A TikTok of a woman admitting she’s “now terrified to order my fave Starbucks drink bc of the baristas on TikTok” is going viral and sparking an online debate about ordering complicated TikTok drinks at the coffee chain.
In the caption of the TikTok, Grace Fourmaux (@gfomo) wrote, “Yes, I do get an iced white mocha with sweet cream foam and extra caramel drizzle bc it’s GOOD.”
The TikTok was posted on Feb. 11 and as of Monday morning, has over 142,000 views.
In the comments, Fourmaux wrote, “Btw the baristas at my local SB are so nice! I just get anxiety they dislike me bc of my order lol, but these comments make me feel better!”
Recently, some baristas have taken to TikTok to complain about orders that include many modifications and add-ons.
However, many alleged former and current Starbucks baristas chimed in to reassure Fourmaux that “at the end of the day none of us actually care, i personally loved making your drink! it’s not difficult and it’s cute.”
“We don’t care as long as you aren’t rude about it,” another said.
Others felt differently: “This is why I avoid Starbucks. I don’t even like complicated drinks but I’ve noticed the staff there in many locations can be MEAN as hell,” another person commented.
Some commenters wrote that “it’s their job. If they don’t like making people their drinks then they shouldn’t be working there.”
“Just tip us at least or somethin…,” a TikToker wrote.
“Honestly that drink doesn’t bother me, i just despise making caramel ribbon crunch frappuccinos,” another person wrote.
Other TikTokers admitted they get “anxious” about ordering similar drinks. Some people shared that they were once shamed for their orders.
“I went to a diff SB to order that drink once and the dude on the speaker called me out and I never ordered it again,” a TikToker wrote.
The Daily Dot has reached out to Fourmaux via TikTok comment and Starbucks via email.
Update 11:01am CT, March 2: Grace Fourmaux, the TikToker who said she was “terrified” to order her favorite drink from Starbucks, told the Daily Dot that she “never had a bad experience” with baristas but that other TikTok videos made her weary of her complicated order.
“I actually very rarely frequented Starbucks due to not knowing what to get until I tried the famous ‘tik tok drink’ (iced white mocha with sweet cream cold foam and caramel drizzle) and ended up really liking it,” Fourmaux said. “I started getting nervous or ‘terrified’ as I described to order it because I didn’t want to make their [baristas’] jobs harder and I didn’t want them to dislike me for ordering it.”
But, Fourmoux said, baristas who commented on her video alleviated her fear.
“Most of the baristas commenting are saying that as long as you are nice then they don’t mind making anything. I am always nice but it makes me less anxious to order it now after reading all the comments,” she said. “Also side note, I have received a few negative comments. In no way was I saying baristas are not allowed to complain because they are! Everyone complains about their job and that’s OK.”
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