Starbucks Baristas Aren't Writing Messages On Your Cup By Choice - Tasting Table
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Have you noticed the messages on your Starbucks cups as of late? As it turns out, there's a reason why baristas are going out of their way to write them.
  • zerosignal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I wonder if the smiley faces Costco receipt checkers draw on the back of the receipt if you have a kid with you is also mandatory

  • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I don’t understand what the logic was behind this decision. Like… literally no one wins.

    1. Baristas are handed extra unnecessary and tedious as fuck work

    2. Customers are just confused but also having to wait longer because that little bit of writing adds up with everything else. Then there’s the fact you typically just look for your name, now you’ve got extra written text to throw you.

    3. Corporate doesn’t make as much profit because pen costs are gonna rise and wait times are gonna extend

    Like… who the fuck was this for?

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      It’s the same as Wendy’s having a department just to write sarcastic tweets. It’s makes you think of them as Corporation the Person instead of Corporation the Corporation. It’s brand imaging. It makes you form a sentimental attachment to a corporation so you choose them over competitors, alternatives, or not buying anything at all.