r/mildyinteresting • u/Malum_Incarnatum • Aug 24 '26

humankind hiccups šŸ˜… Accidentally asked for no matcha in my matcha Frappuccino

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Thank you, kind barista for saving me from ruining my own morning with a cup of oat milk slush (it tastes exactly like what you would expect)

Update: I called the Starbucks to say thank you for not giving me an oat milk slushy and they were very kind. They are aware of the delivery app glitches and figured that was the issue for my order. If you modify your food in delivery apps, double check everything before you place the order! Or you might end up with a bag full of disappointment.

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u/Dingoz Aug 24 '26

This is a barista who didn't wanna deal with this shit later.

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u/StrobeLightRomance Aug 24 '26

Both things can be simultaneously true.

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u/Aware_Result_5361 Aug 24 '26

Something something DBT skills

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u/currently_pooping_rn Aug 25 '26

Seeing DBT in the wild? Thatā€™s some wise mind shit fr

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u/jonvox Aug 26 '26

Or, looking at the state of the world, some radical acceptance

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u/cmcreaser Aug 26 '26

very much radical acceptance

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u/WestcoastBestcoastYo Aug 28 '26

Woop-woop! We got some Tara Brach in the house!! Love her. ā¤ļø

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u/babiboogie Aug 27 '26

"Wise mind" just shot me right back into intensive outpatient šŸ˜‚

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u/NoGlzy Aug 25 '26

Dick and Ball Torture, yes. I get not liking matcha but seems a bit extreme

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u/Ramadan-St3v3 Aug 25 '26

and donā€™t forget cbt is cock and ball torture šŸ˜‚

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u/Admirable-Act9450 Aug 25 '26

Ahhh some wise mind middle ground, thank you marcia

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u/aspenthesmall Aug 26 '26

Dialecticsā€¦ (wk 10/16 hahaaaa)

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u/MrUnhappyMoose Aug 27 '26

omg DBT gang?!

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u/Weekly-Reply-6739 Aug 28 '26

Whats dbt?

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u/PunchingFossils Aug 29 '26

Dialetical Behavior Therapy. I donā€™t know anything about it though, sorry

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u/idkarn Sep 14 '26

Part of the third wave of behavior therapy, main addition of which is incorporating concepts like mindfulness and acceptance.

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u/FuzzyMatch Aug 25 '26

Schrƶdinger's matcha

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u/anotterbytrade Aug 25 '26

The best Iā€™ve ever had

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u/prince_falafel Aug 24 '26

No youre wrong everyone is as jaded, pessimistic, and miserable as your average redditor! Nobody ever does anything just to be kind, they're always doing it solely for themselves!

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 24 '26

Go outside weirdo. Jumping on with sarcasm does nothing but attempt to make someone feel bad about themselves.

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u/Ancientabs Aug 24 '26

They were using sarcasm.

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u/DinoRoman Aug 24 '26

I just wanna know what they made the no matcha matcha Frappuccino with lol

Air? Water blended with ice ? The last few drops of hope the barista had? ( that one sounds tasty but Iā€™d feel bad asking for that every time ya know )

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u/SweetPumpkin22 Aug 24 '26

Ex Starbucks worker of 3 yrs here , the actual base for the fraps is the milk + ice + the base we use ! Matcha at starbs is a very fine powder so we just scoop tiny little matcha spoons and put it in and blend. A frap without any flavoring is just whatever milk + ice + the blending base ā€¦basically a milk slushie

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u/DinoRoman Aug 24 '26

I worked at Starbucks too! Coffee master till 2014.

I figured as much but who would want that lol. Base milk and iceā€¦. I dunno

Donā€™t tell anyone but I was throwing cookies and brownies into my own drinks and making chocolate whipped cream everyday.!

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u/SweetPumpkin22 Aug 24 '26

No way me too ! Also a coffee master and I quit last year :p the creations me and my friends made at work were definitelyā€¦interesting. Ever had a birthday cake pop frap? Sooo good

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u/x_samsquantch_x Aug 25 '26

I worked at Starbucks in the early 2000ā€™s when they decided to discontinue coffee master as a program. Never got that black apron. I probably worked there for 8 years.Ā 

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u/DinoRoman Aug 25 '26

Welp they brought it back apparently

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u/Justaticklerone Aug 24 '26

Iced Lechino just rolls off the tongue though.

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u/S0meone_on_reddit Aug 24 '26

Whats the blending base?

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u/SweetPumpkin22 Aug 24 '26

It's like a xyantham gum thick, clear (coffee flavored for the coffee fraps and unflavored for non cafinated fraps) sryup that makes the frap their consistency which is kinda between a milkshake and a smoothie . W/o base they are extremely chunky with ice and don't blend properly

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u/grudginglyadmitted Aug 28 '26

If anyoneā€™s curious about the science, the xanthan gum is a thickener, which makes your drink feel more luxurious/substantial, and it keeps emulsions (like salad dressings or smoothies) stable longer. IIRC it isnā€™t technically an emulsifier itself, but it is a super effective stabilizer to the point is kind of functionally an emulsifier.

IMO one of the coolest things about it is it also results in a non-newtonian fluid, but a shear thinning substance, not a shear thickening substance like oobleck. This means that at rest it is more viscous, but when shear forces (like stirring or pouring or shaking) are applied it becomes less viscous. It literally becomes thinner while itā€™s being poured or stirred or sucked up a straw (making all of these actions easier), while at rest it is thicker and has a stronger network to keep components from separating.

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u/alienlizardman Aug 24 '26

Next up: eggless omelettes

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u/Infected1313 Aug 25 '26

I once got 100 dollar tip on a pizza delivery cus I stuck around calling the guy for like 15 minutes. He thought I was being kind. I just hated going to his apartment complex cus it was in a weird spot and I didn't want to go back later.

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u/No_Internal9345 Aug 24 '26

Deserves a raise for their foresight.

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u/pixienightingale Aug 25 '26

That was a barista who had a similar request happen and got reamed for it.

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u/illestprodigy Aug 25 '26

Was a Starbucks barista. This it true.

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u/Lenore1127 Aug 25 '26

I will say as a barista when orders get confusing you just get more shit for free, cause I in fact do not want to hear about it šŸ˜

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u/Jumpy-Philosophy-741 Aug 29 '26

Kindness sure does pay off doesnā€™t it