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The Daily Dot

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

Braden Bjella

Uber Eats logo on black background (l) Starbucks cup empty in hand caption "You guys literally again Starbucks sends me a empty cup with a man and Uber eats didn't even notify nothing why is my luck so bad" (r)

empty uber eats

Unclick

TikToker says she was delivered empty Starbucks cup when ordering through Uber Eats

Starbucks sign on building (l) Starbucks worker behind counter asking customers for 7 minute break for union (r)

seven minute break

Baristas filmed taking 7-minute break in solidarity with Starbucks workers who were fired for trying to unionize

Starbucks barista holding bag caption "When they ask for a pastry" (l) Starbucks logo on gray brick wall (c) Starbucks baristas working caption "When they ask for it warmed up" (r)

starbucks pastry

Starbucks workers roast customers who ask for pastries warmed up

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Female in car holding tito's bottle (l) Starbucks sign with sky background (c) Starbuck drive thru worker and woman in car caption "What you did'nt see in the video is her response when she realized I left her a bottle of Tito's and not cash... she said "ohhhhkayyyy"" (r)

titos tip

‘Nah I don’t like this. Just tip money’: Customer tips Starbucks worker with bottle of vodka, sparking debate

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

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starbucks union

‘Let us unionize’: Starbucks video flooded with pro-union comments on TikTok

Car at starbucks window ordering (l) Woman annoyed mouth open caption "when the customer adds on a water at the window" (r)

water window

‘Esp after they ordered 47 frap’: Worker puts Starbucks customers who order water at the window on blast, sparking debate

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

starbucks_favorite_drink_tiktok

‘Don’t think I’m gonna make you something f*cking extravagant’: Starbucks worker puts customers who ask for the barista’s ‘favorite drink’ on blast, sparking debate

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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starbucks tiktok fire

‘HE JUST SHOWED HIS LOVE FOR THE COMPANY!’: Starbucks worker says he was fired over his TikToks

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

starbucks cup on green background (l) Two starbucks workers caption "when a customer asks us why things are turned off on the app when we have them in store" (r)

starbucks app

‘When a customer asks us why things are turned off on the app’: Starbucks workers joke about making items ‘sold out’ on app

starbucks cup on wooden table with gray background (l) starbucks employee putting straw in cup caption "when their card declines" (r)

starbucks declined card

‘I still give the drinks to them if they’re nice and this lady wasn’t’: Starbucks worker drinks customer’s drink after their card declined

Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

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starbucks barista rant

‘I’m sick and tired of ppl talking trash about us’: Former barista explains why people think Starbucks in Target stores are ‘the worst’

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Woman in car caption " I asked for no ice and this is what she gave me with a straight face" (l) Starbucks coffee cup (c) Woman holding up half empty drink caption " I asked for no ice and this is what she gave me with a straight face" (r)

half empty

‘Acting like it’s coming out of her personal paycheck’: TikToker claims Starbucks worker gave her half-empty drink when she asked for no ice

Lauren Castro is a reporter based in Austin, Texas.

Lauren Castro

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starbucks 40 pumps of syrup

‘No. Immediately no’: Starbucks customer asks barista for 40 pumps of classic syrup in viral TikTok

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

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starbucks welcome

‘Where my anxiety is chronic but our coffee’s iconic’: Starbucks barista’s custom drive-thru greeting goes viral

Starbucks shutterstock image (l) Starbucks worker showing orders caption "I started my shift at 10:00 AM and this was at 10:16 AM embarrassed emoji"(r)

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