
When you order it iced and drink it through a straw, this is already going to be backwards since you are starting at the bottom.Īnd to make things worse, a piece of me dies every time I watch someone stir their iced caramel macchiato after they get it, combining the layers. Macchiato in Italian means “marked,” meaning that your milk is marked with espresso, creating a strong coffee flavor at first that gradually fades into sweet milk. My last pet peeve is probably the one that bothers me the most. It’s not our fault that you thought that would be enough time to order Starbucks and make it to your meeting. It’s extremely rude to ask the barista to make your drink first because you need to make it across campus in five minutes. We make drinks in order, so we are not going to prioritize yours just because you are in a hurry. We’re happy to remake it for you, but it messes up our flow and slows us down, and this could all be avoided by specifying when you order. I don’t care if it’s the middle of summer, you need to let us know if you want something iced. Unless you specify, all of our espresso beverages are made hot. We all make mistakes, but if I had a penny for every time I heard this one, I could afford all the Starbucks my heart desires. The trash bags are already disgusting when we get around to changing them, and dumping liquid in them just makes it worse. That’s not such a hard concept, is it? If not, then why do people ask for no room but then go over and dump half a cup of hot coffee into the trash to add milk? Please stop doing this. When we ask you if you want room for cream in your coffee, it is so that there is space in the cup to put milk in if you wish. Dumping coffee into the trash Jocelyn Hsu

So please, hang up with mom before getting in line. Not only is it incredibly rude to be on the phone or glued to your text when trying to order, but chances are we won’t be able to understand you and you won’t be paying attention to us if we ask you a question. Also with ordering, please have the courtesy to get off of your phone for two seconds to communicate your order.
