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I’m a Starbucks barista — We’ve been out of ‘espresso and dignity’ for 2 months

Where have you bean?

A Starbucks barista on TikTok is claiming her store has been out of espresso for two months — meaning that mochas, cappuccinos and lattes are a no-go.

TikTok user @toreeisnotdead took to the social media platform last week to share her “help” message in a clip that has served more than 325,000 views.

In the video, the barista shows herself standing at the register, with a sign above her head that reads “No espresso but…,” along with a big red stop sign.

Below the stop sign, the store lists the items available for purchase, such as cold brew, chai tea, iced tea, refreshers and more.


“Pistachio your way,” but apparently not espresso any way at this Starbucks store.
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“Happy 2 month anniversary of still no espresso 🤎,” the TikToker wrote of her store in white text over the clip. She appears to be based in New Jersey.

The Post reached out to Starbucks and the TikTok creator for comment.

In another shot, the barista shows a long tally of customers reportedly asking, “Omg it’s still broken?” On a white board, a list of items the store is allegedly out of include “espresso, dignity and cinnamon.”

In the comments section, several employees and customers offered their sorrowful stories of missing restaurant items or non-working equipment.

“One time our water was down and all we could serve was food😭,” one user laughed.

Another alleged, “My Starbucks before I moved had no espresso over Christmas holiday shopping (inside target) and in late Jan still broken. I still think about them🫡.”

“Wow the Starbucks I went to last weekend ONLY had espresso drinks and cold brew,” someone else disclosed.

Another viewer divulged, “Once both our coffee brewer and our espresso machine was down at the same time for about a week 😪.”

Others found the barista’s misfortune amusing, with one user even joking about “realistic barista TikTok.”

“Finally on realistic barista tok,” the person typed.

A different user confessed, “As a barista that isn’t religious, i’m praying for y’all-.”


The store had a tally going for how many times people had asked about the espresso drinks.
The store has a tally going for the number of times people reportedly asked about espresso drinks.
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One Starbucks employee shows off the sign to alert customers.
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In another video posted to her TikTok account, @toreeisnotdead claimed that a few days earlier, the store had also run out of coffee.

This is not the first time Starbucks baristas have taken to TikTok to air their struggles. In January, one barista revealed she mistook a customer for a dog when taking an order at the drive-thru, while another shared she had been making decaf coffee for three months instead of serving up the regular brew.

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Starbucks insider shares where the popular chain got its name

Next time you visit Starbucks, remember that multiple different names were considered for the coffee chain – and in an alternate universe, you’re drinking a “Cargo House” vanilla bean frappe.

That’s just one of the names almost used by executives, who borrowed the name Starbucks from an unusual but much-beloved source.

When the company was in its early days, there were several potential names on the list, said co-founder Gordon Bowker in an interview with the Seattle Times.

The founders debated giving the business a coffee-centric name but also veered into literary territory.

“We were thinking of all kinds of names and came desperately close to calling it Cargo House,” Bowker told the outlet.

He also said that it was a good thing the company passed on the name, which “would have been a terrible, terrible mistake.”

While trying to think of “power words” that started with a hard st- sound, someone brought out an old mining map in a meeting.

A small town in the Cascades called Starbo caught Bowker’s eye.

He said he “immediately” associated the town with Starbuck, which is the name of the level-headed first mate in Herman Melville’s masterpiece Moby-Dick.

Obviously, it was that moniker that stuck with the brand, but Bowker detailed another word from the book that was almost used instead.

The founders debated using the name of the whaling ship, Pequod, instead of the name of the first mate.

The famous chain could have been called “Cargo House.”
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Someone recalled that Starbuck loved coffee in the book Moby-Dick, but they were corrected.

“Then somebody said to me, well no, it wasn’t that he loved coffee in the book, it was that he loved coffee in the movie,” Bowker recalled.

“Moby-Dick has nothing to do with coffee as far as I know,” Bowker confessed. “It was only coincidental that the sound seemed to make sense.”

Of course, the company’s siren logo further demonstrates its close ties to the sea.

While you might not think of Starbucks as a particularly nautical company, armed with this new knowledge, you can effortlessly justify an iced coffee as a beach or poolside beverage all summer long.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced here with permission.

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