Man gets cup from St. Augustine Starbucks that says 'DIABETES HERE I COME' on label

[RockaFowler]

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/man-gets-starbucks-cup-that-says-diabetes-here-i-come/202819360

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. —
Some need a pick me-up in the early mornings. Many people head to Starbucks for their dose of caffeine.

However, one customer received an unexpected comment on their coffee cup label: “DIABETES HERE I COME.”

That's the message printed on a grande cup of white mocha served to a customer at the Palencia Starbucks.

A photo of the message on the cup was shared with Action News Jax on Facebook.

“That first word just automatically brought the picture of both sisters in my head, and I was taken aback,” said the Starbucks customer.

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[Agschmid]

1. That's his app that did that, not the Starbucks.

The Starbucks DID write the comment at the bottom.

[Buzz Clik]

2. +1

Drives a stake through the heart of that conjured outraged and puts it back where it belongs.

[RockaFowler]

3. He wrote the note at the bottom

Watch the report. His sisters have diabetes and he knows what they went through.
The Manager even apologized that this should not have been written on the cup.

[Agschmid]

7. And his app wrote the name at the top.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. If Starbucks' app allows for customer comments, ...

... Starbuck's employees should be trained to ignore them. If I went to Starbucks, I'd be looking for coffee, not somebody's opinion on my order.

What if I wrote "Boaty McBoatface" on my order? So what?

I'm sure that's not the worst thing that's been written on a Starbucks order. (and, there may be a ton of fat and sugar in that particular cup)

[Agschmid]

6. Whatever is next to the asterisk is the customer name...

Which they or someone with access to their phone entered into the app.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. So it's whatever I want a Starbucks employee to yell out when the order's ready.

In this case, maybe instead of a name, it's a "note to self".

But, this app invites a lot.

Me, I avoid Starbucks because I'm cheap. Plus, I would be too confused by the array of ordering options. I don't think you can walk in and just say "Coffee, Black".

[Agschmid]

10. You can, you'd just have to pick a size.

Starbucks gets a lot of angst directed at it, and for the most part it's unwarranted IMO.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Did you mean "pick a size"?

Yeah, I have to admit, I did buy from Starbucks once. 5am in Las Vegas, and the only place that I found open was a Starbucks. I got my coffee black, my wife's coffee cream/sugar, and was not sneered at for not knowing the Starbucks language. It was a bit expensive, but hey, it's Vegas, and we wanted coffee "right fucking now".

The Vegas strip is very serene at 5am.

[Agschmid]

12. Yes "size" sorry.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Although, I sort of like the idea of "picking a side".

"Coffee, black, with a side of blueberry danish"

[ronnie624]

5. It's a warning, not a "joke",

and the day will come when many will wish they had heeded it. Developing diabetes, dramatically reduces the quality of life.

[liberal_at_heart]

17. being cruel does not keep people from getting diabetes. In fact if often has the opposite

effect. Being cruel often drives those with eating disorders to eat more. So go ahead and warn people. You will only make them eat more.

[ronnie624]

19. Sometimes, hearing the truth seems 'cruel'. n/t

[mac56]

22. I'm very certain that the counter person who keyed that in was not a doctor.

[ronnie624]

24. Neither am I, but I frequently cite medical consensus.

One doesn't need to be a doctor to say that consuming large amounts of fat and sugar, dramatically increases one's risk of developing diabetes.

[Major Nikon]

31. I tend to file such things under 'mind my own fucking business'

I do believe health information should be widely disseminated to consumers, but beyond that everyone is free to do with their own bag of meat as they please. The idea that we can use the force of law to ban or restrict certain types of foods or shame people into behavioral changes is just stupid and never works.

[ronnie624]

34. What a bunch of nonsense that is. n/t

[Major Nikon]

35. You stole my line!

[ronnie624]

38. That's what you should have said, then, instead of all that other twaddle. n/t

[Major Nikon]

40. You should learn to read between the lines

There's volumes of information you're missing out on.

[ronnie624]

44. Volumes?

Wow, that's a lot.

[Major Nikon]

45. ...

[Lizzie Poppet]

36. Some dipshit decides to print that "warning" on any cup of mine...

...is going to get it poured out onto pretty much everything on their counter...before I complain about them by name to the management. Particularly as I'm probably in a lot better fitness than they are...but even if I weren't, there's zero excuse for that asshattery.

[ronnie624]

39. You don't even understand what you're commenting about. n/t

[Lizzie Poppet]

41. Riiiiight.

[EllieBC]

43. Shaming rarely works.

Do these coffee servers know anything about his current state of health? How many times a week he has this beverage? What else he is eating or how much exercise he gets?

Probably not.

Maybe they should just so their job and let the man's doctor do his. And not confuse their wee little brains with pretending to be the man's doctor.

[ronnie624]

46. The likelihood is,

The message was put there by someone with access to his account app; a friend or family member, perhaps, who cares about him, and does not want to see him suffer from the effects of diabetes.

[EllieBC]

47. So a concern troll?

Because that message had zero concern and a whole lot of troll in it.

Again, leave it up to man's medical professionals.

[ryan_cats]

8. Why

Why did the customer get the great white mocha, a symbol of oppression when he could just have easily ordered a mocha of color, the hater?

I love the victim mentality on display here. I saw someone on TV with diabetes and my heart bled for them so I'm the victim in all this and Starbuckscorp owes me compensation as well as publicity for my cause which is me.

[NickB79]

13. It has 59 GRAMS OF SUGAR in one damn cup!

There's a good reason the US has a diabetes epidemic

[liberal_at_heart]

18. Good to see so many compassionate people on DU.

[NickB79]

21. How do I compassionately point out people are killing themselves with what they eat?

That one drink had as much sugar as 6 Krispy Kreme glazed donuts, for fuck's sake.

The man stated he has two sisters with diabetes. If we're talking about the most common form of diabetes (acquired through diet), he should realize more than most how one's diet affects health by what he's seen in his own family.

[davidn3600]

25. Studies conclusively show that people tend to eventually die no matter what they eat

[ronnie624]

27. Developing diabetes brings with it a host of other health issues,

including an increased risk for infections of all sorts, and for the development of heart disease and cancer, and that is in addition to the daily insulin injections. Living with diabetes for the last 20 or so years of your life, Is no fun.

[anigbrowl]

29. Only stupid people think that sort of thing is clever

Having wheeled patients around a geriatric hospital in one of my first jobs, I think end-of-life quality matters rather a lot. I'm fine with dying but aim to minimize the prolonged suffering bit.

[Lizzie Poppet]

37. You don't (unless they are near and dear to you).

It's none of your fucking business.

[anigbrowl]

28. Observing that it's raining doesn't mean I hope you'll get wet

Likewise observing that heroin is addictive doesn't mean that I don't care about junkies. And observing that a drink has an unhealthily high sugar content doesn't mean the poster above lacks compassion for people with eating disorders. It doesn't compel you to consume all that sugar any more than the junkie is compelled to go out and shoot up again or that someone is compelled to get soaked if they won't wear a raincoat.

You're not a victim here.

[In_The_Wind]

15. That message on my coffee cup would spoil my day.

The customer said he doesn’t need an apology. Instead, he just wants reassurance that this won’t happen to a future customer.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Wait--you need an app to order coffee?

[anigbrowl]

30. They have one available for people who like to pick up and go

I noticed signs about it the last time I was in a Starbucks. I guess it beats standing in line if you like to buy their coffee regularly.

[Capt. Obvious]

20. I expected the guy to obese

[Rex]

23. Hmmm...someone is full of shit in this story, is it the customer or the manager?

I've read the customer is responsible for the *title on his cup and the employee wrote that on the cup. Which one is it? I wouldn't get anything from Starbucks...what a waste of money and time.

[HuckleB]

32. Either way, it shouldn't be a news story.

[Rex]

33. Ha! Good point!

Just more daily fodder for the masses.

[rusty fender]

26. That warning could apply

to almost every drink and food item in Starbucks!

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Ok why is this a news story? No kitties, the if it bleeds it leads

was not working?