How to Get Free Drinks at Starbucks

Free never tasted so good.

And I know what you’re thinking (no, not that) — that this is one of those “How to double the size of your next Chipotle burrito without paying extra” articles.

Nope. I’m happy with the normal, human-people size of my burritos, thanks.

This has more to do with psychology than anything else. As a former barista at Starbucks, I became fascinated with the “people dynamics”. After all, we were serving people their legal drug of the day — sh** got interesting.

So as I came to learn new “barista lessons”, I figured it’d be interesting to see how they each applied to the other side of the counter. I mean, I was already a regular at tons of stores, so I had a lot of opportunities to try them out. And wouldn’t you know…free drinks.

But here’s the thing: I still want you to pay for your drink. Calm down, we’ll get to that at the end. In the meantime, rest assured there’s a listicle for you to refresh your attention span with. Oh, what’s that? I already lost half of you? Ok, ok, let’s go.

1. Say hello to saying hello first.

Behind the Counter: Here’s the first thing I learned on the job: you never greet a customer with, “Can I take your order?” It’s just so…McDonald’s-y (No offense…