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06-29-2009, 09:39 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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Poetic justice at Starbucks
I visited a new Starbucks yesterday morning, and the barista happened to be none too friendly. Halfway through the transaction, she also sneezed into her hands.
I looked at her hands. She looked at her hands. Then she continued working on my drink without washing her hands. Eww.
But soon justice arrived: my transaction was selected as 1 of 2 total customer transactions at the store that day where I was asked to complete a survey online in exchange for a free drink.
I gleefully completed the survey at starbucks.com. I feel better now.
-mike
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06-29-2009, 10:02 AM #2
Did you drink it?
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I think I would have asked for another drink, she would have to be really very attributive to make me drink her sneezes
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You didn't order your drink with a sneeze on top so why accept it? I certainly wouldn't.
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She might have had Hayfever? It's hard to stop sneezing when you suffer from Hayfever, and it always happens at the time you don't want to sneeze. She still should have washed her hands though, as long as nothing went in the drink then I would of still took it.
It's the same as someone sneezing then touching a handrail, then a few minutes later you touch it but you didn't know - Then you touch your mouth for something. It's just one of them things in being a human.SharedGrid | Fast, secure, and reliable UK web, reseller and VPS Hosting
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06-29-2009, 02:50 PM #13Retired Moderator
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I cant believe you let her get away with that and relegated yourself to filling out an online form. That's apalling behavior and should have been immediately reported to the store manager.
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nasty.... no way, no how.
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This was a fairly ghetto Starbucks. There appeared to be a shift supervisor on the floor, but no store manager. My hopes were not too high.
One of my buddies works as a manager at a different Starbucks. He tells me that that particular survey carries significant weight.
Still, I see your point. I suppose I just prefer pursuing amends with corporate rather than the local store.
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