Call corporate and transfer out

Report her. She’s so wrong & who cares if she does it to herself. She’s probably not severely allergic to whatever it is & she obviously doesn’t care about you or your wellbeing. You need to call Partner resources and say you felt personally threatened/ attacked by her for doing that.

This is why when people would ask me to make them “surprise drinks”, the first thing I ask is “are you allergic to anything?”

Literally the #1 priority of any food service worker, ESPECIALLY A MANAGER, should be **food safety** which includes being mindful of allergies.

When you talk to corporate, maybe ask them what would've happened if you were a customer and your manager gave them something they were allergic to.

She shouldn’t be talking shit about you and probably should pay you because it’s the decent thing to do.

But seriously, if you are that allergic to something that you urgently need medication then why aren’t you carrying that medication with you and why would you drink something made at a place that has ingredients you’re allergic to and not ask what’s in it before you drank it?

Call partner resources and tell them the whole story. You’ll be paid and they will try to avoid a lawsuit. And your manager should never talk about any baristas behind their back, especially not on the floor.

Your SM is a fucking idiot.

Its incredibly concerning she works in the food industry and doesnt seem to grasp how allergies work, and the different levels to them.

For example, there are people who have trouble tolerating dairy. But can still consume it without much issue past a bad bathroom trip or the farts. Then Ive actually met people who puke their entire stomach contents from a few bites of cheese.

If she knew you're allergic and purposely gave it to you, I'd be taking legal action. I'd get the bitch fired.

Tbh, I'd have half a mind to throw hands, but that could affect the turnout of how corporate handles it. But if this was outside of work, they'd have a broken something.

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I have so many questions. lol

You should ask over at r/legaladvice about workers comp. You were injured at work. And if you didn't get paid for the time you spent going home for medicine, then you had a financial loss. I don't know much about WC but it doesn't hurt to ask if there's any benefit to making a claim.

Edit: It won't matter for WC that it maybe could be considered "your fault." Many many many years ago, I broke my wrist while working at Burger King. It was definitely my fault, I was being a total dumbass. They paid my medical bills and I got a bunch of money. I'm still kind of embarrassed about it.

You need to tell partner resources. You can sue them for this and they are gonna do everything in their power for you to not sue.

Please call partner resources as well as your district manager and report them!

It makes me angry and sad at who the company will and will not give SM positions to.

Get that manager the fuck outta there, call partner resources/corporate

Call HR

Bro I’d literally get a lawyer. I’m allergic to a few things at the bux so I refuse to drink anything unless I know 100% what’s in it

Report her! I can’t stress that enough! If she’s doing that to you, she’s doing that to others. She needs to not be working with the public if that’s her attitude.

This is incredibly important. You need to report it not only to corporate but to the police; she quite literally poisoned you.

Its starbucks policy that if someone has an allergic reaction you’re supposed to call 911.

If as a manager, she failed to do that, she needs to be written up at a minimum- and maybe fired.

And her refusing to acknowledge your allergies? How long until she does this to someone else? Make sure she has a record of this with the police so that someone else isn’t hurt too.

We had a temp manager at while my normal SM was on maternity leave and this lady did all sorts of shady shit. Made some homophobic comments and then turned around and made lewd comments and low key sexual advances towards me and other partners, would run out to her car on breaks and come back clearly on something (we were all pretty sure it was coke), just a bunch of super inappropriate things. Well, when our SM came back we all had to fill out a review form to submit to our DM about the temp SM and we all absolutely detailed everything she did on those review sheets. Out DM was so upset we hadn’t called her and had waited so long.

Partner resources, for sure. I'm pretty allergic to soy milk, used to be not so bad but now it's pretty bad, and even when my coworkers make mystery drinks they honor my inquiries on if it's got soy or not. Your manager's endangering you.

You can report her behavior to ethics and compliance. If she knew about your allergy beforehand and still made you something that has that ingredient and gave it to you to drink without disclosing what was in it even at your request, she is not behaving ethically. That alone is enough to report her. I would also report her behavior to your DM and Partner Resources. I would ask the other partners that witnesses her talking badly about you while you had to get your medication to write statements about what they heard/saw specifically, leaving any emotions or personal feelings out of it. Make sure they only state facts - “I saw manager doing X” “I overheard manager say Y about OP” etc.

All of these phone numbers can be found in multiple places: the partner hub, the front of the daily records book, also in your partner guide (if you still have it). Your DM’s number should be available in your store or you can ask your SM for it if you feel comfortable. You do not have to disclose why you are asking for their number, as DMs are a resource and are there to assist ALL partners, especially when it comes to partner concerns and partner care.

Even if you talk with your DM about it, I would still report this situation to Partner Resources AND ethics and compliance, most importantly ethics and compliance. PRSC will only report your concerns to your DM, so I suggest reporting to all necessary channels if you want to make sure this incident is documented and handled appropriately. Also it creates a paper trail in case this manager retaliates or does this to someone else.

I’m sorry to hear that this happened to you, and I hope that you are able to get some retribution for this manager’s incompetence and incredibly unethical behavior. Good luck OP.

CALL PRSC IMMEDIATELY. Forget the shit talking - that isn’t important.

The putting an ingredient in that could kill you - Bitch needs fired.

That could literally be attempted murder if you wanna take it that far. I always ask my coworkers and customers about allergens before doing anything to surprise them

nigga are y dumb SUE THEY ASS. REPORT TO COOPERATE. I work for these scamming ass niggas defintly report . So sorry for you i’m glad you are okay

anaphylaxis is no joke. she could have easily killed you. she shouldn’t be working in food if she feels that way. so dangerous for you and customers— anyone that has a food allergy.

A very similar thing happened to me. I was about 18, and we just got a new product. Chocolate bars with bacon bits in it. I did not know about these because they launched right after I came on. My manager told me to try a piece. I asked what it was, she said just try it. It looked like chocolate so I ate it. Problem was I’m vegetarian. Immediately I tasted the bacon and spit it out. She was offended I had such a stark reaction and said I shouldn’t have made such a big deal about it. Yes I should have pressed more but she definitely should have told me what was I. It when I asked. And yes I didn’t know better isn’t an excuse, but it’s a reality. I now never put something in my body if someone won’t tell me what it is. This should be a rule all live by, allergies or not.
Her behavior is definitely inappropriate and most likely an avoidance of blame. You should definitely reach out to corporate at least to complain about the way it was handled. We can all understand that accidents happened, lessons were learned, and thankfully everyone is okay. But the way your manager reacted to the situation is beyond unprofessional and needs to be addressed. Good luck with however you proceed.

As someone with a dairy allergy I felt this HEAVY. Honestly I would’ve just clocked the cow.

I would 100% speak with HR. Absolutely unacceptable behavior.

Your manager diddnt mean harm so although you’re probably mad keep in mind they meant well. And it sounds like the “shit talking” was possibly their means of dealing with feeling like an asshat. Which isn’t a good way to deal with that lol. But yeah I’d maybe talk to them first. Starbucks as a company doesn’t really look out for people with allergies. Did you disclose your allergy with them in the past before the incident happened? Best of luck fr.

She should get in a lot of shit for that, like I read the edit about not wanting to sue. But I think that should be a minor felony if I'm not mistaken?

Should you be going around drinking mystery beverages if you’re so allergic to an ingredient that is obviously present in your workplace? I mean, that’s whack of them to be an ass about it but seems you could’ve been way more careful.

I’m baffled why someone with as severe an allergy as you claim would ever ingest something with ingredients you were unsure of.

Your Manager isn’t responsible for knowing or remembering your allergies, you’re responsible to protect yourself and you didn’t—twice. You ate something you didn’t know the ingredients of knowing we carry something you’re allergic to and you weren’t carrying your medications. Sorry, that’s irresponsible of you.

The pay and talking about you is another story and should be addressed.

You weren’t poisoned. You were reckless with your health and you’re looking for someone to blame. Take responsibility.