rant: my manager said that the reason they aren’t closing stores is because we aren’t “normal retail” and because we are the third place, and they want to maintain that. understandable... but, how are we supposed to be the third place when we don’t have any seating in our lobby, we don’t want people sticking around because of germs, baristas are overworked and stressed because most people testing positive aren’t showing symptoms, people are coughing directly into their hands and then handing us money (happened way to much today), corona virus can stay in air for up to 3 hrs and no amount of hand washing will protect you from the air, people aren’t staying home as recommended and we’ve been way busier than we should be at this time, and we have no support from the company. i have already said all of this to my manager and even my dm this morning, just to be met with shrugs. it will be very hard to maintain the feeling of being the third place when baristas don’t feel supported during these very stressful global events. rant done.