May 23, 2025 at 9:21 pm

Starbucks Worker Got Tired Of Dealing With A Rude Customer, So They Told Her Off On Their Last Day On The Job

by Matthew Gilligan

starbucks worker by a coffee machine

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Ahhhh, sweet, petty revenge…

There’s nothing quite like it!

And this story from the pages of Reddit is gonna please you immensely!

Check out what this Starbucks barista did before she headed out the door one last time.

My Last Glorious Day as a Starbucks Barista.

“I used to be a Starbucks barista. We had a woman who would come in every morning and order, I kid you not, a double-tall vanilla latte with 3/8ths a pump of vanilla.

Oh, boy…

Not a half a pump; 3/8th’s a pump.

She even made one of the baristas mark our bottle pump with a sharpie.

Every single day, the first cup we would make, no matter who made it, was always wrong.

Either too sweet or not sweet enough.

LOL.

So after a while, I began to just pretend to make another drink; pull the steam wand and wave my hands about like a fool behind the machine.

I would hand her back the same drink we made her the first time and it was ALWAYS perfect the second time, even though it was the same drink.

On my last day of work, this woman decided to come in twice that day.

She was being overly obnoxious and talking on her cell phone about ‘deals’ and ‘her assistant’ and essentially just announcing her importance to everyone in the room.

It was 3:00 in the spring and the place was filled with teenagers ordering Frappuccinos.

I had both blenders going and both steam wands going when this woman decided yell at me, “GOD, I CAN BARELY HEAR MYSELF THINK!!”

So I replied, “funny, I can still hear you complaining.” If you knew me, you’d know I have the perfect facial expressions to go with it; I looked like a snarky little ****.

And…

I told her that I’ve been handing her back the same drink every morning for over a year too.

I said verbatim, “kinda embarrassing now that you know, right? 3/8th is half a pump for all intents and purposes here ma’am.”

She lost it.

She demanded my manager fire me on the spot or she’d call corporate and we’d lose her business, blah blah blah. I couldn’t stand my manager.

He was the opposite of a ‘spirit of the rules/law’ kinda person and really enjoyed making our lives more difficult than they needed to be.

I knew that firing me actually reflects quite negatively on his quarterly reviews and knew he wouldn’t do it.

Take that!

He told her it was my last day and the best he could do was send me home early, which would be a reward rather than a punishment since the store was so busy.

She proceeded to spend the next two hours on hold with corporate outside, then when corporate either accidentally hung up on her or told her to shove it, she threw her glasses, called me a ‘little *****’ in front of a ton of kids, and ran to her car.

To her husband: So sorry for that night bro; totally my fault 😎.”

Here’s what readers had to say.

This person was impressed.

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Another Reddit user shared a story.

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This person chimed in.

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Another individual had a lot to say.

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And this person spoke up.

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And this is how you deal with entitled customers!

At least, it is when you don’t need the tips anymore.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a rude customer who got exactly what they wanted in their pizza.