I have never been to the Cups in Brandon.
I'm sitting here right now, I had a meeting with a friend.
I'm trying to be healthy and not drinking milk at this time, so I ordered my favorite drink, London Fog, with rice milk and sugar free vanilla.
Ordering my drink was a fine experience. However when I got my drink it smelled like a trash can does when it's been sitting out in the rain with rotten garbage in it.
Now I've never had rice milk before so I don't know if this meant it was bad or not, or if rice milk is just an acquired taste, but I couldn't handle the smell nor the taste. I didn't drink any of it.
When I went up to the barista to request to have it made with soy instead and started to walk away with my drink (that I'd paid for previously but it didn't taste or smell good) she said "You're not going to pay for it?
I was shocked! So I said, "But my first drink didn't taste good, I didn't drink it."
She said, "Oh well but..." and stood at the register waiting for me to pay, there in front of everyone making me feel incredibly guilty for not paying for a 2nd drink I had to have made because the first one smelled like rotting garbage in the hot rain.
Now I was not rude, did not draw attention to my experience. I could have said loudly how bad my drink tasted so everyone knew. But I was a barista for 8 years and trainer, and I not only want customers to have their own unique experiences to judge quality of service themselves, but I also know when a customer is unhappy with their drink (especially if they did not drink it) I will remake it in a heart beat the way they want it, no questions asked, no repayment necessary. And I most certainly won't make them feel guilty about it.
I'm feeling so embarrassed right now I'm NOT going to drink the replacement drink and I'm leaving.
This is the 3rd location I've had a bad experience at. Your baristas have no sense of humility or how to treat customers, (with the exception of the Old Canton location). I'm not spending money here, I won't be back again, and I will certainly not be bringing anyone here I know or recommend this as a place to meet anyone in the future. I know of a much better coffee shop I can go to and I'm willing to drive much further to go there to avoid this kind of humiliating experience. read more