Starbucks barista\u2019s letter to customer who \u201cused to come in every night\u201d is bringing people to tears Unsplash: angelica reyesA Starbucks barista wrote a \u2018love letter\u2019 to a customer who used to come into the store every day, and was devastated when they left. Sharing the letter online, it was met with an outpouring of support. Baristas at Starbucks often congregate online to discuss their work, often filled with wild stories and the challenges they face each day. One has shared a letter on the busy Starbucks subreddit, which they penned for a loyal customer who suddenly stopped showing up. The letter begins, \u201dletter to a regular. I wrote this to show how much of an influence regulars can have on customer service workers. \u201cYou used to come in every night. We\u2019ve wondered where you\u2019ve been. For two weeks, our nights have been silent, bland, without your beautiful face and your colorful dresses and your news about your son\u2019s new business venture. But you stopped coming. \u201cYou were homeless. But you didn\u2019t let us know. You came to us every day for months, and sat and talked with us. Every night, you\u2019d go around the store, collecting cups, plates, straw wrappers from the floor. You were nothing but smiles around us. Every single night, you stayed until we closed. We close earlier than any other location in town, but you stayed with us because you liked us. You struggled with your mind, as many do.\u201d To commemorate the customer, the barista made their favorite drink: \u201cMy shift and I made your drink one last time tonight, just the way you like it. An iced venti green-tea latte with ten scoops of matcha, right on top of the ice, with a dome lid. I always thought it was odd, but you said you liked the chunks that the matcha would make. \u201cI poured the milk, and pulled out the container of matcha so I wouldn\u2019t get it all over the counter. I went to grab the ice scoop, and I broke down. My supervisor finished it. The whole night, I looked at the table you always sat at, right in the corner, and you were there smiling at me. I tried your drink tonight through tears. \u201cI liked the chunks.\u201d After the Starbucks barista made the post, people couldn\u2019t hold back their emotions. \u201cWasn\u2019t expecting to cry on the Starbucks thread tonight,\u201d one responded. \u201cPerfectly penned. This brought me to tears. You were a shining star in her life as much as she was in yours. So many interactions we have with others are negative, but it\u2019s the connections like these that make our lives richer. You made a difference. She knew you cared. I am sorry for your loss,\u201d another reassured. \u201cReally puts into perspective just how special some of our regulars turn out to be. I\u2019m so sorry for your loss. i\u2019m so glad you were able to make an impact on each others\u2019 lives,\u201d one wrote. Another fast food worker went viral, after they revealed why you only get a half slice of cheese with Fillet-O-Fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Starbucks barista\u2019s letter to customer who \u201cused to come in every night\u201d is bringing people to tears Unsplash: angelica reyesA Starbucks barista wrote a \u2018love letter\u2019 to a customer who used to come into the store every day, and was devastated when they left. Sharing the letter online, it was met with an outpouring of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}