Here's the thing: my personal experience was very good, all things considered. But some of other customers that I waited with, I felt so bad for them that I feel the need to warn y'all.
Firstly, ORDER ON MOBILE. If you don't have it, get it. The line to order is crazy long in the morning and I heard the baristas say it themselves: mobile orders & ones placed in person all get printed by the same machine in whatever order it receives it, so ordering on mobile is basically like skipping the whole in-person line.
I placed a mobile order and was in the gate across the hall, so I heard them when they said my name loud & clear. Despite the long line, I got my drink within 10-15 minutes. My drink was made correctly (although it had no changes, so I didn't expect it to be too difficult), and the baristas were polite & thorough about what to do with my sandwich when they were out of double-smoked bacon. I also saw them asking other customers who'd ordered drinks with pumpkin in it (they were out of pumpkin) what they would like instead, which I thought was nice. Considering that they're probably paid close to minimum wage and it's 5:30 in the morning, and there's 50 billion people waiting to order and 50 billion more waiting for their order, I wouldn't have expected them to do all that.
I had to wait another 10-15 minutes for my sandwich. No big deal, they look very busy. But some of the people I'm waiting with are starting to get very frustrated, and for good reason. Many had lined up before the place opened at 5, and were still there 40 minutes later waiting for food. One girl was just waiting for a croissant, which is crazy considering that's just in the front food case. There were a couple other people near me who'd ordered the same double-smoked bacon sandwich and said they'd been waiting 40 minutes. I ordered around 5:35 am, so at least 30 minutes after them, but I was still asked first about what I'd like instead of the double-smoked bacon, and I got my sandwich way before everybody else. I felt so bad and I tried to trade with somebody, saying I'd wait for their food instead, but they didn't like gouda (which was in the alternative sandwich I got).
To sum it up, the people working are pretty nice, especially considering the circumstances (min wage & 5 am). However, there's issues with their operation/setup that really need to be addressed, because it's crazy to me that I was in & out within 15-20 minutes while several others had been there an hour. read more