Christine S.
Yelp
Don't use mobile ordering here. I had the mobile app pitched to me as a "fast way to order ahead and get what you need without the wait in line." In most Starbucks, I imagine this may be true. In this location, there's something wrong with their mobile app processing for food.
I HATE to be a peeved consumer. I REALLY hate it. I am usually SUPER patient, but have had enough bad experiences here that I feel like patience is no longer warranted. My experiences today at Starbucks made me feel like I was simply a $$ consumer that they could easily replace with another identical robot $$ consumer.
I've ordered a breakfast sandwich on the mobile app here three times. Each time it took over 40 minutes. This past time, my order ended with no breakfast sandwich and subpar customer service.
To give you some background, the breakfast sandwiches are literally frozen - All they need to do is pull them out of the freezer and put them in the toaster. That's it. The breakfast sandwiches are cheap, pretty healthy, and pretty tasty, so hypothetically a good fix if you're in a rush.....,.......except for the fact that it ACTUALLY takes 40+ minutes to get one.
Today, I ordered online and it said my breakfast sandwich would be ready in "15 minutes." Perfect! I walked over and waited for 25 minutes before I started to ask questions, "Hey! Name is Christine, I ordered XX breakfast sandwich via the app. I know you're busy, but I was just curious - is that almost ready?" The answer was always "It's coming right up, just one minute." At 35 minutes, I calmly repeated the question and again heard (with more annoyance in the employee's voice): "So, yeah, it's just one minute, they're working on it now." Third time, at 40 minutes, I said "Please cancel my order. I no longer want this 45 minute-long frozen breakfast sandwich." To which the staff replied, "In order to cancel your order, you'll need to wait in line." The line was almost to the door of the Starbucks. I explicitly ordered on the mobile app to AVOID the line, and now you're recommending I stand in it to NOT get a product? This is truly remarkable to me. Beyond being terrible customer service, it's 150% illogical.
So, I went back to my office with no food and spent 15 minutes on the phone with Starbucks Customer Service getting a refund to my card. Nowhere in this process did a SINGLE Starbucks employee apologize to me. Not anyone at the store or anyone on the phone.
I'll be deleting my Starbucks app as soon as I get my refund (...which, by the way, they said will take 7 - 8 business days).