Starbucks and every other company have collectively decided that they’ve had their fun with helping people and now it’s time to make money again.

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The only thing I’ll miss about the masks is that I don’t have to smile.

Honestly, if they take away the $3 I have to stop wearing my mask so I can increase my hours.

The extra $3 helps me be able to afford to work shorter shifts, which is necessary when working hard with heavy breathing at a decreased oxygen rate.

I have anxiety attacks wearing them longer, because my brain interprets the increased difficulty breathing as anxiety. Not to mention the exhaustion after a shift from working so long with oxygen deprivation.

This does not even include the cost I have to spend for my own masks, as the masks provided by the store have no wire to fit it to my face so my glasses don't *fog (yes, I have followed all the suggestions to keep them from fogging, those combined with the wire mask are what work.)

Catastrophe pay needs to continue until we are no longer required to follow catastrophe measures.

If it is removed, I am all for protesting by not signing the paper disclosing my personal health at check-in. (Still won't work with a fever, but I won't sign to disclose that.) It's technically a rights violation anyway.

*Edited for spelling

I wear surgical masks for 12 hours at work, because I work at a hospital. I know it sucks, and I know people are jerks, but masks help you not spread anything, especially since a lot of people are asymptomatic. Sometimes you have to be compassionate even when customers and the company are assholes.

I see where you’re coming from... but in my mind we aren’t wearing masks because we’re getting paid extra, we’re wearing it for our own safety and for others and our coworkers safety around us. Although customers are choosing to be disrespectful, at least we have our masks on to create some barrier for our safety.

My sm was surprised and said we made more in a single day about 2 weeks ago than a whole week last year. And that every day this week has been the same. Starbucks most definitely has the money to keep the $3 extra pay.

Every store around us has almost doubled in sales compared to last year.. were all burned out.

Don't think of it as protecting the customer. Think of it as protecting yourself and your team. Put yourself and your coworkers first. This selfish mindset is negative and will bring you down, in a time where we need to be as positive and optimistic as we can. Take care of yourself, health wise and mentally. The more together we are as a team, the more positive our work environment will be. We're all in this together 🥰

I have said from the get go- if I am required to wear a mask, so are customers.

If they don’t have to- then neither should I! It’s not equal playing ground.

This is gonna suck as advice but try different masks! I am excited to get some from redbubble so I'll give you my review when they show up, but I totally understand they can feel suffocating I don't know how asia does it; when I was in japan people wore them in the dead of summer which I could not understand lol (I understand why I don't understand how haha)

I heard the extra $3 was more for if your store shuts down after cat pay ends, you have that extra money from before from my SM, not because of all the stuff we have to deal with.

Quit complaining and be thankful you even have a job right now. Think about the healthcare workers that have to wear that shit for 12+ HOURS everyday.