friendly people, the bitch who craned her neck over the counter to monitor whether or not I was dispensing her double-hazelnut, double-vanilla shots with precision and remind me, yet again, that it was skim with NO foam, NO foam, made me seriously consider why people in retail positions, today, in America, take the hit from each and every personality disorder.

In regards to the people discussing how low-skilled the job itself is- even on a superautomatic espresso machine where you need to press a total of two buttons to pull your shots and steam the milk, you do still need to know what you are doing to make it taste good. For example, the shots need to be timed on a pretty regular basis to make sure that the machine is grinding the beans correctly. If the shots are too fast, the grind is too coarse and the espresso is kind of weak and has no froth of its own. If the grind is too fine, the shots take forever and are really bitter and not sweet like espresso is supposed to be. (Thats what causes your sour/bitter latte, by the way. Next time you are in a coffee shop and get one of those, you can impress your friends by asking the barista if the shots are properly timed.) So you do need to have at least one person on the floor who has some knowledge of how the equipment works (i.e. not your average unskilled monkey) to even keep the drinks tasting like they are supposed to.

I would also like to add that the Starbucks-lingo has gone beyond the coffee shop venue. I currently work as a server in a bar/restaurant, and I have had people get surprised when the tall beer is the biggest one. I’m not kidding.

And I concur that people should have to spend some time in the service industry at some point in their lives, just for the empathy. You can always tell the people who never had that kind of job, they are high-maintenance, and they tip like shit.

Might have been a location thing, but the customers seemed to get a kick out of it.”

Having been a Barista, this put a HUGE smile on my face when I read it. Haha.

You should add single to the list though. So, a “single nonfat decaf mocha no whip”.

This is going to sound anal but when people would order single decaf espresso drinks (or even worse, single shots pulled into double cups) it would drive me NUTS because I’d have to waste so many shots daily for their stupid coffee drinks that are hardly coffee drinks anyway.

“To all the sensitive Fatties out there, all you gotta do is eat less (eliminate the obvious fatty food) and exercise more. Some overweight is excused for those who just happen to be thick, but those who are obese, you guys have no excuse, and Skinny is not the only synonym out there for thin.”

Not true, you fucking sizeist fatphobic bigot. Anyone who’s ever had weight issues can tell you it’s just not that fucking simple.

I seriously wish I had a torch and pitchfork so I could go agrarian revolt on people when they act like douches. I say if your logic can resemble the Dark Ages, so can my method of rioting at your douchebaggery.

That being said, I have always ordered a “skim latte” or a “latte with skim milk” because I like to cut down on the opportunity for error.

Why do people think they can be asses to those in service jobs? It’s the same as retail. Just because the job market sucks and someone has this instead of a “real” job does not make them stupid.