Starbucks worker passes secret note on a coffee cup to teen after a strange man approached her

A Texas mom shared her story about how a Starbucks worker offered to help her teenage daughter after a stranger approached her.

One night, an 18-year old sat alone at a Starbucks Corpus Christi to read when a man approached her. Immediately, the staff made a move to make sure she didn’t feel threatened—they discreetly passed her a handwritten note.

“Are you okay? Do you want us intervene? If you do, take the lid off the cup,” read the note, written in marker on the side of the Starbucks cup.

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Brandy Roberson, the teen’s mother, shared a photo of the cup with the story in a Facebook post, which has since been deleted.

The mom told Fox News Digital that she appreciates the Starbucks employees’ concern over the situation and what they did to ensure her daughter felt protected.

Brandy Roberson in an interview with 10 Tampa Bay
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“I absolutely feel safer knowing that people are watching out for others, especially teenage girls,” Roberson said. “I do not feel this was sexist in any way. I truly believe that they would have done it for anyone who was in a vulnerable situation, regardless of gender.”

Her Facebook post had received over 90K comments and was now viral. She declined to reveal her daughter’s name after learning that her post had received much attention. She also made her account secret.

Starbucks representatives confirmed that employees from their Corpus Christi location helped the teen, but they declined to comment further.

Roberson said that her daughter simply wanted to get away from the house and sit down and study. She particularly enjoys studying in coffee shops.

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She couldn’t recall what the man said to her teen, which caused her concern. However, she said her daughter described the man that approached her as “loud.” The man also lingered for a while.

“She was sitting at her table alone studying and this man came by and noticed what she was studying and wanted to talk to her about it,” Roberson told WKYC. “He, I think, just kind of became really loud and animated about it.”

Noticing that a strange man had approached the teen, an employee served her “an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up” with the secret note instructing her how she could discreetly notify the staff should she feel threatened.

Her daughter didn’t feel like she was in danger and didn’t remove the lid, signaling to the baristas that she was okay. She was nevertheless grateful and later thanked the Starbucks worker who made sure she was safe. She was eventually left alone by the man. 

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The teen stated that the entire team at the coffee shop continued watching her for the remainder of her time there. When she got home, she told mom about what had happened.

“She was holding the cup and knew that I would love that someone did that for her. It made me feel so grateful to the Starbucks employees for looking out for her. As a mom, that is my worst fear that something would happen to my child and nobody would be there to help,” Roberson told Today.

Roberson didn’t think her story would go viral as she only wanted to express her gratitude to the employees. Roberson hopes that the incident will bring a positive light to local workers.

“I am incredibly grateful to the staff there,” she said. “I hope that we can all learn from them and be willing to help anyone who seems that they might need help.”

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