We get a lot of tourists cause we’re a Starbucks on the Vegas strip in a shopping mall of a casino
So we have a lot of language barriers, either people who don’t speak English well or have thick accents
We usually have to confirm orders with people a few times to make sure we’re all on the same page
So this German couple was ordering and I heard my coworker say “I’m sorry, can you repeat that a little louder. I can’t hear you well”
He had a thick accent and he was mumbling
So then he starts yelling
Like not angrily but like a little louder to him was yell
And Courtney was like like nah son
So she was already annoyed cauSe now he was shouting
And she was trying to confirm his order and he kept repeating it like she didn’t get it
Cause he was asking about shots and she was trying to tell him how many shots drinks get to see if he wanted more or less
Then he tried to pay with a Starbucks card that didn’t have the full amount so she told him “you’ll still owe $9”
And he got all annoyed with her
So she said there was only this much on your card so you owe a remainder
So he was trying to reload his Starbucks card in his app and complaining that the internet was too slow
By now there’s a line of people and we had no back up pos and I was the only bar person
I asked if she wanted me to jump on the other pos to help and she was like no it’s fine
CauE I was still making drinks from previous orders
So finally he pays and walks away
And I make his two drinks
Simple drinks and I’ve made hundreds by now so I’m like aight
I make them, call them out, hand them over, go back to other drinks
About 5 minutes later he comes back and he goes “you know what. This isn’t good. It doesn’t taste very good. Can you make me a new one?”
So I said yeah no problem, give me a second
Cause I was finishing a drink
I step aside to go back to the bar and he comes over and leans over the plexi and is like
“I just want you to make me a cafe latte, just a regular cafe latte. That’s all I want”
So I’m like ?? Cause I don’t know if he’s asking for the same drink or something different
And the problem was he had a thick accent and sometimes people call things something else becauSe of a language thing
So I say do you want the same type of latte or a different type
He says I want a cafe latte
I figured that if he said his drink didn’t taste good that maybe the machine I used wasn’t pulling shots properly so i switched to the other machine
And I start pouring milk to steam and he’s like “listen. I want you to just make me a regular cafe latte. That’s all I want. Just a regular cafe latte. A cafe latte just like you’ve been making for years”
By now I’m just staring at him like
I’m already remaking your drink
I know how to make a latte
You don’t need to lean over here and explain to me over and over that you want a latte
It’s one thing to say “hey this doesn’t taste right. Could you possible make me another??”
he had it coming, he only had himself to blame
Like yes. Sure. I will do that
if you'd have been there. if you'd have seen it
I was about two seconds from throwing hot milk at him
Cause he was already acting like a dick to Courtney