Entitled customer berates barista for not having the right kind of caramel syrup, slips and falls in front of everyone: 'Karma doesn’t take long to show up'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 3, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

There is nothing more annoying than being in a long line at a café behind a customer who has an unnecessarily complicated order. Whatever happened to just ordering a cup of coffee with a little bit of milk? Now, it's a venti macchiato with five different kinds of syrups, and not to sound like a totally naive person, but when did pistachio milk become a thing? I'm still getting used to oat milk.

If you identify as someone who has a complicated coffee order, at least be a decent and communicative human being. Being an insufferable person with a difficult order officially makes you everyone's enemy!

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    "Entitled Customer Gets Instant Karma at the Coffee Shop"
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  • Here, we have a wildly annoying customer who marched into a Starbucks and cut the entire line to order her venti caramel macchiato. She then made a fuss about how the barista gave her the wrong kind of caramel syrup. Mind you, at this point, she has already induced frustration from nearly everyone in line. That's when karma managed to rear its head and pop in for her perfectly-timed comeuppance. 

    Let's just say she did not exactly get any help from other customers in the location after she slipped and fell on her behind. But she did still get that correct coffee order!

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    So today, I was at Starbucks, just enjoying my morning, when a woman stormed in demanding a "venti caramel macchiato with extra foam". First you're r as
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    and didn't even wait in line. Then she started berating the barista because they didn't have the "right kind" of caramel syrup. She was calling him incompetent and complaining that the store was "ruining her entire day."
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    As she was finishing her rant, she slipped on the wet floor by the counter (no one had noticed the spill yet) and landed straight on her behind. The entire cafe went
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    silent for a moment. Me? I creaking CACKLED. She threw me a nasty glare but her face was red from embarrassment. The barista, still with a smile, handed her the drink she had ordered.
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    She took a long, awkward sip- obviously trying to act like nothing had happened—but you could tell it was a humbling. moment for her.
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    Moral of the story: Karma doesn't take long to show up when you're r e to people
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    THE Stronghold
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    De-railled I wanna laugh, but... I feel like that Karens next step would be to try and sue the Coffee shop for the slip and fall.
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    The staff deserves to be treated with respect. I just hope they don't need to deal with more drama.
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    DeputyTrudyW. Love that journey for her! I work in a fast food restaurant and my first step after clock in is to put up some wet floor signs so whatever shenanigans they get up to out there, we're covered on legal end mostly
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    Wonderful_Bottle... That wasn't a humbling moment for her...that was her chance at a lawsuit against Starbucks.
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    RandomPerson Of... Here's to hoping she accepts her humbling moment and doesn't seek a lawyer to sue the place.
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    Beginning Traditio... I would have said to her OUT LOUD "Thank you for demonstrating Karma, b.
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    JustBob77 · If you slip and fall and on one in the crowd runs over to help you, the crowd thinks you're an a h le.
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    rollinwheelz She's probably going to sue them.
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    a920116 Karen is most likely gonna sue the place. That long awkward sip was her thinking of her next step. The store should've put out a wet floor sign
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    UsualInformal I would have yelled "good for you" and pointed and laughed
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    JustLookinJustLo... Your cackling was well- placed. Keep up the good work.
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    elliewashere0 BYE, that's made my life better.
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