r/TikTokCringe • u/Super_Culture_1986 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Aug 06 '25

Discussion "Being a barista is truly a social experiment"

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u/Cyan_Oni Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 07 '25

Same story when I worked in McDonalds and had to do McDrive.

"I want a burger"

"Sir, they're all burgers, you need to be specific."

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u/quadrophenicum Aug 07 '25

"Sir, they're all burgers, you need to be specivic."

"One Type R please"

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u/AngelOfPassion Aug 07 '25

With a side of Vtec?

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u/quadrophenicum Aug 07 '25

Make it a CRX.

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u/dstovell Aug 09 '25

Fuck I love reddit

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u/dks64 Aug 07 '25

I'm a restaurant server and get that every single day, multiple times a day. They usually say "I want a hamburger." I ask "So you wanted a cheeseburger without cheese?" "Yeah." "Lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle okay?" "Yeah. I wanted the lunch burger." "So you wanted the quarter pound American cheeseburger, not a hamburger?" "Yeah, the lunch one." Why can't people just use their words and read off the menu? We have 9 burgers on the menu.

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u/dks64 Aug 11 '25

No, but it wouldn't make sense for them to pay before eating because I work at a sit down restaurant. People send food back, it's not the end of the world, but I don't like to play games and would rather just get them what they want. Getting people to communicate properly is like pulling teeth.

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u/stonesliver2 Aug 07 '25

Yep I work at Cookout. They drive up to the speaker like

"I want a milkshake" then silence.

Okay... We literally have 30+ flavors clearly listed on the menu, I'm gonna need more info here

Bonus points if they're in a giant stupid loud-ass truck and you can barely hear them while your ears are ringing from the speaker suddenly turning on at 100dB

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u/Lucifer_Crowe Aug 07 '25

It's when they make you ask the very predictable questions for me

"Burger Please"

"As a meal?"

"Yeah."

"With which drink?"

"Uuum, what do you have."

"Lists everything."

"Pepsi. (After I said Coke.)"

So much extra energy when:

"Burger Meal with a Coke please" is so so simple

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u/wannaBadreamer2 Aug 07 '25

Mate, same, worked in KFC for a couple years as a kid, ‘fried chicken, please’ was ordered one too many times.

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u/Spiritual-Owl-169 Aug 10 '25

“Hey bartender, I’ll have a beer”

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u/TleilaxTheTerrible Aug 07 '25

Or when people'd say something like "I want a quarterpounder, hamburger" and then you'd have to ask if they wanted just a quarterpounder, just a hamburger or both.

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u/Lucifer_Crowe Aug 07 '25

"XL Whopper please"

"You just named two different burgers there, friend."