bowlofpunk
Google
This is the worst Starbucks in the Quad Cities.
I'm very much a regular at several Starbucks locations around this area. All are between good and great except this one. I hate calling out a single employee, but Lindsay is likely the reason for much of my complaints. I almost always order online. I mark it for drive thru pickup and I've never had a single issue with any other locations. This one consistently complains about me "arriving too early" to pickup my drive thru order. I don't think they understand that they can just make the order in the order that the cars arrive. Instead, if I don't order 5 to 10 minutes before I arrive, they have me pull around to the front of the store and wait, typically until the entire drive thru line is clear, and then they bring my drink.
That, and they (Lindsay specifically) are just rude and mean. That is the opposite experience I have at any other Starbucks in the area. They are friendly, just make the drinks as the cars come through, and give their customer's a good experience. What I can say is I'm not spending over $7 for a drink that's not made to the same quality as the other locations and have the barista treat me like an annoyance and be rude to me. By the time I got my drink the last time, I almost just left and said "I'm done with Starbucks all together." On the other hand, I do enjoy the drinks and experience of going everywhere but here. If anyone with any pull at Starbucks has any ability to look into this employee and remove her from anything having to do directly with a customer, please do. She is a very toxic employee and should not be around the other employees or in a service job in general. The experience I had today is a consistent experience with almost every visit I've made there, and I'm just done with this location. Even though it's only a couple blocks from my house, I'll take the extra couple mile trip to go to the one near the hospital since the people working there are so much more pleasant to order from.