For some reason whenever I order any kind of food item at Starbucks–it could be anything from a simple cookie up to one of the sandwiches they usually sell now–they hand me my drink in a cup as per usual. But the food is always dumped into a paper bag. Why would they do that when I don’t specify that it’s to go? You’d think a plate of some kind would be the default. Or perhaps a lobster bib. But a paper bag makes no sense.
It seems vaguely insulting. Don’t they want me to stay there and eat it?
And it’s not just a Starbuck’s thing. They do the same thing when I’m on campus at UCLA and order the same thing there.
I guess at most coffee shops it would be. At Starbucks it seems that most of the people don’t consume their coffee and baked good in house. I can understand to-go being the default there.
ETA: That’s not to say they shouldn’t still ask, but I have limited expectations from my Starbucks barista, so I don’t hold it against them when I have to spoon feed them what I want.
Food at Starbucks is disgusting honestly. Most of their food is either incredibly bad for you, or very bad tasting. Either way, I shoot in for coffee and that’s it.
Are you saying that when you get coffee at your Starbucks they automatically put yours in a porcelein cup? Because if not, you’ve gotten your coffee to go too.
Thanks for the review.
Donuts, coffecake, and cookies are pretty much bad for you by default but then again I don’t think people are eating there to be healthy.
And of the stuff I’ve tried it all tastes great to me.
Starbucks employee here. Yeah if you ask for it for here we will give it to you on a plate. We wont usually ask you if you dont tell us you want a coffee for here. Which we will give you in a ceramic cup and a discount.
I think it’s likely the store and its business that determines which actions become habits. At my store, we don’t have a lobby (really, two tables, that’s all) so everything is put into “to-go” bags. We have one ceramic cup and one ceramic plate, neither of which we ever hand out. Because I work in a Starbucks inside of a casino, those items disappear every single time someone uses them. Our store isn’t a “destination” store; people go to the casino, and stop by and see us on the way.
At a store like the ones inside bookstores, it’s different. Every one of those I go to has every pastry put on a plate by default because people go there and sit down and read their new books for hours at a time. Very few people leave right after getting their orders. The customers’ differing intentions change how the store operates.
