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Starbucks Barista No Fan Of Derek Jeter's Girlfriend
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Jen Chung
Published Dec 6, 2009
Modified Dec 6, 2009
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New Yorkers don't really care about Derek Jeter's girlfriend Minka Kelly, as long as the Yankee captain is doing well (which was this case this past season), but a Starbucks barista in Tampa Bay claims that she's a pain in the ass. Writing to Gawker, the barista explains, "Minka came up to order.She looks harmless enough but when she opens her mouth? Yeah, not so much. She's rude, demanding, and has one of the most annoying voices I've ever heard," and launches into a story about Kelly freaking out about an order that wasn't even hers. The baristra adds that Jeter "used to be one of the nicest people to step foot in the door. He was always smiling, happy, friendly," and a good tipper but lately it's been "No smile, he wasn't friendly, he didn't tip and he seemed like a different person."
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