Yes this is how it is.
Just sit in the car.
Store opens late.
Life moves on.

Never ever ever ever open alone.

The shift that when I was a barista I was supposed to be opening with one morning was an hour and a half late. I was just sitting out front calling whoever I could but no one was picking up. After it was time for us to open customers were coming up to the door and I had to tell them that the person with the keys hasn’t showed up yet. I could see mobile orders printing from outside it was terrible.

And when they finally got there we had an insane amount of mobile orders to catch up on, people were starting to come inside and I havent woken up any of the espresso machines or made any teas or brewed any coffee. So much stress on a lil ol barista me 😪

When my teams stopped showing up or would call out I was still expected to open alone. I tried to walk out once, after it happened 3x in a week. Are you allowed to just. Not work and wait? Like you can't be alone?

Sounds like Starbucks!

I’ve entered the store alone and started opening duties before. I don’t drive and when it’s still dark out I’d rather be inside the store rather than outside by myself.