Current mood:

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I'm tired of people assuming that baristas are snooty. Ive come across a bitchy barista or two in my life, but that's bound to happen in any work environment, but to say that all us baristas are arrogant and stand on a pedestal, that's just stupid. We make close to minimum wage, we have nothing to be arrogant or snooty about, and I would never dream of acting that way to a customer nor do I think most baristas would. I don't get all attitudey because someone doesn't know tall, grande or venti, I'm perfectly capable of deciphering what someone means when they say they want a small, medium or large. I think a lot of non-regular starbucks customers confuse correct calling to fellow baristas as rudeness when in fact we're not doing it to show them how stupid they are because OMG they don't  know how we call a drink. I think a lot people (the same people who think they can get the same quality latte at mcdonalds), want to assume we're a bunch of snobs just because starbucks has become a bit of a status symbol. Honestly, I work at starbucks part time as a lowly barista, I don't care about making any customer feel stupid because they don't know our menu by heart, because honestly it's too much effort. This mostly came about because I was at starbucksgossip.com and someone was saying that the training wouldnt work until all the baristas got off their pedestals, or something to that effect. What an ass, I love how the anonymity of the internet makes them feel important.