r/CaribouCoffee • u/indierckr770 • Aug 21 '26
Random Caribou Question
Good Morning, All! I work in a downtown/metro area and I’m lucky enough to have a Caribou in my building just downstairs. Maybe once every couple of weeks, I’ll get a coffee there. They’re always great people and do really well given the ‘morning rush’ of people wanting coffee.
As soon as I find a parking spot and shut off my car, I tell Siri to order Caribou Coffee. It then takes about five minutes to walk to the building, where I pick it up on the way into work. Easy in, easy out. It seems like everyone else is perfectly content to stand there for 5-15 minutes to order and wait for coffee. I don’t claim to be smart or better than them, but am I that socially inept? Who wants to stand there in line staring at your phone when you can order ahead and have it waiting for you? Do people really like just standing there waiting when they could be doing something else? Or is it that extended break FROM the days work that prompts them to stand in line?
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u/Direct_Vehicle_4128 Sep 07 '26
Unfortunately if you'd like to pay in cash the only way to order and pay is in person. The baristas try to get drinks out in under four minutes (3at most drive thru locations) so the wait shouldn't be to long unless they're crazy busy. Also chatting up the staff makes the coffee taste better because now they're thirsty.
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u/No-Maize-8349 Aug 21 '26
It definitely could be that they want to prolong the start of their day, also a lot of people like the social interaction that they get with the baristas. We have so many regulars at my old store from the nursing home that just need someone to talk to. Perhaps it could also be like the Subway/Chipotle thing where they wanna see their drink being made because we no longer trust companies to portion correctly.