Line at White Center Starbucks

[wseakell]

I’d like to air a grievance about the line at the White Center Starbucks. First let me say hats off to the people that work there – they’re doing an awesome job and working so hard to make sure we all have delicious coffee and yummy food. The main problem with the line(s) that form here are there are two (even three, or four depending on how you look at it) ways the line can form. This then takes effort from people, much like the zipper merge, to let people in that may have come in after you, to keep traffic moving and the flow making sense. Today, on Mother’s Day, I pulled in from SW 100th to get off the road, entering the line that had formed through the parking lot. I figured that someone would let me in, just like I would do in that situation. Also much like the Ambaum and SW 148th Starbucks, where people can grasp that design of letting a car in here, a car in there. However, the guy driving the car that would have made sense to let me in front of pulled in AS CLOSE as he could possibly get to the car in front of him to box me out. Maybe this wasn’t the best move, but I did roll down my window and say something to the effect of “hey! that’s kind of rude, this is an entrance too” to which he said a couple of things back to me, none of which I can remember. Then the “Gen Z” guy behind him started shouting at me, pulled the same move to box me out, then rolled down the window and called me a “carrot!” Thinking that was in reference to my red hair, I asked to confirm “what does that mean?” to which he replied with a hand wave as if I would never understand “oh, it’s a Gen Z term, basically stop being a bitch and get in line like everyone else!” I was so stunned that someone called me a bitch first thing in the morning on Mother’s Day, and then the tears started coming! I did call the Starbucks while in line and taddle on the guy, letting them know the red Subaru man was VERY RUDE. The manager was great and asked if I was all right, which I was. I don’t know what I expected from that call, but it made me feel better, much like writing this does as well. So, thanks for reading. And if this is anything, it is a friendly reminder to be nice to each other in this world where everyone is so on edge. (That’s a reminder for me too, as after a few great bear hugs from my husband when I got home, he reminded me that maybe the Starbucks gods were hitting me with some Karma for honking at a guy in line at Starbucks the other day … not my best move, and he’s probably right.)

• This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by wseakell.

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