Me, Her, the Boy and a Dog

I knew deep down that this day would come, but like a child at bed time I fought the inevitable. Yesterday, reality sank in. One of my favorite blogs of all time closed up shop.

For the last couple of years, Starbucks addicts (or in my case, recovering Starbucks addicts) tuned in to our Tumblr Dashboards or 147xxxx.tumblr.com to hear the latest hilarity, anecdotes, head-shaking conversations with customers, daily musing and brushes-with-celebrity from a Starbucks Barista working at one of the coffee giant’s stores in New York City. Yesterday she wrote what appears to be her final blog post as 147xxxx.

Sunday, Aug. 23, was her last day as a barista - her last order was three tall coffee frappuccinos. *Tears* Yesterday she announced that she would blog no more … at least not on the popular blog.

The author always remained anonymous. Just an average Starbucks Barista who worked in New York City. Though she was far from average, at least in the minds of her followers. She told it like it was and we appreciated that. Her rants were our rants. Her anonymity was one of the most intriguing aspects in following her blog. It was like an uncensored look at the real Starbucks through the eyes of one of its own. No public relations bull shit and no politically correct responses to ill-behaving customers. We didn’t know who this person was, but she was hilarious and served up more than just ridiculously hard-to-remember and who-the-hell-really-orders-those kind of drinks.

Her writing style was raw, but it worked. You could tell when she was writing in fits of frustration or laughing her ass off. The stream of consciousness flow and the random misspellings and type-as-you-speak delivery in conveying her emotions at the time, whether she was raving about one of her favorite celebrity customers like Molly Shannon, or spewing venom about the incompetence of her coworkers.

So, we say goodbye to one of the funniest Starbucks Baristas to ever blog anonymously. Hopefully, she will leave the blog up so we can revisit it from time to time and have a good laugh.

Before saying goodbye, 147xxxx left us with one final memorable post. She finally removed the vale of secrecy and introduced herself to fans of her site as Lisa. Hi Lisa. And goodbye, Lisa. Thanks for the memories and best of luck studying abroad in the Czech Republic.

Lisa, the blogger behind the popular 147xxxx.tumblr.com.