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Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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‘Greedwill’: Shopper catches Goodwill selling used Starbucks cup. She can’t believe the price

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

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‘Are they just trying to be polite and make it less awkward’: Starbucks customer wonders why only some baristas ask you to tip

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‘I would sueee’: Customer orders caramel frappuccino from Starbucks, notices something strange inside her drink

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‘I was so flabbergasted’: Viewers split after Starbucks customer shows new cold cups

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‘Had a manager tell me she’d write us up for batching fraps’: Barista shows what it’s like after Starbucks releases 4 for $20 deal

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‘The entire demeanor and personality of this person changes’: Woman says Starbucks barista broke character when she refused to tip him

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‘For all the girls who have 15 cups in your car’: Woman issues warning to those who hoard old Starbucks cups in car

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‘I thought this was a new drink’: Starbucks customer asks for extra caramel sauce, gets more than she bargained for

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‘I’m still boiling mad’: Woman says never go to a Starbucks attached to a grocery store after incident

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‘Not you mad cause they stopped you from scamming’: Viewers defend Starbucks worker who called out customer’s ‘drink hack’

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‘That is an inside job. They are trying to take Starbucks down’: Woman speculates this is what’s going on with Starbucks’ new, weird concoctions

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