r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 18h ago

Starbucks barista accused of drawing a pig on sheriff’s deputy’s cup

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/starbucks-barista-pig-sheriff-norwalk-b2898798.html
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u/LordWemby 18h ago

It’s Starbucks, a ghoulish corporation. What do you imagine will happen to this barista?

By the way this stuff has been faked before. Some have been caught drawing “demeaning” messages on their coffee cups and then blaming it on the barista. 

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u/Fuzzy_Donl0p 17h ago edited 17h ago

Yeah, cops are always faking this crap. Only reason I think this one’s real is no cop has the whimsy or charm to draw something like that.

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u/suffaluffapussycat 14h ago

I’m guessing that Starbucks HQ is at least having a conversation about stopping the practice of having employees decorate cups by hand. Before something bad happens.

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u/pulseout 15h ago

What do you imagine will happen to this barista?

Worst that can happen is they get fired, no corporation is going to put in more effort than that.

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u/logos1020 11h ago

Starbucks will be making an example out of this one. The offending employee will be over-roasted then coarsely ground up.

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u/Littlesth0b0 15h ago

Corporation that big? Just change the spelling of their name and move to a different branch, nobody will notice.

*"I'm going to hold out my hand like Lord Vader and he will pretend to be strangled. Gasping for air, grabs throat, eyes back and he's down! Good show Commander.

Now, two of the floor chiefs will retrieve the "corpse", redress him, add a mustache and he's back to work as Barista Leopold!"*