18 confessions from the baristas brewing your coffee

 By 
Laura Vitto
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18 confessions from the baristas brewing your coffee
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After your parents and your cat, your local barista may be one of the most stable presence in your life.

Whether she knows your name and order by heart, or consistently roll his eyes at your demands for a skinny, no whip, sugar-free latte, you can at least be sure that you'll see them again tomorrow morning.

So, what do the people behind the coffee counter really think of you? Whisper reveals confessions from baristas about their biggest pet peeves and why the coffee in this morning's latte might actually be decaf.

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04e2dbc3d047967647589a04e6f7d392652d2e.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a barista and if you say, "I like a little coffee in my cream" I automatically hate you."]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04e60a9bd0651d299174c3432c5ab5ec920ee.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a Barista at a local Starbucks and I get hit on by cougars all the time. It makes me feel really weird."]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04e99a150716148639562fe093b5e68bf765be.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I've made more friends being a barista for one year than I ever did in my 12 years of school. "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04e870f34dedd0794448a6b7478f03ce8bb3ba.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a barista at Starbucks and I want to write my number on people's cups but I'm too nervous. "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04eb91d0ca3e125429949380fe894898547b09.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a barista. I don't trust anyone who doesn't want whipped cream on top of their drink."]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04ec6c871ac91f145311b6295942798a2be8a9.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a Starbucks barista. I can't help but judge you based off of your drink order."]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04efbdd13d25db1455632eb39813c9887de759.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a Starbucks barista and I aboslutely hate the taste of our coffee."]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04f5b67973f7fc338876303972e80d90e64972.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I wonder if someone from my coffee shop thinks of me as "the cute barista." "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04f6d2f16220121474747f87d98432f92256f0.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a barista at Starbucks. When skinny girls come in and order non-fat drinks I give them cream and extra sweetener "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04f66d4295155f7773753aa52d398114d06c6d.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a barista, and I feel like it is part of my job to ask people how to spell their names so that I don't spell them wrong, and piss them off "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04f68d9508a33e35518cb0bdcf2f42f2180a3.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a barista and I hate it when people wait in my line just to ask for an iced water."]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04f438a9d8a3c4735748e119fcbf7225ff20db.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a Starbucks barista. We're not supposed to make drinks for ourselves... But I do that all day long. "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04f61600f6328d69082926c49de54ca9d41f85.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="As a barista I judge people by their order. I don't work at Starbucks or Tim hortons but as soon as you order a double double or skinny latte you're not worthy of my attention"]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04fc1bb2ec309b9825557b50018638b8081b43.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a Starbucks barista & I absolutely HATE IT when someone orders extra caramel. It's time consuming and it fucking hurts my wrists. "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04ffc368fd76c6989702137ef3a893679ef713.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I've been a barista for 2 years, when people ask for 'skinny' I still use full cream milk.. Nobody has complained "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/04fff796e46dbe400318140ab93170e5e0d819.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="As a barista, if you are rude or disrespectful I will make your drink incorrectly or make it decaf on purpose "]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/05009318de1731953905aeac3cb5b26ea35212.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="I'm a barista Regardless of what milk you ask for, you get what is already in my jug"]

[img src="http://embed.whisper.sh/whisper.sh/050235597f47fe589246ce3266ddf5a90980ae.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="As a barista, I flirt with everyone to make good tips."]

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