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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2019 - 11 - 15 - ID#dwt57k
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Trenta rant. My licensed store is finally doing happy hour.... and I’m sure as hell pissed. (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by xxmelodysxx
I work at the busiest starbucks at a certain location to the point where we-create the most waste out of 50+ other restaurants that are there. Not only that, we are terribly understaffed, especially in the afternoon. Its always peak at this store. To the point I can’t even casually talk to my coworkers. The workplace is so toxic that new hires want to quit and everybody is at eachother’s throats because of the stress and customer entitlement. Not only that, we have one fucking blender and there is always only one person on hot bar, and one person on cold bar (who is also responsible for warming). And they only receive help if the queue is backed up (which is 80% of the time). These customers never give us a break and always complain how long the wait time is and always say we are understaffed. Well I don’t fucking care Karen because no one wants to work here because we work like slaves getting paid pennies so that you can get your fucking chai latte no water lookin ass. I’m especially mad because I always work Thursday’s and by the end of the night, it’s just me and a shift supervisor at 11 pm cleaning up the whole store because no one wants to complete their task bc they don’t care. Tbh I don’t even blame them bc no one should be worked like this for 10 bucks and hour. I feel terrible when it comes to 12 am and my shift supervisor asks if I want to clock out and the store is still a mess. The look in her eyes too when she tells me that breaks my heart. I always say no because I would never bring myself to leave someone in that situation. Bc of that, I end up clocking out at 1 am when my manager makes me take a break at 6 when I arrive at three -.-. I do not want to even think about clocking out at 2 am bc of happy when the store opens at 3 am.
throwawayaccountforn 14 points 3y ago
having one person at cold bar and one at hot bar sounds about right.... maybe have the person at the register do their own warming??? i mean, what else are they doing?
ianbz 12 points 3y ago
The person at the register should definitely be doing the warming, it makes no sense to have someone on bar do it along with the dozens of drinks coming through. It’s much quicker to take an order than it is to make the drinks in the order, so it only makes sense to have the register barista take 15 seconds to put something in the oven.
wanderer1522 2 points 3y ago
Yes and no. My store is set up with the register at one end and the oven on the opposite end. I don't know what OP is working with but this particular set up doesn't work very well for that.
ianbz 4 points 3y ago
Well in that case it makes sense, I guess I just haven’t seen a store like that lol
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