text: As someone who once upon a time was employed by Starbucks frequents Starbucks to the point of owning a Gold Card which is frequently used and can list off their new products by quarters I have a pretty solid grasp of the company their standard and some of the finer details that the company keepsnnService here is generally pretty decent in terms of drink turn around time welltrained friendly baristas and I frankly love the location and appearance of this particular Starbucks The Pagoda style roofbuilding is charming nnThe GM is super cute and friendly super chatty about the company and has done some pretty awesome things such as helped me condense and transfer all of my funds around from one gift card an old Gold Card that would store but not Read money and my new Gold Card and put it all into one card HorraynnNot only that but the crowd here is fun Since it is in China Town it only stands to reason that you would have a lot of Asians Chinese Japanese Koreans and even Vietnamese So it is a great spot to go and people watch I drive a Honda and parked in the middle of a long row of Honda vehicles in the parking lot hahahaha And an occasional drag queen pops up here to boot Yeah interesting crowdnnSo anyway my main issue with this place is the fact that over the last four years that I have been dropping by the DM or someone has been a little too overzealous with the state of employment in this store Every time my coworkers and I get to know a barista at this location they are GONE They have been transferred off or just let go at the drop of a hat with no warning or notice to us As a company that just dreams of becoming a frequent habit in your lifestyle it is a little offputting for this to happen not just once or twice but ALL the time One of the reasons why I love the Starbucks by me at TenayaCrag is because the individuals who are up there have been there for some time and have not been transferred out I know them they know my drink preferences and so on nnSo yeah it is a decent Starbucks but do not get too attached to any of the staff they never seem to be there more than year