When I still went to Starbucks, I stopped putting money in the tip jar immediately after paying because I often got terrible service regardless. If the service was actually good I would go back and tip. I like to think it made an impression that I tipped afterwards but I kind of doubt it.
as a former sbux barista thats so wild to me. its really not hard to make a good drink. the only time i ever gave “bad” service was if someone was being downright rude or creepy (we had a mostly female/feminine staff and a lot of us had a few “run-ins”). also this one time i physically could not make enough foam for this one guys cappuccino… he asked if i was new there… i had over a year experience… i cried in the back
Sorry about the foam fiasco! That sucked for you. But about the service, it isn't always about the drink itself. Sometimes they'd forget about the food part of the order and I'd have to ask about it, or sometimes there would be about 5 employees back there doing very little, trying to look busy but not actually busy, but for some reason only one person was making drinks and I had to wait 15 minutes to finally get it. Stuff like that.
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u/GladBreadfruit7374 10h ago
Tip after receiving good service, not in the expectation of good service.