Starbucks Barista Crying
About
Starbucks Barista Crying is a viral video taken by a Starbucks customer at a drive-thru window where a Starbucks employee apologizes for not meeting their standards, gives them a free coffee card and then slams the window shut. At the end of the video, the employee can be seen tearing up. The video first went viral in February 2020 on TikTok and Twitter where it accumulated comments mostly pitying the employee and denouncing the customer for filming the interaction.
Origin
On February 7th, 2020, TikToker @publicfreakoutvideos uploaded the original video which Daily Dot[2] confirmed from the TikTok account was submitted anonymously (shown below). The video gained over two million likes in five days.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6790328896605768961
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On February 9th, 2020, Twitter user @shesinscrubs shared the video with the caption, "This video broke my heart. The smug voice, “Aw that’s a free drink.” I don’t understand why people feel so entitled to treat people in the service industry so poorly. Like how evil can you be to make a barista cry over your Starbucks latte & then film it" (shown below). The tweet received over 271,500 likes and 61,700 retweets in three days. That day, Redditor Historical-Sink posted the video to r/imatotalpieceofshit[1] and garnered 220 points (96% Upvoted) in three days.
This video broke my heart. The smug voice, “Aw that’s a free drink.” I don’t understand why people feel so entitled to treat people in the service industry so poorly. Like how evil can you be to make a barista cry over your Starbucks latte & then film it. pic.twitter.com/Y7rmBc4UAP
— Sarah, RN (@shesinscrubs) February 9, 2020
That same day, TikTokers @sh3rkh4n and @kikifrommetro dueted the original video calling out the customer for upsetting the employee (shown below). The videos accumulated over 367,900 likes and 35,600 likes respectively in three days.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6791258941746646278
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6791424541760425221
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6791316139881385221
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6791245650823630086
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6791103515839220998
Stop being so mean to people in the service industry/customer service industry. I will never understand why people feel so entitled to treat workers so poorly and verbally/mentally abuse them. https://t.co/rnomb3DKgq
— erica (@ericaxmaria) February 11, 2020
The way people treat service industry workers is very indicative of the type of person they are in their core. If you’re with someone who treats a service industry worker cruelly you should run for the fucking hills. https://t.co/kGBYJmwXQd
— Pamela Manderson (@higirlsitsmepam) February 10, 2020
my girlfriend: at starbucks for the 17th time today getting another green tea carmel frappe and a buttered croissant
— yes (@nowandyesterday) February 11, 2020
starbucks employees after handing her the order: pic.twitter.com/3yTqumy6NS
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External References
[1] Reddit – r/iamatotalpieceofshit
[2] DailyDot – Starbucks Barista Crying
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ObadiahtheSlim
Feb 12, 2020 at 04:26PM EST
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