Today, I went to the coffee shop for my usual morning latte before class. When I got my drink, I asked again to make sure it was soy. The barista assured me it was. It wasn't. I'm ridiculously lactose intolerant and just spent six hours throwing up because she was too lazy to correct her mistake. FML
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Today, I double checked with the barista to make sure my latte had soy milk. After a few sips, I could tell it wasn’t but it was too late. I’m so sensitive to dairy, I spent the rest of my work day trying to stifle the gut busting cramps and noxious fumes. I had a meeting I couldn’t reschedule. FML
Today, I stopped at the coffee shop before work and confidently ordered "my usual." The barista looked confused but nodded. When my drink came, it was completely wrong. Turns out, I was in the wrong coffee shop. I was too embarrassed to correct them, so I drank a weird matcha-pumpkin spice sludge. FML
Today, while working as a barista, a customer asked me for "gluten free milk". When I told her that most milk is gluten free, she flew into a fit of rage and cussed me out for being a "cheeky bitch". My manager then lectured me about not being "patronising" to customers. FML
Today, I went to get myself a latte to make myself feel better after having a bad day. As soon as I sat down to enjoy it, I spilled it all over myself, another customer, and the floor. FML
Today, I was trying to flirt with a cute girl when I asked the barista, “Make mine just like hers.” It turns out she'd ordered a decaf soy lavender tea latte. I hate all of those words. FML
Today, as a barista, I tried to be quick during the morning rush. Someone asked for oat milk, so I grabbed the carton without checking. It wasn’t oat milk, it was the cleaning solution bottle we keep under the counter, same shape, same colour cap. Luckily I noticed before serving it, but my manager watched the entire thing in silence. FML
Today, I ordered my usual at my local coffee shop. The barista asked, “Name for the order?” For some reason, my brain short-circuited and I said, “Latte.” So they called out “Latte” when it was ready, and I had to shame-walk to the counter. FML
Today, while serving a line of ten customers by myself at the coffee shop I work at, I knocked over a cup of steaming hot milk and it went all over the coffee bar, espresso machine, floor, and myself. I then had to act like everything was fine and make a line of drinks with milk everywhere. FML
Today, I went in to my local cafe for my morning coffee. I was chatting to the barista as she was making it, and I mentioned that I was starting a new diet. She goes, "Oh that's great! I've been sneaking skimmed milk in your coffee for years, I didn't want to say anything…" FML
Today, I'm in the south of France and I was trying to impress a cute date at a coffee shop by ordering in what I thought was perfect French. He gave me a weird look, and the barista looked confused. Turns out, instead of ordering a "latte," I asked for "lait," which is just milk. I sat there awkwardly, sipping my cup of cold milk while he watched. FML
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ghembob 2
You could sue... just saying.
TheTruth1428 0
I hope you went back, talked to her boss, and got her fired. Firing her is the least the boss can do considering the lawsuit you could have for what happened.
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JonnyMack 0
In Soviet Russia, lactose is intolerant of you!
sugajen 0
starbucks has ****** up my order many times. i would go to the manager of whatever coffee shop that was, tell them about the girl. i hope she gets fired.
foobarbaz 0
**** this stupid bullshit trend for calling coffee shop staff "baristas". What a load of bollocks. Now get me my coffee, and hurry the **** up.
captainmaharet 1
Stop barfing long enough to go back to the shop, barf on that bitch's supervisor, and explain why. Then go to the Better Business Bureau and the health department.
christen1333 0
SUE THEM!!!
mmodified 0
tell that to her manager and she will get fired. it's happened to me before also.
brokenstrides 0
UGH, YDI! You couldn't even taste that it wasn't soy. I also worked for SBUX for two years (and don't get me wrong, I hate them as much as the next scenester on here) but I HATED those bitchy divas that I would make their drink and they would be like, "Are you suuuure this is (x ingredient here)????" No ******* DUH, I know how to read and I just read all the markings on the cup, take your shitty drink and get out!
Icarus3 0
Lactose intolerance is NOT an allergy! The two things have absolutely nothing in common! An allergy is an immune system response, usually to a protein. Lactose intolerance is an inability to digest lactose, the specific sugar found in milk, due to insufficient levels of one of the enzymes that breaks it down. Lactose intolerance is actually the normal state of the human species. The ability to digest lactose after age 4 or so is due to a mutation that is not common in most populations. Most people in the world are lactose intolerant. The mutation that prevents normal lactose intolerance from developing is most common in people of European ancestry, but there are plenty of people of European descent like myself who still don't have it. Anyway, she should really try Lactaid pills. I've taken them for probably 15 years or more, and they work great for me, so hopefully she'll have the same result!
BakerMan_fml 0
agreed. Soy taste like chalk.
RoguePenguin 0
How the **** are you supposed to know what milk tastes like when you've never had it?
GiggleWater 0
I hope you threw up in their bathroom
dearladydisdain 0
you would have been able to taste the difference. ydi