Starbucks workers have been called out in the past for the little notes they write on coffee cups for customers. In the news, we’ve heard of workers writing messages including a drawing of a pig that was given to a cop, as well as refusing to write the name “Charlie Kirk” on cups. Those are extreme examples—it is normally fine and, in many cases, rather endearing. Now, a Starbucks employee wrote something seemingly innocuous on a New York cup that was given to a customer. However, their message wasn’t resonating with the customer.
TikToker Crafty_wench shared a quick clip of the aftermath of a Starbucks run. “God loves you!” the employee wrote, along with a heart. Crafty was shocked to see the message. “This pisses me off because I just think Christians are so narcissistic to push their beliefs in your face and see, like, nothing wrong with it,” Crafty says. She argues if she’d written “Lilith,” Christians would be upset too, if not more upset.
Several commenters argued from a position of policy. Claiming to have worked at or currently working at Starbucks, some have stated this isn’t something employees are allowed to do in the first place. Additionally, many said to report this.
“Hey so I work at Starbucks and this is VERY MUCH against our policy!”
“As a past worker, we’re not supposed to write anything related to religion…”
“Yeah this is against the rules.”
In the caption, Crafty shares, “I’m sure that this person meant well, but what if a different employee meant well and were Muslim and wrote Allah loves you? There would be a problem.” That’s silly. How often do you even see that happening? I haven’t.
If anything, the hearts are more of a problem, and that can be solved in an email. As one commenter pointed out, drawing hearts were banned due to the “sexual implications it gave some male customers.”
The comments left look like a post off r/Atheist. One read, “If I put ‘Satan loves you’, I’d get fired.”
Another commenter stated, “Religion should stay in church and within religious groups. Saying ‘God loves you’ and [expletive] on everything is making people so sick of god. He does not need to be on a plastic cup given to some stranger.”
“We don’t force our religion,” another mocked.
