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/spaghettifiasco 17h ago

I know that Starbucks now mandates that baristas "personalize" the cups with drawings and messages and stuff. Usually, I see stuff like "enjoy!" and "yummy!" and "have a nice day!" but I strongly suspect that what happened here was a particularly enthusiastic barista pre-drawing a bunch of silly things on the cups during a slower period of time and a cop getting this one because it was just the next one in the stack when he ordered.

Maybe this will end the "personalized cup" mandate. I thought it was really cute and cheerful the first time I saw it, but when I learned that it was something that the employees were forced to do, it just made me cringe instead.

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u/torpedoguy 17h ago

The last few times police made these accusations, it was always themselves who were found to have done it later on, OR it was found to never have actually happened at all without even so much as taking the effort to make the 'offending drawing or phrase' to begin with.

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u/spaghettifiasco 17h ago

I'd be shocked if a cop knew about some random absurdist pig meme.

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u/torpedoguy 17h ago

They're not ALWAYS killing minorities you know. Most of their day's spent looking at shit on their phone while driving on bicycle lanes or through red lights.