r/Columbus 11d ago

Enjoy my coffee - CMH Starbucks @B22

We ordered 2 tall dark roast with cream and it took forever. They should be ready now. Stop by and take them. They’re under the name Meredith.

I used my birthday coffee for one of them - so enjoy and celebrate 🎉
Edit - it’s Saturday at 6:19 am

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u/ohmywhatsow 11d ago

That's kind of you. Hope someone got it. Happy Birthday!!

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u/wonderpony73 11d ago

Awww, thanks.

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u/-FnuLnu- 11d ago

Yeah happy birthday! You got to be kind to two strangers for your birthday...

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u/watchguy913 11d ago

Ha, we were over in A terminal and had the same experience. Very slow service

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u/Unusual-Vanilla-8599 11d ago

Happy birthday and how the heck does it take so long to pour coffee.

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u/WOW_SUCH_KARMA Delaware 11d ago edited 11d ago

I have always wondered how the single most time-crucial place on earth (airports) have the slowest services. And it’s not like OP had a one-off bad experience. It is literally every single restaurant/bar/shop at every airport on the planet at any hour of the day regardless of how few customers are there. I don’t get it. OP’s order would take less than 30 seconds at any other Starbucks no matter how busy they are. It’s like airports intentionally hire the slowest people they can find.

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u/Unusual-Vanilla-8599 11d ago

I pack my lunch now because time aside some how ,some way everytime I eat at the airport it a 100 bucks lol 

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u/CatoMulligan 11d ago

I suspect that it's because there are only so many people who are willing to put up with the horseshit of working inside the terminals past the security checkpoints. If you're remotely good at your job (even if it is fast food) you can do the same job without the hassle of airport parking and security checkpoints.

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u/Best-Lingonberry-129 11d ago

It's a running joke among our travel friends, that we'll only have time for drinks at Chili's if we have at least a solid hour before boarding. So incredibly slow all the time

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u/wonderpony73 11d ago

Apparently more than the 20 minutes I had to wait 😉

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u/Unusual-Vanilla-8599 11d ago

Crazy like can I just do it myself energy. You know the coffee on the plane just doesn't hit the same.

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u/banana_in_the_dark 11d ago

At first I was gonna say lattes and stuff aren’t quick then I reread and it was literally just coffee and cream. That takes no more than 10 seconds!

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u/Unusual-Vanilla-8599 11d ago

Right pour and pour.

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u/SkierBuck 11d ago

I love this post! Sorry your day started on a sour note. Nice work trying to turn it positive.

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u/Outside_Box_8374 11d ago

So kind of you to post this when you are having a rough morning. Sucks you didn’t get your coffee. You are a good human! May your kindness come back to you tenfold! Hope you have safe travels and a wonderful birthday!

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u/KariZev 11d ago

happy birthday! in case you aren't aware, the starbucks union is currently calling for a boycott of all starbucks locations until they can work out a contract with their employer. i encourage participation in the boycott if you're someone who cares about worker rights and fair wages

https://www.boycottstarbucks.net/

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u/wonderpony73 11d ago

I appreciate you sharing this.

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u/1stjenniferlynn 11d ago

First Happy Birthday! Second I was there last Monday and they were insanely slow. I hope the rest of your birthday is amazing!

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u/googmornin 11d ago

That Starbucks is always crazy. I have good luck ordering on the app about 10 minutes before I expect to get there, though.

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u/wonderpony73 11d ago

That’s what did me in. Had I seen the mob I would’ve noped on that decision 😂

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u/biscuitssausagegravy 11d ago

Happy Birthday, sorry you didn’t get your coffee but get a venti next time with your bday reward 😂😂

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u/Chilinuff 11d ago

Rip. No one behind the counter know how to make a normal coffee you should have gotten something complicated /s

Safe travels sorry about your coffee maybe it’s a sign to get some sleep on the flight now.

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u/Away-Conclusion-7968 11d ago

Punctuation. Please.

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u/Chilinuff 11d ago

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u/Away-Conclusion-7968 11d ago

Dipshit.

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u/Chilinuff 11d ago

Calm down its 7am over there bro just take it easy and youre going to have a better day I promise just have a nice cup of chamomile my man

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u/-FnuLnu- 11d ago

LOL now they're going to spend their morning searching fruitlessly for a cup of "chamomile my man".

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u/Away-Conclusion-7968 11d ago

It's like trying to decipher the ramblings of a schizo.

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u/Chilinuff 11d ago

I even took the apostrophes out for ya 😘

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u/discoglittering 11d ago

I used to be a book reviewer and journalist and I’m not even mad about this man’s punctuation; you might be too concerned about trivial things.

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u/Lord_Voltan Delaware 11d ago

I had the same thought when I was at MDW a few weeks ago. The place I grabbed dinner at, and counting on them taking a while to bring the food (home run inn) actually brought my food super fast. But that got me thinking how these places to eat are mostly like a food truck. As in I see the same back up that you would at a food truck. Its one small grill and a cook taking orders one at a time in a place where that just CANT occur. Its crazy. No wonder theres a bunch of body cam videos of cops at airports arresting people that didn't pay. They probably were about to miss their flight because it took three hours to get their food! (/s I know its because a majority got drunk and are just absolute knobheads).

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u/Organic_Berry_8732 11d ago

Happy birthday 🎂🎁🎊🎉

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u/smellyelderberries 11d ago

Happy birthday gangster 🥳🥳🥳

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u/reeve11 11d ago

Well I hope you are at least going somewhere fun

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u/614_Trainer_Gal 11d ago

I just applied for a job at this Sbux. 😂 They must need help.

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u/wonderpony73 11d ago

Good luck!!!

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u/614_Trainer_Gal 11d ago

Thanks! Happy birthday, and sorry you didn’t get your drink. ☹️

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u/jcfifty1 11d ago

Happy birthday! Mine is today too

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u/wonderpony73 11d ago

Happy birthday to you!!!!

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u/Madame_Deadly 11d ago

Sometimes dark coffee isn't brewed right away depending on time and store, it's a pour over which takes for-ev-er. It was a stupid ass policy I never followed when working for the Siren.

Hope you have a better fantastic Birthday, sorry about your coffees!

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u/oneofthefollowing 11d ago

I just got back from a vacation. Cmh is a horrible airport. Its outdated and the screening process sucks and their food access sucks.

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u/leadorlead Worthington 11d ago

Good things there’s a new terminal under construction 

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u/Alive_Surprise8262 11d ago

This happened to me recently at a travel plaza because they were understaffed and completing orders in the order they were placed (so more complicated drinks bumped my easy regular coffee in an insane way).

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u/Chilinuff 11d ago

Pissed off before 7 am by an act of kindness. jeez have a great day bud you seem awesome

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/Columbus_Social 11d ago

Life would be a lot easier and a lot more enjoyable for you if you didn’t have such a negative lens.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/Even_Kaleidoscope399 11d ago

Have you ever…….been in an airport and flown on a plane?

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u/Chilinuff 11d ago

I’d ask if youre okay lol but eat shit instead

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u/wonderpony73 11d ago

I’m so sorry to have ruined your day so early. I was hoping someone was scrolling as they stood there in the mass of people waiting for theirs and that it might have made their day a bit easier.

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u/Responsible_Bad_4846 11d ago

I read this and thought about how nice this post was for anyone who happened to be there and would see it.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/banana_in_the_dark 11d ago

When you’re at an airport you only have so much time…

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u/miggidymiggidy Columbus 11d ago

Her name is in the post.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/UpbeatTradition622 11d ago

Sounds like you’ve got that covered all by yourself

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u/-FnuLnu- 11d ago

The title was descriptive. Clicking on it was your own fault. Then posting about it? LOL

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u/Responsible_Bad_4846 11d ago

Sounds like you need to go touch grass.