{"id":4489,"date":"2026-03-26T23:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2026-03-26T23:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:07:04","slug":"starbucks-barista-leaves-flirty-note-on-cup-but-it-seriously-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4489","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks barista leaves \u2018flirty note\u2019 on cup but it seriously backfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Starbucks barista leaves \u2018flirty note\u2019 on cup but it seriously backfires\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' 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\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2Fstarbucks-message.png%3Fheight%3D570%26width%3D1024&amp;w=414&amp;q=75 414w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2Fstarbucks-message.png%3Fheight%3D570%26width%3D1024&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2Fstarbucks-message.png%3Fheight%3D570%26width%3D1024&amp;w=768&amp;q=75 768w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2Fstarbucks-message.png%3Fheight%3D570%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1024&amp;q=75 1024w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2Fstarbucks-message.png%3Fheight%3D570%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1280&amp;q=75 1280w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2Fstarbucks-message.png%3Fheight%3D570%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75 1536w\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2Fstarbucks-message.png%3Fheight%3D570%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u201cSmooth, not going to lie\u201d said one user<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>A \u201cflirty\u201d message that was written on her coffee cup left a Starbucks customer red-faced, however the barista most likely did not want such a reaction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As is typical for coffee shops, baristas scribble brief notes on your coffee cups, gestures which may lift your spirits as a customer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>A barista at Starbucks, however, may have discovered the hard way that these messages aren\u2019t always interpreted as they were intended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>One such customer even announced that she\u2019s \u201cnever going back\u201d to the place where she was served her coffee, because her cup has a \u201csecret message\u201d on it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>On TikTok, identical twins Ari and Noe Chance, known as Chance twins, posted a clip in which one of the sisters is holding up a coffee cup that had the phrase \u201csecret message\u201d written at the top, with a large arrow directing downwards to the small print at the bottom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>That part of the bottom is the one that cautions customers that the beverage inside their cup is hot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The text at the bottom would normally inform customers: \u201cCareful, the beverage you&#8217;re about to enjoy is extremely hot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However, the text had several words crossed out, and it was a creative way to deliver a \u201cflirty\u201d note.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Instead, it read: \u201cCareful, you&#8217;re extremely hot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It appeared that this left one of the twins embarrassed by the incident, who indicated in the caption of her clip that she wouldn&#8217;t be able to return to that Starbucks branch again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cWhat just happened at Starbucks? Never going back there\u201d, she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The clip, which was uploaded in 2022, now has nearly 3 million likes after going viral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Some viewers found the gesture \u201ccute\u201d and romantic, while one person wrote \u201cthat was smooth, not going to lie\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>But some others disagreed, wondering how many other customers had received a similar message from the barista.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m wondering how many other girls he did that to\u201d, another wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>And then, there were the sceptical commenters, with some suggesting that the woman might have actually faked it all, for the sake of engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cImagine if she did that by herself just for the TikTok\u201d, and \u201cshe definitely wrote that herself\u201d were some of the comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>#Starbucks #barista #leaves #flirty #note #cup #backfires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSmooth, not going to lie\u201d said one user A \u201cflirty\u201d message that was written on her coffee cup left a Starbucks customer red-faced, however the barista most likely did not want such a reaction. 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