Daviedavo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  YES- you just nailed it. That was my entire point… their degree is worthless at Starbucks. OP was upset that Starbucks wanted a degree to work there but, as you said, it doesn’t matter. They (Starbucks) have an arbitrary barrier to entry with a piece of paper (degree) saying you are somebody now… only they can’t get the little things right. You know, the little things such as getting my order right… fat lot of good the degree did them if they can’t even serve me the coffee I asked for… you know, their job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry, what? I am actually asking you a sincere question. If I order a grande nitro cold brew, add a splash of sweet cream, what would you think I was ordering? No, really, I am truly asking you what beverage you would then hand me after I pay you. It has been my experience that I will get a cup of cream with a slash of coffee. Is that what you think I should receive from my order? Are my standards too high that I think a trained basista can provide me with my actual order? Should I just take what they give me, regardless of what wanted, and just pay them because they tried?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well ya, I agree with you… but my reply was to OP that said Starbucks required college degrees for baristas and I was amazed that was the case. I mean, when I order a coffee with a “splash” of something else - anything else - added to the coffee, then I would imagine that any rational person, degree or not, would think that I wanted less of the additive than the base. BUT that is not my WEEKLY experience at Starbucks. This is from 3 different locations - not one store. Without fail I will have them redo my nitro cold brew so it actually tastes like coffee not cream. WITHOUT FAIL… I understand that you may have a different experience than I have but I can’t speak for you. I am recording my experience and questioning why a degree is needed as as the supposition by OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But… if OP’s assertion is true, how could they possibly obtain a degree in ANYTHING without paying attention? I mean, Mc Donalds drive through minimum wage non educated employees get my order right and these Starbucks “college grads” can’t figure it out? Well, I guess that’s why they work for Starbucks rather than their degree field?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This can’t possibly be true, otherwise the college grads that work there do not understand basic English… I order a grande nitro cold brew, add a dash of sweet cream. What do they try to give me? A milk white beverage that is at least half sweet cream. WTF? I want coffee with a splash of cream, not cream with a splash of coffee… Doesn’t anyone like coffee flavored coffee anymore or is it all candy and sugar now? If they really are college grads then thank god they aren’t engineers or doctors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just saw this in a supermarket and I am now very upset and angry at whoever thought of such a thing and you need to feel my pain.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol - so, flavored vapes are “targeted at children” even though smoking/vaping has always been illegal for minors. BUT putting alcohol in a classic children’s drink isn’t marketing to children… BTW, I’m not against vaping or this drink, just find it funny that lawmakers seem to think that flavored products are intended for children and adults can’t possibly like them. Real adults just drink straight vodka or smoke filterless cigarettes apparently.