Couple asked for sandwich to be cut in half at Starbucks but was pleasantly shocked by the result

Have you ever ordered something at a restaurant only to receive it in a completely unexpected—and hilarious—way? That’s exactly what happened to a couple recently at Starbucks. In a post shared on Reddit by user u/natasbby, the woman recounted a humorous experience where a simple request to a barista turned into something that left her laughing.

She titled the post: "Latest Starbucks Run." The request was simple: she asked the barista to cut her sandwich in half so she and her husband could share it. But instead of two evenly cut halves, she received an oddly oblong piece of sandwich. It turned out that the barista had cut it vertically instead of the usual horizontal cut, resulting in a comically shaped sandwich.

She elaborated in her post, "Hubby and I wanted to split a sandwich. I asked if it was possible for them could cut it in half. The barista said 'Of course no problem!' I guess I should’ve been more specific." A lot of the users in the comment section found this to be hilarious. u/trash81_ said, "I love this because it was so much harder for them to cut it like this." And they aren't wrong. One needs to be extremely dedicated to be able to cut a sandwich like this. u/perpetualworries added to this by saying, "The knives at my old store could barely get through a bagel without tearing it to shreds, this took some dedication."

u/cailey001 had a different perspective though. They said, "They were probably being petty because we’re not supposed to cut things in half and the barista said they could do it anyways." u/cherrythot had a unique way of doing this and said, "I mean. You got half. I usually cut them diagonally." u/SpiffyMuffin_90 took a stand for the baristas and pointed out, "This can be missed on the sticker… Try not to take it personally. Baristas making food is really just an added bonus, so if they get it wrong, then maybe go to a fast food spot, or a restaurant if you have high expectations."

Some baristas chimed in to explain why this might happen. Sharing a personal incident, u/imaginarybluntallday said, "This is what I want to do when people ask for this during peak. It’s an okay request, just annoying because the gloves we have broken every time I put them on, even though they’re XL, they’re super cheap… also our knives are, at best, going to cut through a bagel, so it’s just kind of hard all around." u/Jelliots reiterated the same, slightly more aggressively, saying, "I did this to someone like a year ago when I worked at Starbucks. Cut your own sandwich."

Editor's note: This article was originally published on November 23, 2023. It has since been updated.