More Starbucks baristas claim they were also misgendered in TikToks unearthed after a trans worker was sacked over a row with a customer - as punters defend their right to not use preferred pronouns

Daily Mail UK ^ | May 9, 2023 | Jo Tweedy

[Morgana]

Videos showing former Starbucks employees claiming they were misgendered while working for the coffee company have emerged on TikTok - following the sacking this week of a transgender employee following a furious confrontation with a customer.

The clash between the transgender woman and the woman buying coffee broke out at a Starbucks branch near the ferry terminal of Southampton, Hampshire, on Sunday, April 30th.

A 56-second clip, filmed by a man outside the branch, shows the employee on the same side of the counter as the customer, arguing with her.

The person recording the incident said the woman had apparently said something 'transphobic' to upset the employee, who angrily refuse to serve her.

Now, other videos by employees of the high street coffee chain - filmed before this week's incident - have emerged showing baristas also claiming to be misgendered by customers buying coffee.

While it's not clear whether those in the videos still work for Starbucks, they all appear wearing the distinctive green barista apron bearing the Seattle company's distinctive logo.

Posted in April last year, barista @Meghannesium, thought to be from the US, and identifying as a transgender woman, shared a clip claiming she was misgendered while working at a branch of Starbucks.

In it, she dances to the song 'You just got slayed' as a caption reading 'getting misgendered at work' flashes across the screen.

[Karliner]

at this point who tf cares. Get to work.

[Allegra]

OK, I’ll ask: what’s a ‘punter’ ?

I’m kind of scared to find out.

[Albion Wilde]

OK, I’ll ask: what’s a ‘punter’ ?

Punter is a British slang term (click here): Wordorigins.org