Maybe your friends are sick of your miserable attitude.

and the worst part is, they probably AREN'T that happy to see you and don't honestly wanna know how you've been and how you're feeling. paid emotions my friend, at 8.50 an hour at that

Yes, us baristas have that effect on customers. We make better tips that way. : )

Maybe you should find some new friends, start being more friendly, and stop thinking they at Starbucks actually care. They're only friendly to you so you'll come back and hopefully tip them. If they are actually friendly to you because they care, maybe it's time to befriend them and ditch your current "friends".

Starbucks sucks. Make better friends. Drink better coffee.

I respectfully disagree with most of you. My girlfriend is a manager at Starbucks in New England and has shift-led two different locations regularly. I knew her before she started working there and she is essentially the same person: kind, respectful, professional. She is normally uncomfortable in customer service (more comfortable in management), and she had to work very hard to acclimate herself. She is now a phenomenal barista, not because she's faking it (she'll admit she can't act), but because she really cares. Her customers really look out for her. They roll up her windows when it rains and bring her car parts from the junkyard/store if she mentions she needs one. Her coworkers do to, as they have become my real-life friends. I go over to their houses, drink/party with them, stay at their place, go out to karaoke night, and even go to fairs/events/vacations sometimes. They've been known to give me rides home, let me know about special events, and attend fundraisers even without me asking them to do so. And you know what? They aren't mean or even "normal" when they're off the clock. They're the same people: genuine and nice. They come in all forms, white, black, young, old, Somalian, Indian, Iranian, male, female, hot, ugly. At the end of the day, though, only one of them was fake, and her ass was fired a loooooong time ago.

Well if the shit was boring you cant really blame the guy for falling asleep now can u

Personally it has nothing to do with being valued beyond your money. I worked for Wendy's for two years, and I had a few regulars that I not only recognized, but had their orders memorized as well. Its repetition, not caring. If customers weren't happy, we didn't make money. If customers were displeased with me personally, it could've cost me my job. So I always had a smile waiting and usually engaged in some friendly chitcat. It didn't mean I cared about those people beyond my job. They weren't my friends. I didn't think of them when they left. I'm not saying that it never happens. It is possible to become friends with the customers. But it isn't the norm. Bottom line is, they are paid to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. That's how they get their tips.

sorry for your lonely life (if it's real), but I hate how overdramatically you wrote this FML. this has been done before, so dont try to remake it

i'm too lazy to read that whole comment.