Pictured: The secret note a Starbucks barista wrote on a coffee cup for an 18-year-old girl who was being pestered by stranger – telling her to remove the lid if she wanted help
- Brandy Roberson from Corpus Christi, Texas says her 18-year-old daughter was at a Starbucks alone when a man she didn’t know began talking to her
- A barista soon came over to give her ‘an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up’
- The cup had a note asking if she was OK and telling her to take off the lid if she wanted employees to intervene
- The teen didn’t take off the lid and said she felt fine but later thanked the staff for being concerned
- Roberson shared a photo of the cup along with the story on Facebook, where it has gone viral
A Starbucks barista is being applauded for finding a sneaky way to offer help to a teenager.
Brandy Roberson from Corpus Christi, Texas says her 18-year-old daughter was at a Starbucks alone when a man she didn’t know began talking to her.
Noticing this — and not knowing whether the girl felt threatened — a barista brought over a free drink with a secret note telling her how she could silently signal for help.
‘Are you okay?’ read the note, written in marker on the side of cup. ‘Do you want us to intervene? If you do, take the lid off the cup.’
When a strange man began talking to an 18-year-old girl in a Texas Starbucks, a barista brought over a cup with a secret message telling her to take off the lid if she needed help
Her mother, Brandy Roberson, loved that the employees were looking out for her and shared a photo on Facebook
Roberson told WKYC that her daughter, who went to Starbucks to study, didn’t believe she was in any danger.
‘She was sitting at her table alone studying and this man came by and noticed what she was studying and wanted to talk to her about it,’ Roberson said.
‘He, I think, just kind of became really loud and animated about it.’
The barista had come over with a cup, telling her it was ‘an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up.’
She said her daughter felt fine and didn’t remove the lid, but she later thanked the barista for trying to help and making sure she was safe.
The teen came home and told her mother what had happened.
‘She was holding the cup and knew that I would love that someone did that for her,’ Roberson told Today. ‘It made me feel so grateful that the Starbucks employees were watching out for her. As a mom, that is my worst fear that something would happen to my child and nobody would be there to help.’
Touched, Roberson shared a photo of the cup with the story on Facebook.
‘My 18 year-old daughter was at Starbucks, alone, the other night. A man came up to her and started talking to her. A barista handed her “an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up.” How grateful I am for people who look out for other people!’ she wrote.
‘Side note: She felt safe and did not remove the lid, but let them know. She said the whole team was watching over her the rest of the time she was there. Thank you to the team at Starbucks on Staples and SPID in Corpus Christi.’
The post has gone viral, racking up over 90k likes.
WKYC also confirmed the story with a Starbucks representative.
Commenters ‘The best of humanity right there!!!’ one woman wrote.
‘Totally brilliant. And such a shame that we have to do such things. Looking out for each other is so important,’ a man commented.
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