Starbucks barista calls out “old men” customers who touch her for no reason deliberately
Unsplash: qui nguyenA Starbucks barista called out customers after “old men” repeatedly kept grabbing her hand when she was serving out coffee.
A frustrated Starbucks barista took to Reddit to vent her frustrations surrounding customers touching her hand when she gives them their coffee.
“Been at Starbucks for a couple months already since returning, and lately I’ve been noticing whenever I’m on drive-thru and handing a customer there drink, with clearly enough room so that they don’t grab my hand, they still end up grabbing my hand anyway and it’s always older men,” she said.
She goes on to explain that she has to wash her hands and sanitize each time this happens.
She claims that she asked a customer to not touch her hand, and that he looked “shocked,” and asked why.
She told him that it made her feel uncomfortable, to which he replied that “‘he wasn’t doing anything bad,’” so I was just like… ‘have a nice day.’”
Baristas frustrated over Starbucks customers touching hands
Many baristas were able to relate to the post, writing that the same thing happened to them on a regular basis: “I literally feel like I’m insane for being so bothered by it but yes! It’s one of the biggest reasons I hate being on the window! don’t touch me!”
One had some advice for fellow baristas: “I started handing the cup out by holding it at either the top or the bottom. like the lid is in my palm or the base of the cup is in my palm. it hasn’t completely eliminated the unwanted hand touches, but it has cut them down significantly.
However, this didn’t seem to deter people: “I will hold the cup from the top so they can conveniently grab it where 99% of people hold cups naturally and they’ll still touch my hand. I just set every cup down now, even if they’re ready to take it.”
Another Starbucks barista went viral after they “accidentally gaslit,” an elderly customer.
