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Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Starbucks customer with caption "me when the starbucks barista asks me in a judgey tone id i still want cold foam on my drink since i got oat milk instead of 2%" (l) Starbucks customer with cold foam drink in hand (c) Starbucks customer with caption "me when the starbucks barista asks me in a judgey tone id i still want cold foam on my drink since i got oat milk instead of 2%" (r)

cold foam and oat milk starbucks tiktok

Starbucks customer says barista judged her for ordering oat milk but still getting cold foam

Starbucks customer speaking in car while holding gold card (l) circular Starbucks sign on wall (c) Starbucks customer speaking in car while holding gold card (r)

starbucks gold card tiktok

‘SAMEEE I don’t use it bc I heard ppl get theirs taken away’: Starbucks customer says his gold card still works

former Starbucks barista speaking (l) Starbucks coffee in branded cup (c) former Starbucks barista speaking (r)

starbucks 20 splendas in coffee tiktok

‘I’ve worked at Starbucks almost 7 years’: Ex-barista calls out customers who get tall coffee with ‘like 20’ Splendas.

Customer shows how to make Starbucks pumpkin spice latte at home with Target Good & Gather products for 86 cents

Pumpkin Spice Latte

‘I’ve heard that the 12-ounce is $8’: Customer shows how to make Starbucks pumpkin spice latte at home with Target products for 86 cents

Eric Webb is a native Texan and national award-winning pop culture critic, arts &amp; entertainment journalist, and editor.

Eric Webb

Starbucks cup almost empty in hand (l) Starbucks Coffee inside Target with Target cart (c) Starbucks customer holding refilled drink" (r)

target starbucks free refill tiktok

‘An $8 coffee for free’: Target shopper shares hack for getting free refills from Starbucks

Starbucks customer gets notified her drink is ready. She didn't order anything.

Starbucks Coffee App scare

‘I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME’: Starbucks customer gets notified her drink is ready. She didn’t order anything. Wasn’t just her

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Starbucks Drink Acai

‘was so confused’: Starbucks customer orders Strawberry Açaí Refresher ‘for here’ in a foreign country. It backfires

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Temu Shop

‘Aint no way we got Starbucks x temu’: Customers flock to Temu signup for free Starbucks cash. Is this deal legit?

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

DoorDash customer finds Starbucks order completely soaked

DoorDash Soggy Danish

‘How did the driver not notice’: DoorDash customer receives soaked Starbucks order with empty drink

Starbucks building with sign with caption "trying Starbucks' new frozen lemonade drink fail edition" (l) Starbucks Frozen Strawberry Açai Lemonade in front of yellow background (c) Starbucks customer drinking Frozen Strawberry Açai Lemonade (r)

trying starbucks frozen lemonade tiktok

‘Better idea to just order the refresher’: Customer tries Starbucks new frozen lemonade

Brooke Park is a reporting fellow with the Daily Dot and a journalism senior at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News and The Texas Tribune.

Brooke Park

starbucks tips

‘When I worked there upper management kept the bills the rest of us got change’: Starbucks barista says she only got $10 in tips for the week

Maya Wray was a Fall 2022 FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She is currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studies journalism in the Moody College Honors Program. She has written for the Daily Texan and the Austin Chronicle.

Maya Wray

Starbucks customer in car with caption "DEAR STARBUCKS BARISTAS" (l) Starbucks drive thru with sign (c) Starbucks customer in car with caption "DEAR STARBUCKS BARISTAS" (r)

starbucks line too early tiktok

‘The line was empty’: Starbucks customer says barista berated her for getting in line too early after placing mobile order

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

doordash partial refund

‘That was an expensive sip of coffee’: DoorDash customer says she was only given partial refund after coffee leaked since there was still some left in cup

Starbucks barista says she dumps out customer's drink orders when they order it wrong on purpose

Throwing Starbucks

‘Actually, I wanted it as a venti, but I’ll keep this one’: Starbucks barista says she dumps out customers’ drink orders when they order it wrong on purpose

man in car with starbucks coffee and bread

starbucks drive thru bread

‘In my store we are not allowed to add anything at the window’: Customer says Starbucks worker refused to add banana bread to his drive-thru order

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