Starbucks employee reveals customer's 'surprise' coffee order: 'They think it's okay'
A Starbucks employee has revealed the most shocking coffee order he's ever received.
The employee, who is based in the US and creates TikTok content @angellrereyes, has shared a video detailing the incident.
In the video we see the young worker pretending to type in an order he is receiving, with the following caption appearing on the screen: "Me calculating why a grown white man told me he wanted his iced chai latte the same colour as my skin."
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The Starbucks worker has shared the experience on TikTok. TikTok
The description reads: "Man when i tell you this took me by surprise!!! #starbucks @barista."
His video has been viewed over 144,000 times, with many fellow coffee chain employees sharing similar experiences.
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Many of the worker's fellow coffee chain employees have shared similar experiences. Getty
"This happened to me during a Starbies shift and my manager pulled me to the side to ask if I was okay after that encounter," one shares.
To which the Starbucks employee responds: "My manager was in the back when this happened and the face of shock he had when I told him."
"I love when customers say that," another coffee chain worker sarcastically comments.
'My manager was in the back when this happened.' tiktok
Another recalls: "I once asked my grandma how much creamer she wanted in her coffee and she said she wanted it to be my skin color."
"The amount of times I've heard this," adds another.
Another writes: "I hope you made that chai watery & bland."
Most of the worker's TikTok followers expressed shock at the customer's request. Getty
The Starbucks worker later adds that the customer in question wasn't satisfied with his first latte and asked for it to be remade, which is when they made the comment.
He also tells his TikTok followers it's okay to laugh because it is a perfect "coping mechanism".
"First of all Starbucks chai isn't even real chai and he probably wanted a desi version he saw but can't explain," suggests one TikTok follower.
"Literally the same happened to me with a lady at drive thru saying, 'I want my iced coffee the color of your skin," another shares.
Another comments: "They think it's okay to be racist."
"This literally happened to me but with coffee," adds another.
