Yes, they should judge me as a man who wants a cup of coffee, black with no room for milk. I kind of think they like me for it.

So, they work at Starbucks but still feel they're in a position to judge other people?

Who cares what they think? They are the lowest of the low. Gypsies, Baristas, and Belgians. BURN THEM ALL!

AbbeySomeone: People that wait on other people generally hate most if not all their customers,

That thought makes me so sad... I love my customers and go to places where I feel like my patronage is welcomed.

I'll take an Americano, black, please.

Oh no, not judgment!

I usually order with no room for cream, because for some reason about half the baristas I've ever seen interpret "room for cream" as "leave 1/3 of the cup empty". Who is making a 2/3 coffee, 1/3 H&H mixture?

Oh yeah, and hooray for the return of pumpkin-spice-whatevers in coffee-houses everywhere!

I don't get the hate for bosses/customers. I like/respect my boss. While interviewing for jobs I've always been interviewing my would-be boss just as much as they are interviewing me. I don't want to work for someone I don't like/respect.

As for the customers, some can be real pricks. Most are not. If you really hate your customers, then you need to move on to another job. They are the reason you're getting paid. If you hated your customers at every job you've worked, then you are the problem, not them.

Watch out, y'all. She's gonna write an angry sonnet in Portuguese about you.

LouDobbsAwaaaay: Oh no, not judgment!

I usually order with no room for cream, because for some reason about half the baristas I've ever seen interpret "room for cream" as "leave 1/3 of the cup empty". Who is making a 2/3 coffee, 1/3 H&H mixture?

Oh yeah, and hooray for the return of pumpkin-spice-whatevers in coffee-houses everywhere!

Funny, I would have to ask f

I hate the word "barista". You make coffee, which is a skill a goddamned trained chimp could learn. You don't deserve a fancy title for that.

rebelyell2006: Kozmopoliskepticalopsis: I brew my own coffee at home in the Mr. Coffee and if you think that's bourgeois then you can suck it. It tastes just fine because I buy good beans via mail-order.

Not hardly. It is far more cost effective to buy a $20 coffee maker and a large tub of Folgers, instead of buying individual cups of coffee from anywhere. Not bourgeois at all.

I use a beautiful Danish designer coffee press I found at a thrift store for three bucks and the best kona beans I can buy. Fark Starbucks.

Aar1012: LouDobbsAwaaaay: Oh no, not judgment!

I usually order with no room for cream, because for some reason about half the baristas I've ever seen interpret "room for cream" as "leave 1/3 of the cup empty". Who is making a 2/3 coffee, 1/3 H&H mixture?

Oh yeah, and hooray for the return of pumpkin-spice-whatevers in coffee-houses everywhere!

Funny, I would have to ask f

Damnit, iPhone

As I was saying, I would have to ask for extra room because they would only leave a sliver of space. Not enough for a packet or half and half

God Is My Co-Pirate: AbbeySomeone: Newsflash here people -
People that wait on other people generally hate most if not all their customers, no matter how much they are being paid. It' never enough.
This is another reason that it's never a good idea to be a regular anywhere.

Everyone, in every job around the world, hates:

1) their bosses
2) their clients

What about hookers?

/She said she loves me....

The barista at starbucks the other day told me he really liked my hairstyle. He can be smug all he wants.

And you know what? Usually I drink my coffee black, but once a month or so I get a double tall skinny sugar free vanilla latte AND I LOVE IT.

I'm not picky about coffee. Heck, I used to eat instant coffee crystals to save on time during college, so anything they give me is fine.

Also, I concur with this wholeheartedly:

El Freak: I hate the word "barista". You make coffee, which is a skill a goddamned trained chimp could learn. You don't deserve a fancy title for that.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: Worrying about what a coffee server is thinking is on the same priority level as to what these people are thinking when I walk in:

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"no habla ingles."

If I'm out then it's Dunks. I don't get the good coffee like I did at the local cafès back at university and I have to sit at home to enjoy home brewed coffee.

I'll get Starbucks at Target or Barnes and Noble but BnN overdoes it and the local Target does have Starbucks yet

I mean really don't they know they are serving some of the worst coffee in the world. If I didn't want my caffeine high hidden in caramel or white chocolate flavor, I'd brew up Folgers and dose it with Vanilla coffee mate at home.
$4 dollars for a cup of coffee, I can make a pot of Kona for that or 3 pots of a Kona blend. For $4 dollars a cup they should be able to serve real Jamaican Blue Mountain. Gets you high and tastes great also.